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So I am a nurse by education. I had my sleeve January 20, 2015. No real problems to speak of since. I am at work yesterday and I get asked to help with a simple procedure to put in a central line on a patient. For those of you that don't know, this is a line that is inserted into the artery of the neck when an IV can't be established. I have done this thousands of times. it was roughly 4 in the afternoon when this happened. My office (because i am not typically a floor nurse any longer) is blasted cold. I had a scrub on with a long sleeve shirt underneath. I live in WI and it's colder now so this isn't strang anyway. The room I was in was 74 degrees during the procedure. I had my latest drink of Fluid at around 3 pm. In the middle of the procedure, I asked the other nurse to come over by me and that's all i remember. She said i mumbled something about a light and then proceeded to hit the ground. I had passed out...but not only that. I seized.....twice.....they flipping called a rapid response on me. I probably freaked out the patient. I had the surgeon yelling into the hallway for help....what a fuss......All I can attribute this too is that we must loose electrolytes much faster than normal. I guess I didn't get that in the summer becasue I always had a drink with me. So yeah...i have to go back to work now and face all these people....how embarrasing....lol

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Wow. That has got to be terrifying for you and everyone else. But, it sounds like if something like that were to happen you couldn't been at a better place.

Glad to know you are ok now.

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So sorry to hear that and hope it doesn't happen again! I bet it was a scare for everyone.

Good to hear you are fine now. Take care of yourself ☺

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Oh wow. I'm sorry that happened. This is one of my biggest fears. I'm an ER RN and I've had several instances of near syncope since my surgery. It sucks! I'm so afraid it's going to happen in the middle of a code or something!

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Sorry to hear that happened! Hope you're feeling better now.

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I'm an RT and I was sleeved on 9/14. I came back to work on 10/1 thinking all would be okay since I scheduled myself in the NICU for a couple of weeks...how hard can it be taking care of preemies, right? Well, the second night I got busy and didn't keep my fluids up...and BAM, I stood up and went right back down...I learned the hard way...STAY HYDRATED...lol

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I was having a procedure and had a nurse pass out on top of me. I just thought, "OMG, what the hell is this doctor doing to me" LOL. Turns out she didn't eat Breakfast. Glad you are ok! Nurses are human too.

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Oh my gosh, how scary! Glad you are doing ok now!!

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That was the lone hiccup in my surgery. They couldn't start an IV on me and had to do a central line. Even that was a challenge! I was calm through the whole thing because I was a Child Life Specialist and very familiar with hospitals and OR's. Not sure I could have remained calm if the nurse had passed out on me.

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Thanks for the warnings! I often forget to drink my fluids. I am glad you all talked about this as I am starting a new job soon I don't want to be embarrassed.

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