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My blood pressure can drop very low when I drink too. My last reading after drinking was 90/45. I’m glad you’re okay Maggie and hope they get to the bottom of it.

The very reason I am not allowed to drink is because I am on blood thinners .Alcohol will reduce BP even lower and I would keel over!

Florence in the hebrides

Oh maybe I should drink more booze to lower my blood pressure best advice I've had all year :-D :-D

What a shock to wake up in hospital not knowing what had happened! :-0 It must have given your daughter a fright, but thank goodness she was there. Alcohol can lower your BP as it widens the blood vessels, but as you say you hadn't had very much. I hope they keep an eye on you and get to the bottom of what caused you to faint as it isn't good that they sent you home so soon. They would know you weren't drunk from your blood tests, but would they have got those back before you were sent home.

I hope you get checked over when they take the staples out.

How jolly dare they make an assumption!

What they need to do urgently is a CT or MRI brain to see whats what. As you know I reg have dizzy spells and am still waiting for my scan!

I so hope your GP is on the case and gets your notes corrected and gets you sorted asap.
What a huge worry for you & said daughter.

Have you ever felt your BP just suddenly drop out of the blue before?

JoyLouise, that will be one of the tests the Doctor is asking the hospital to do.

What is really annoying is, my daughter kept telling them I wasn't drunk - she was upset, which was why she was crying - not because she was drunk (which they may have assumed)
She had work at 7am the next morning - for the NHS - and made it!

Maggie, I know it is worrying but they did tests for a stroke, I hope?

My bp is always low so I have been known to keel over if something happens to send it plummeting even lower so, yes, it could have been that.

A drunk old biddy indeed! I hate it when people make assumptions that are so wrong.

Make sure they change that wording - stand over them until they do so as it will follow you for the rest of your life.

Oh, that must have been scary and worrying, Maggie! I am glad you finally managed to get a good sleep.

Let’s hope this was a one off and no further problems found.

Happy New Year,
Take care

Lizxx

How awful, maggie!

Do hope the tests are all OK, especially the kidney

Wow Maggie you certainly do things with style don't you!!
Glad to hear you're on the mend but very scary none the less.

Last night, I got my first decent night's sleep.
Because my neck and shoulders were hurting, I was finding it difficult getting comfy - I have 2 neck pillows, but they're behind all the books I've had to stash in the spare room.

Last night, I finally worked out how to sort my pillows, and my neck is no longer sore!
So, today was the first day since 25th, that I haven't had a mid morning/mid afternoon snooze :-D

I have a glass of orange squash in front of me. :-(

Oh dear, maybe forgo the New Year alcohol just in case :-D

Hope you are feeling ok tonight Maggie <3 <3

I too was surprised to be sent home - even in the state I was in (concussion I expect).
I can only assume I answered their questions correctly, though I have no memory of anyone speaking to me.
The hospital hadn't contacted my doctor.
Apparently, it could be one of a few things, so I will be checked to see if it was a 'serious' event or, more likely (due to the positive test results) an unfortunate 'one-off' - my blood pressure was fairly low - it could have dipped too low. :-(

Maggie
So sorry to read of your ordeal and I hope you heal soon.

Like Belle, I can't understand why they would send you home to an empty house at that time in the morning.
When you have any procedure usually there is a written sheet of paper about after care and what to expect.
I can't imagine how you'd cope if you really were 'a drunk old biddy'.

I really hope your on-going care is a lot better.

Just had a call from a doctor at my surgery - yes, the hospital had me down as a drunk old biddy, and assumed my verbal responses were 'normal' - even though I have no idea what they asked me.
The doctor told me what tests they'd carried out in hospital - heart, blood tests, liver kidney, blood pressure etc All were 'normal', though my kidney function isn't as good as it was in August (I only have 1 kidney, so it has a lot of work to do!)

Doctor's sent a detailed (well, as much 'detail' as I could muster) report to the hospital.
New Year could be spent there :-(

*rushes out to tidy kitchen*

How awful, Maggie <3

I'm surprised the Hospital discharged you in such a short time especially as there was no one at home to keep an eye on you. :-0 Perhaps that is a consequence of the Covid situation :-0

Then they got one bit right - didn’t they ;-)

Happy new year.

I'm contemplating getting some red dye and 'low lighting' the rest of my hair :-D

I sent a 'not urgent' message to the surgery about the situation an hour ago - just had a call from the receptionist asking if I was kept in hospital - which I wasn't.
It sounds like they have me down as a 'drunk old biddy' - which I wasn't :-|

Oh Maggie, what an ordeal and how awful.What a terrible shock waking in hospital. You must have thought it was a bad dream!!

When you banged your head, you obviously fainted and then was concussed with the knock to the head,
Cant believe the gp hasnt called you to see if you are ok and discuss things?

You need not to rush, take things very slowly.
As for your"low lights", you got them for free!

Hope you make a good recovery soon
Take care

Florence in the hebrides :-D