OUCH!!!

Okay, I am not someone that talks about themselves very much but thought I would put an update of what happened the other day to me.

I had the day off work on Monday with nothing to do...I was bored...so I decided to go to the gym. Keep in mind that I really haven't worked out in forever! So last week I met a friend at the gym and I just walked for like 30-45 min and felt great and wasn't sore one bit. So on Monday I figured I would try running for a bit...I walked for like 5 min then started a hill routine and I was running at like a 5.0 up and down some hills.

I have new ear buds and they were bugging me so I stepped on the side rails for a second to adjust them and after a few seconds I started to get really fuzzy like I had stood up too fast. So, I gripped the handles harder and thought to myself don't pass out just breath and the next thing I know I am SOOOOO sleepy and I am behind my treadmill standing up. A girl from another machine was standing beside me asking me if I was okay and if my head was okay. I was a little out of it but felt really embarrassed so I didn't ask her what happened. I basically had passed out and somehow flew off the treadmill and smacked the back of my head on this metal box thing that houses plugs, cords, etc. Since there wasn't any blood at all...I just said that I was fine and got back on my treadmill and the other girl next to me asked if I was okay. I said well I guess I'm done for the day and turned off my machine. I sat in the locker room for a min or so to make sure that I wasn't going to pass out again. Since I felt relatively fine I then decided to drive home and blasted the a/c for fear that I was gonna pass out and crash my car (even though I felt fine). On the way home my head hurt like HELL! So I took my ponytail out and moved my hair around a bit and pulled my fingers out of my hair and they were bloody...but figured that since it wasn't gushing or even anything that I had just cut it a tiny bit. I went home and sat on the couch then decided to take a bath because I was gross and sweaty. I got my hair wet and that hurt really badly so I just waited until Ryan got home from work. He got home and I had him look at my head and his reaction was NOT good at all which freaked me out... I started to cry a little bit because I didn't want to go to the doctor. So I had him take a picture and then I looked at it.... OH MY GOSH!!! It was disgusting and big. I had NO idea that I basically had a huge hole in my head.... I am thinking when I fell that it basically scalped me. So, when he moved my hair out of the way to look at my "cut" it opened it up and that's why he totally freaked out.So we then went to the insta care and the nurses came out to the waiting room to numb my head so it could be stitched up and they actually saw it for the first time... You would think they wouldn't pull faces being in the profession that they are in, but they all pulled a face except the doctor.So the doctor made sure that when I passed out that I was not running and that I was actually stopped at the time...because if I had been running then that would mean heart problems. So, one good thing...my ticker is still okay...as far as I know. Anyway, the Dr. said the best thing for this type of injury would be staples and he is trying to prep me so I don't freak out and I told him to not worry because I have had staples before but just in my side for the kidney transplant.So viola... 5 staples later my head was feeling much better. It is pretty uncomfortable to try to relax my head at all and sleeping is a big pain in the butt! Other than that oh ya and the headaches I'm doing well. I am just thankful that my “accident” wasn’t any worse than what it was.

I won’t post a picture for all of you squeamish people…if you want to see a pic let me know I’ll send it your way. :)