Incident at 37,000 feet or how I ended up getting my head glued in a UK emergency room

[catsparx]

It’s a quarter way through the 8-hour crossing from Dallas Forth Worth to Heathrow. I’ve eaten my dinner, snubbed my nose at the meagre cinematic offerings and settled into a light doze when something suddenly wakes me. My own body heat. I’m burning up and I feel terrible so I get up and fumble my way to the bathroom just beyond the plane’s midriff

Comments

[murasaki_1966]

Wow. Glad to hear you're okay after all that, and whatever god there be bless the NHS.

Do get checked when you get home. Promise.

[catsparx]

Just woke up from a regular night's sleep so I reckon I'm perfectly fine

[murasaki_1966]

Get checked.

[benpeek]

i'm glad you're okay, but i suspect there's a lot left out of this, what with no witnesses and all ;)

but yes, glad you're okay.

[catsparx]

so suspicious!

[leecetheartist]

Oh, I'm glad you're alright!

A flush of heat and tingling nausea is something I've experienced just before a faint at the blood bank.

A long flight with your circulatory system put a bit on hold, with spare blood going to your stomach to investigate dinner might have been the cause.

On your flight home, avoid alcohol(or outnumber it with water or juice), drink plenty of water or juice, get up every hour or at least make fists with your feet.

I hope the rest of your trip is full of fun and happy events that eclipse the unpleasantness of this one.

[catsparx]

Ta!

[callistra]

Wow, that's even scarier now I've read the long version!

[catsparx]

indeed!