I passed out not once, but TWICE today at work. I was feeling pretty good today, I ate a good breakfast and drank plenty of water, but I guess it just wasn't my day. I was welding and everything just faded and I went down. I found myself on the floor and I looked around and nobody had seen, so what did I do - I got back up, put a fan in my booth (I just assumed I had overheated) and got about 6 more inches of weld and went down again. Everybody saw. I am soooo embarassed. The guys were freaked out and called my hubby to come retreive me from work.
I made an appointment to see the NP because my Dr wasn't available on such short notice and I told her that the only thing I could think of was that I had an ear infection that I started antibiotics on Saturday. She went through every possible thing she could think of then finally agreed with me that it was probably my ear infection.
I just wish it hadn't happened at work. Now I feel like a total idiot. When you are a woman in the welding industry, you have to work twice as hard to be considered half as good as the guys and I really don't want to appear weak and vulnerable to any of them. ARRRRGGGGHHHH
I made an appointment to see the NP because my Dr wasn't available on such short notice and I told her that the only thing I could think of was that I had an ear infection that I started antibiotics on Saturday. She went through every possible thing she could think of then finally agreed with me that it was probably my ear infection.
I just wish it hadn't happened at work. Now I feel like a total idiot. When you are a woman in the welding industry, you have to work twice as hard to be considered half as good as the guys and I really don't want to appear weak and vulnerable to any of them. ARRRRGGGGHHHH