Shi* Published on November 6, 2008
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Dum spiro, spero ...

Thursday November 6, 2008 at 08:44AM

Lips pressed against mine. Returning from the darkness. Distant voices.

'Is he breathing?'

'I think he is breathing on his own now.'

Consciousness returns.

'Are you ok, Dave? You stopped breathing there. I had to give you mouth to mouth.'

Why am I lying on the floor? ... and jeez, I feel ... weird.

Strange to brush with Le Morte again.

And the bit that really bends my mind ... I can't remember going there.

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Armando Tabordapro says:
"Are you OK, Dave?"
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro says:
Yes, thanks. This was a couple of weeks back. Luckily, perhaps, the friend I was with is a doctor. He seemed more concerned than I was or am. Every few years I have a feint and so far I have just come round again. This piece is just the opener for another, when I get around to writing it!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Blendo says:
At least we know the happy ending of that story!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro replies:
Hey, all my stories have happy endings ... eventually ;)))
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Be Blog A Lula says:
Tu as eu un malaise Dave ?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Shi*pro replies:
I am ok now, thanks, Michelle ... just hypotension. It is not really a problem.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
XOZ says:
It's better to have hypotension than hypertension! :-) I hope you are OK.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro replies:
Agreed ... :) ... I am fine, thanks ... just a faint but they are always a curious experience. I probably always stop breathing briefly - just this time there was a doctor present and it spooked him.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Merodemapro says:
good that you can still write about it (in such an optimistic way) - has the gap between going and coming back in any way changed since it happenend - or is it as mysterious as blank as you describe
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro replies:
That blank is always just that, just blackness, non-being, like an instant really deep sleep. A bit disorienting when you come round though!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
mad.melon says:
oh boy!!!
you really need a kick! (but more a big big hug! :)) please, take care of you!!! who will be dancing on my wedding? hmmm? :P
--
Seen in mad.melon home page (?)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Christel Ehretsmannpro says:
a terrible experience ...anguish may rise for less than this...as a part of the merge of death...
and your being able to tell it is so important
in French I might add : "prends soin de toi"...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro replies:
Thanks, I am a strange fish and look on things like this as 'interesting experiences'. Of course, I am delighted to be here to recount them. I am otherwise in rude health and, yes, I will 'take health'!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
rafpro says:
good there was someone qualified to help you... maybe it's good to do some tests? hmm?

(i hope 'hope' is back also ;] )
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro replies:
Hope springs ever eternal, Raf! :)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
mo **pro says:
you should take care with the games you're playing ... :D

i'm glad you're fine (( shi ))
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro says:
Games? ... just reporting scenes from a life, dear Mo ... not an everyday experience, so I noted it!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
MacKeypro says:
that is a bit scary. very glad you're fine now. i too stop breathing sometimes, no fainting though, and it's all voluntarily and consciously. i try to build it up, how long i can keep my breath.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi*pro replies:
... ah yes, I do that too sometimes ... also with slow breathing four-part breaths ... how slow can you make it ... things to do when you can't sleep!

These days tho' I am sleeping for England! can't seem to drag myself out of bed in the morning ... it's cold!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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