I was on holiday in Egypt with my family.
Wife
Son
Cousin
Brother and Sisters in-laws
Mother and Farther in-laws
It was a very good holiday, we did the whole touring thing, stayed at my in-laws house (there Egyptian, I'm English/Jamaican)
It wasn't until one evening while staying in a place called Ras El Bar (where the Nile meets the Sea, amazing place)
I was walking to the famous lighthouse when my palpitations occurred again, "as usual" I thought.
You see I have always had these most of my life, normally they last no longer than a few seconds
However this night it was going on for 40mins "thump! thump!" I can feel my entire chest pulsing.
Gradually I feel too weak to even walk so have to sit down and rest "thump! thump!" still while resting my heart will just not calm down.
Eventually I was convinced to not walk anymore and just wait for the other family member to go get the car and collect me.
Back at the villa in Ras El Bar and resting up in bed. About an hour or two I wake and feel absolutely fine and decide that I want to go for a walk (haha) after a few steps into the living room the palpitations return with a force that puts me back into a chair immediately then......water is being splashed on my face.
I can just about make out my mother in law and my wife and other family members just starring at me, talking in Arabic that I have no clue what they are saying.
My first thought was "why are you throwing water on me?"
I had blacked out for a full 2mins.
Panic was written on all there faces as they thought I was dying.
My feeling during that moment of blacking out was a strange sort of peace, like the best sleep you could ever get. My next thought was if I had died it was the most peaceful way to go.
No Pain
Just....sleep.
Wife
Son
Cousin
Brother and Sisters in-laws
Mother and Farther in-laws
It was a very good holiday, we did the whole touring thing, stayed at my in-laws house (there Egyptian, I'm English/Jamaican)
It wasn't until one evening while staying in a place called Ras El Bar (where the Nile meets the Sea, amazing place)
I was walking to the famous lighthouse when my palpitations occurred again, "as usual" I thought.
You see I have always had these most of my life, normally they last no longer than a few seconds
However this night it was going on for 40mins "thump! thump!" I can feel my entire chest pulsing.
Gradually I feel too weak to even walk so have to sit down and rest "thump! thump!" still while resting my heart will just not calm down.
Eventually I was convinced to not walk anymore and just wait for the other family member to go get the car and collect me.
Back at the villa in Ras El Bar and resting up in bed. About an hour or two I wake and feel absolutely fine and decide that I want to go for a walk (haha) after a few steps into the living room the palpitations return with a force that puts me back into a chair immediately then......water is being splashed on my face.
I can just about make out my mother in law and my wife and other family members just starring at me, talking in Arabic that I have no clue what they are saying.
My first thought was "why are you throwing water on me?"
I had blacked out for a full 2mins.
Panic was written on all there faces as they thought I was dying.
My feeling during that moment of blacking out was a strange sort of peace, like the best sleep you could ever get. My next thought was if I had died it was the most peaceful way to go.
No Pain
Just....sleep.
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