In January 2014, Marc and I received some terrible family news and because of it we had no appetite for dinner. In the middle of the night, Ava was screaming/crying this was very unusual because she never cried! I jumped up out of bed so quick to see what was the matter.  All of a sudden I felt dizzy and faint, so I sat down on my bed and literally passed out and fell, which resulted in a broken collarbone. I hadn’t eaten in a while and my blood sugar was low so clearly that’s what caused it. It’s an embarrassing story but if you knew the details behind it, it was terrible.

 

and it resulted in a sling and me not being able to work. Although I’m smiling it was not fun!

(this picture is from January 2014 so don’t be alarmed) 

Since then I have a fear of fainting. If you have fainted before it’s scary, and you want to make sure it never happens again.  I know there are other people out there with the same issue.

I’ve learned that my body cannot go more than 3 hours without eating. Sometimes I’m not hungry but I force myself to eat something small or something with sugar/salt to keep my sugar and blood pressure normal.

I literally salt everything. I salt my breakfast, I salt my yogurt, I salt my protein shake, I salt my cucumbers and carrots, you name it I salt it haha.

My blood pressure seems to be a lot lower when I first wake up, when I get to that 3 hour mark in between meals, and about 30 minutes after intense exercise.

Sometimes its embarrassing to whip out a snack out of know where or to tell my in laws that I need food when its not dinner time… but Ive gotten used to it. Low blood pressure runs in my family and my mom is the same way. I’ve had SO many tests done to make sure everything was okay with my heart and the blood flow to my brain, and the doctor says I am super healthy and everything is excellent.

I still question why I have this issue? I’ve tried doing research on how to treat it, but eating extra salt doesn’t fix it, being IN-active makes it worse, so I guess I have to keep doing what i’m doing. Eat frequently, never skip a meal, and salt whenever I need it!