Seizure (912 hits)
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Submitted by Feijuada (View user info) at 2005-04-22 00:58:47 EDT
I sat at my computer playing some strategy game. I invaded Napoli. Take that, you spaghetti-slurping bastards. As I moved the army move into Roma, I felt that old tingling in my arm.
It was as if I was trying to move my arm, but was not applying enough willpower to even make it twitch. I ignored it. Steadily, it got stronger, and then it got a LOT stronger. Holy fuck! I jumped out of my chair.
Then it started. My right arm lifted itself over my head as I was trying to show off my muscles, and began twitching. My thumb tried to make a thumbs-up gesture while the rest of my fingers tried to make a fist. The thumb was trapped under the other fingers, but I had no control over that arm. I reached over with my left, and, after some struggling, I managed to pry the thumb out. It was getting difficult to even stand up straight without swaying.
I collapsed onto the sofa. I became unable to control my breathing, and now my whole mouth became numb. Fearful of swallowing my tongue, I reached my finger into my mouth, but I kept biting it. I looked around for a pencil or pen to put into my mouth, but there was none. It was getting harder to even focus my eyes.
I gave up hope, and fell back into the sofa, entering my own personal hell. Although the left side of my body was under my control, every twitch of my body affected me wholly; my eyes would blur, my fist would clench, my arm would flex, and I would breathe out violently.
The twitching slowed for a few moments (it seemed like hours to me) then got faster... then slower again. Finally, it gave one great twitch, and my arm flopped down as if it were without bones. My vision cleared, and I tried to stand. I couldn't, but I managed to sit up. I took inventory.
The peripheral parts of the right side of my body were regaining their feeling. I could feel my foot, and I could raise my arm, although I found that I couldn't move my fingers. I focused my will on my hand, and managed to make a fist. That was all I could do. I doubt I had enough dexterity to pick up a pen, much less hold it.
My shirt was wet. I looked down. Each exhale had sprayed snot all over my shirt. I was drooling, but I seemed unable to actually close my mouth; I just didn't have enough strength. I used my still-good left hand to wipe my mouth.
I struggled to get to my feet, and this time I succeeded. Lurching down the hall, I leaned on all the walls. At one point, I almost fell. When I got to my bedroom, I sat down on the bed, and waited for another minute. Finally, I felt I was able to open the pill bottle. I held it with my right hand and tried to open the child-proof cap, but I couldn't grip the bottle firmly enough. I tried again. The top came off, and I took the 3 ½ pills I was supposed to take twice a day. I had forgotten, and I had been appropriately punished.
I changed my shirt and went back to the computer.
User Reviews
Submitted by bulldog (user info) at 2005-05-21 18:59:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
dick
Submitted by CLAIRE1 (user info) at 2005-04-29 11:12:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Not Bad. uh.. I mean it is shit like this that knocks people off the page.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-04-22 16:53:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
So I have not one but TWO alters, just for giving you bad ratings and me good ones?!
Submitted by CanucksFan (user info) at 2005-04-22 16:23:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-22 03:08:12 (#)
Ranking: 2
Looks like a retaliatory -2 there canucksfan.
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Yeah, fei went through all my posts with 3 names.
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Submitted by Santa_Claus_ (user info) at 2005-04-22 04:44:24 (#)
Ranking: 2
Santa feels bad for you, little boy! I'll give you EXTRA presents this Christmas.
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You made an alter to +2 yourself fei?
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2005-04-22 14:55:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Spooky.
On a side note...I wonder what it's like to be right in the middle of sex and have your partner go into a seizure.
I know, I'm a sick bastard!
Submitted by vodka7tall (user info) at 2005-04-22 14:04:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It's technically impossible to swallow your own tongue, unless you bite it off, of course. And I thought you weren't supposed to put anything in the mouth of someone having a seizure?
Submitted by Affinity (user info) at 2005-04-22 12:02:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
this chick i used to work with, in her 40's or 50's had seizures.
when she came round, for 15 minutes or so she talked in a
little girls voice. Fucking creepy..............
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-04-22 11:46:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You crazy fuck.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-04-22 11:18:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"Birthmark" on your brain??? Holy fuck!
Submitted by Josephine (user info) at 2005-04-22 11:08:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yech.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-04-22 09:33:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by BigCore (user info) at 2005-04-22 07:58:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I remember having to help an elderly man in a Yankee Candle shop who was having a seizure by using a pen to keep him from biting his tongue off. Scary stuff.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-22 07:36:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Santa_Claus_ (user info) at 2005-04-22 04:44:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Santa feels bad for you, little boy! I'll give you EXTRA presents this Christmas.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-22 03:08:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Looks like a retaliatory -2 there canucksfan.
Submitted by CanucksFan (user info) at 2005-04-22 02:26:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by rollerboognish (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:52:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow, nicely done.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:52:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:49:09 (#)
Ranking: 2
epilipsy?
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No. As the doctor explained it to me, I have "a birthmark on [my] brain."
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I felt as if I had had a stroke.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:28:49 (#)
Ranking: 2
Shit. You can ask for non-safety caps at the pharmacy in case you need to get the lid off in a hurry. :)
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Would have been pointless. The medicine I use needs to build up in the system.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:49:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
epilipsy?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:32:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Dude, this was a powerful descriptive piece.
I felt as if I had had a stroke.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:28:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Shit. You can ask for non-safety caps at the pharmacy in case you need to get the lid off in a hurry. :)
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:14:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Manganese is good for seizures.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:11:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
holy crap
Submitted by MrWillard (user info) at 2005-04-22 01:07:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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