I've been traveling nonstop for the past 8 days. First Hawaii, then Orlando. I know it sounds like a vacation, but unfortunately I was in business clothes most of the time and shuttling from meeting to meeting.
Travel is always tough on me. Between the long hours (usually going nonstop every day from 7:00 a.m. sessions through business dinners), the movement through airports with luggage, the rich restaurant food, and the alcohol (not that I get drunk, but there are more occasions to have a beer or glass of wine with colleagues than at home), I often get more HCM symptoms while traveling and immediately afterward.
However, twice last week I had "gray-outs": episodes of near fainting that last 15-30 seconds. Both times I had the presence of mind to check my pulse at the wrist during the episode, and it was either weak or absent. It's most likely either low blood pressure or arrhythmia (I am assuming that the cause is cardiac and not something else).
I see my cardiologist tomorrow to get this checked out - will keep y'all posted.
Best,
Michael
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I think you're just too dedicated to your job and want to mimic some of those "syncopal events" that we're all so fond of!
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