lesson number 1 (go back »)

always eat breakfast and STAY HYDRATED!

ok so this was a lesson i learned last year, but i figured it was a really good one so i still had to share it. so.. pretty much one day in a physics lab i was working with electricity and water with my best friend. (yeah i know not a good idea to mix electricity with water - but it was the lab not my idea) i had physics 1st and 2nd period, and it wasn\'t a day out of the ordinary. i had my normal 1 pop tart for breakfast and nothing much to drink besides a bit of the water i bring to school. once again, nothing out of my normal.

well apparently this day WAS different than all the rest, because before i knew it i was blacked out on the floor of my classroom. i soon woke up from what i thought was a dream to see my science teacher holding me up trying to get me awake. (not exactly the guy i wanted to see when i woke up from my dreams ... but its better than being dead right?) well... i think you pretty much know what comes next. school nurse gets called, school nurse calls 911, ambulence comes, emts put me on stretcher, ambulence goes to hospital, hospital means tons of blood work and scans and tests, until finally they let you go home with a simple.. you\'re fine we don\'t know what\'s wrong (story of my life btw!)

well lets just say that was NOT the end of my story. i sure wish it was though. that happened on a wednesday.. that thursday i took the SATs (almost passed out with a KILLER headache during them).. wanna know why? turns out the idiot doctor that said i don\'t have a concussion at the hospital and to not bother looking out for one.. was completely wrong. not only did i have a concussion i had a Complex concussion ending in about 3 - 4 months of concussion and post concussion syndrome effects. (basically that year ended VERY sucky)

but lesson learned.. if i had eaten a better breakfast (not some sugar thing) and actually had water or SOMETHING to drink. I would most likely have stayed vertical. so beware! do not try to skip breakfast to lose weight.. or skip it bc you don\'t have time.. grab something on the go and stay hydrated.. because months of nonstop headaches are no walk in the park!