My friends Jill and Deb have 'flash back Fridays'. Well, here is mine except it's a few days late. Oh well. Some of you already know what happened to me a few weeks ago. I decided to stop breastfeeding after 16 weeks. It's a tough transition. Needless to say I was in serious pain for several days. The kind of pain you feel by just 'being', just sitting there breathing...in pain. I thought I had weaned her enough, down to feeding only a couple of times a day. On the second night I decided to take a percoset to relieve the pain. I had some left over from my c-section in May and thought after taking two pills four to five times a day for my incision, one would be totally fine for boob pain. Um, wrong. After about 15 min of taking it I started to feel pretty good - very relaxed and the pain was actually starting to diminish a little. And then about 30 min into it I started to get a little dizzy, a little sweaty and just plain sick. Jeff suggested that I go to bed. So I went upstairs, crossed the hall into the kitchen, went to the sink and the next thing I knew I was grabbing the counter and blacking out. Apparently, after passing out in the kitchen I yelled down to Jeff "Jeff! I think I just passed out." The thing is he was already on his way upstairs after hearing the huge THUD hitting the floor. I don't remember any of this, but I guess I passed out again because when Jeff got to me I was out cold on the floor. The next thing I knew he was sitting me up and calmly telling me that I passed out and that he was right there, etc. After the initial shock, I start bawling my eyes out - so scared. And then I started to vomit violently for about 10 min. Yes, this really happened! Yikes. So while I was vomiting Jeff checked me for potential injuries. I landed on my right side so I had this huge bump near my right temple, my jaw was really sore and my elbow was a little tweaked. I somehow made it to the bed. Jeff sat with me for awhile while we contemplated calling the doctor. But after a few minutes I felt so much better and decided I would wait to see how I felt the next morning. It was so unbelievably scary. Ok, so here's the lesson. First and the common sense point - don't take any medication unless it is specifically prescribed to you for a specific reason during a specific amount of time. Um, I apparently was sleeping during that lecture! And second, if you do decide to take medication on your own terms, tell someone. I just can't even imagine what would have happened if Jeff was not at home. So scary! I am still ok, but even after a few weeks my jaw and elbow are still very sore and tender. OUCH! And that's my 'flash back Friday'. I promise the next one will be a little more positive.