i just went through one of the scariest moments of my life! i hyperventilated like a mad yesterday. for a holy 1 hour or so? god. i am trying to recall as much as i could what actually did happen then while i slipped in and out of conscious. it went like this. was down with a flu and cough. blocked nose so i couldnt breathe properly. so breathing became haste and fast through the mouth. heavy laboured breathing followed. hyperventilation probably occured now and suddenly my hands got really numb and stiff. cant move the fingers at all. and they are stuck in positions like those who suffered from stroke. numb and stiff for both my hands. tried to control my breathing but i couldnt and i panted even much more heavily. following, my whole face became numb. and my both feets too. started to break out in cold sweats all over the body. i freaking thought i got a stroke. seriously. cos it was very bad. i was in so much pain that i cried. the more i cried, the more my breathing gets erratic. it was really really painful. it lasted for such a long time that it hadn't occur to me that it was actually hyperventilation. i had that before during sec 4, and i remembered it was during mrs lui's geography lessons. that time luckily got baba around. and all was back to normal after she gave me a paper bag to breathe in and out into. i didnt remember it to be this serious so i didnt realise it was hyperventilation again. man. it really freaking scare the shit out of me. though not to the extent to have my whole life flashing/replaying in my mind, i really thought im going to die man. really is so scary leh. the doctor like a nonchalent initially. the moment he saw my fingers, he knew it was hyperventilation. and he just asked me to slow down my breathing. i was too weak to tell him that this lasted for a bloody 1 hour. so if i can slow down my breathing, i would have been able to do so long ago! luckily i manage to use my almost last breathe to tell him that my hands still feel very numb and stiff. then he asked his nurse for a plastic bag. and guided me to breathing in and out in the bag. budden hor, baba mentioned that we shouldnt use plastic bag! should use paper bag wor. so the doctor's trying to kill me man! anw, the cramp for my hands was so bad that even after my hyperventilation stopped and im back home, both my hands still feel so weak. and exerting any force will cause it to shiver. anyway, it was really scary. tai holy mama scary le! recalling all these now still sends creeps down my spine. Awww. good thing mei shen me shi! alright alright. that's all! back to project loh~