Ever Fainted? Here's a Poll

[Thirties Child]

22. Twice, as a child

First time, in the first grade, while simultaneously getting a diphtheria vaccination in one arm, small pox vaccination in the other. Assume this was from panic about getting the shots, not the shots themselves. Those were my first shots - this was way before antibiotics, way before Salk, way before infant vaccinations.

Second time, in the second grade, coming down with what I now recognize as mono. Diagnosis at the time was "yellow jaundice".

Mr. Thirties faints fairly often, thanks to his excessive sweating and consequent dehydration. Apparently both too much and too little sweating can be problems.

When I heard she'd fainted at a 911 memorial, my first thought was heat exhaustion.