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I was sitting at my desk doing analyst work. It was a completely normal day. I had been at work for 3 hours. Next thing I knew I opened my eyes and I was laying on the ground looking at paramedics next to me and about 10 co-workers standing around my cube. My head was killing me and I was completely confused. Later I learned that my boss heard this loud banging sound coming from my cube so he went to see what I was doing. From what I was told, I was having a clonic-tonic seizure right there in my chair and was hitting my legs up against my drawer. Two of my bosses moved me to the ground as I continued this seizure for 5 mins. I did not regain consiousness until 15 mins later. Still not sure why this happened to me. I have not returned to work because more than being frightened I am humiliated that this happened at work. I can’t imagine myself having this uncontrolled seizure right there in my business suit at work of all places in front of the people I am suppose to impress. I feel fragile now, not a good place to be in a cut-throat corporate work place. Worse than that, all I remember is waking up and seeing all these people that I work with standing around me. Why were they there? I am humiliated that I had absolutely no privacy. Was my underwear showing? My jaw is killing me so obviously I had my mouth in a wide opened state. I must have looked like a moron…I have spent two years with this company trying to prove myself, trying to create a professional image and now I am too embarrased to return to work a week later. I feel like my career is ruined because of something I had no control over.
November 2008
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