Would Have, Could Have, Should Have. Hindsight is Always 20/20

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I got laryngitis on Wednesday without having any cold or other symptoms, although I think it's due to either sinus drainage or allergies. I almost called in sick yesterday since I didn't want to be talking to customers draining my voice further, but I didn't. I didn't call in. That part of my day was fine. About one and one half hours into my shift I began to feel hot and a bit faint. I've felt this way before when I first went full-time, three years ago, but I never fainted any of those time. I was always able to sit on a close bench for a few minutes with water until the feeling passed. This time I thought all I needed was a few minutes sitting down, but everything happened quickly. I mentioned to the person in charge starting her shift that I felt faint, and she immediately closed my lane down and got help. They brought a wheelchair for me and told me to wait until they were ready. The gal that was helping me is quite short, possibly not much more than five feet if that. She took my arm to help me get into the chair, but between having my head down on the scale and turning around, I lost focus and actually fainted. The last time I fainted and fell was in church when I was about eight or ten years old. This time I went into a sort of dream. I do remember trying to catch myself on the way down with my right hand. There's a metal back to the u-scans that were directly behind my area that I tried to grab, but the weight of my body falling caused that hand to bend backward. It was a bit of work getting my hand to let go. I'm a bit surprised that I remember doing that since I was already within the faint, I think. I think the girls helping thought they were helping me not have much of an impact but my face did hit the floor and I broke off the bottom section of my two front teeth. That's the only thing I broke. I think I sprained my right hand. In the image, the left picture is my left hand which shows the veins and bones. I decided I needed a comparison shot. The right shows some swelling on my middle finger and the top of my hand nearby. It only hurts when I try to open it up more. When I woke this morning I wasn't able to open it at all. I called in sick since I need that hand working properly to do my job. Now, don't get mad at me, but I decided to do a few dishes and the warm water running on my hand actually made it possible for me to open it up a bit more. When I got up, I wouldn't have been able to have my hand as it is in this image. Hey, I can even type without it hurting. I just finished breakfast and my girls may take me out for lunch. Or I may just spend time with them since I just ate. As far as I know I fainted only because I got too hot, unless my blood pressure dropped for some reason too.