Yesterday

Have you ever felt as though your body just gave out for a day? Not a nervous breakdown, your body just would not cooperate with what your mind was thinking. Yesterday was that day for me.

Tuesday, a little before lunch (which is usually 11ish) I suddenly felt weak. Still able to walk, not terribly well, but mobile enough to make a straight line. I needed to load gel of samples before lunch so it was going to get done. I started feeling shakey, not quite sure if I was actually shaking, but I felt as though I was.

At this point I got quiet, didn't feel like conversing, trying just to focus on something. This was an intereting expierence because my brain was thinking quickly, actually too many things at once so I was focusing on anything and my body was more or less slow motion. I went back into the lab ready for lunch at this point and Leonie (my co-worker) noticed that I wasn't myself. We both thought that food would probably help so we went to the lunch room to eat.

I ate what I could thinking it would help me get back to what I could do and needed to do that day. Food really didn't help how I was feeling. I was feeling sick, the food settled well, not nauseous. My body still just did not want to work. Still in the lunch room, contiuning to feel a little shakey and now a little dizzy, I just sat for a while to try and wait these feelings away. Finally we needed to get back to work, so I slowly go up from my seat and walked out into the hall and back to the lab. All I needed to do was a PCR and take a picture of the gel that I had loaded before lunch. Leonie and I agreed that if I was still feeling this way after I was done with my work then I would take a couple of sick hours and just go home.

I finished what I needed to by 2pm told my boss and drove home. Just so you know I was no longer dizzy driving home, nor as shakey so I do not believe I endangered anyone, and got home safely. I went on the couch and watched TV for a little bit and eventually fell asleep.