I think the heat has gotten to me. I went to
my dentist appointment yesterday feeling pretty icky but attributing it
to white coat fever. Problem is, when I left the dentist I still felt
icky. Clearly it was more than just nerves.
Now, the appointment: it appears that my tooth cracked a while back, schmutz got into
the crack, caused a cavity, and weakened the tooth, which is why it broke
last week. The dentist says the decay is deep enough that I may need a
root canal, but since it doesn’t hurt it’s iffy. They are so busy I
can’t get the work done until the end of next week.
So
I went home, still queasy and feeling a bit shaky and decided to go
back to bed for a while. The joy of working nights, right? Only, when I
got up a couple hours later I was worse. I felt shaky and, I don't know, kind of fuzzy in the head, almost like I'd been drinking, which I had not. Dr. Walker’s diagnosis? I
did too much over the weekend, and most of it outdoors. On Saturday I
cut the grass, cleaned up the patio, cleaned the house, did five loads
of laundry, got groceries, and rearranged a couple pieces of furniture
in the living room. On Sunday, I helped my friend Becca move house.
She went from a second floor apartment on one end of town to a second
floor apartment on the other end of town. We hauled boxes, bags,
clothes, and small furniture pieces up and down stairs from nine in the
morning until five in the afternoon. Then all the helpers came back to
my house for a cookout. I drank a ton of water both days, but I do
believe Walker may be right on this one. I think I had too much heat.
My body is used to sitting at a desk in an air conditioned office. I’ll
probably have to take it easy for a day or two.
These temperatures outside are brutal, so many days in a row. Heat Stroke kills. Be careful. If your symptoms do not improve see the doctor.
ReplyDeleteI felt better the next day but you're absolutely right - heat like this, for days on end, is nothing to take lightly. It's supposed to be 107* tomorrow ~
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