This morning I got up and swam and felt great! Had my usual tea and post swim snack, got to work and started my day. About 20 minutes into the day, my vision started getting odd the way it does when I have blood sugar drops. I've had those a few times if I don't eat something after hard exercise. I start getting bright spots that increase in amount until it's almost like a kaleidoscope effect and I can't see anything. When it's my blood sugar if I let it go past that then my fingers get numb, then I just can't pay attention...
Well anyway, I knew I had a snack so that shouldn't be the issue, so I had a nurse check my blood sugar which was fine. I called Shawn and told him about it and he asked if they checked my blood pressure, I hadn't, so they did, and it was a little high for me but still well within normal range. Then I remembered hearing about ocular migraines. I have a history of getting regular migraines which SUCK, but never had one of these.
It's basically the aura and spots and field of vision changes that you get with a migraine, but without the headache, sensitivity, and nausea. I was really tired, too, but I was up at 4:20 and swam for an hour. So, to try to preempt the headache part, I took the usual cocktail (an Advil, a Tylenol, with caffeine to drink). After about an hour my vision was to the point that I could at least read and I only had a bit of a headache.
I'll be mentioning it to the doctor the next time I go, but all seems OK at this point.
Then after 12 hours at work, Michelle, Christy, & I decided to get in a quick 3 miles since we haven't all run together since Chicago. Nice way to end the day, albeit pretty late getting home to eat... and sleep.
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