Just ate some cookies in the back room at work because my blood sugar was dropping (again.) I was getting shaky and clumsy, which is the first major sign that I need to have food in my system and fast. I have a ridiculously fast metabolism, which, while it keeps me wonderfully skinny no matter what I eat, it also burns up food faster and I have to try to keep up. I'll have to eat something again before I go to bed, probably something with carbs and more solid than cookies because these won't last me very long, probably a half-hour at most. They were just to get me to stop shaking, get me home, and nearer a piece of toast.
The longest I've ever gone without eating was 14 hours, and the experience was not something I want to repeat anytime soon. I had a long day and apparently couldn't find the time to sit and eat something until about 6 PM. The headache, nausea, shakiness, clumsiness, and colored lights I saw on the edges of my vision were enough to make me pay better attention when my system is screaming for energy. I spent the rest of that night feeling crappy because I hadn't eaten all day.
It's been worse since I've been here, probably because I don't eat as often or as regularly as I used to. I've been keeping a granola bar in my bag as of late but I ate that hours ago when I got shaky earlier. Guess I'll have to pack more than one next time.
Ta,
Bec
PS: I am now banned from sitting on my couch or touching my carpet until it's proved or disproved that the itching is being caused by one or both of them (yeah, I'm still itching about as bad as I ever was.) We'll know in about two or three days whether it works or not.
I suspect at this moment that it's a chemical called dimethyl fumarate, or DMF, as it's used as a cleaning agent on couches and carpets both and causes itchiness in some people.
The good news is, Europe has completely banned the stuff, so I can move there and never have this problem again!
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