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Dehydration is no Joke
A trip to Urgent Care and some lessons
Yesterday I’d made plans to get together with two good friends to create a video of my Mom. I wanted to create some memories of her talking and laughing. One of my friends brought her small, very calm dog. She would be a great therapy dog — she will gravitate to the person most in distress and calmly cuddle with them.
Yesterday that person was me.
I had blood drawn three days prior. Because they are looking for cancer markers in addition to the normal bloodwork, they took 6 vials of blood.
Normally that is not an issue for me but I was struggling with several issues this week and I wasn’t staying hydrated enough. In 106 degree weather, this is not great.
One warning sign that I should have paid attention to — super low blood pressure. While I tend to run low, I was even lower yesterday. Another warning sign — I had a headache that kept getting worse as the morning progressed. By the time my friends had gotten to my house, I had had more than the recommended dosage of Tylenol, yet the headache did not go away.
The I started to feel dizzy and to slur my words.
