The first day of my 5 weeks “writecation” has not been the success I hoped for. I put on my pulse watch to get some exercise done during work hours, when my pulse is lower. Except it was like +30-40. A sitting pulse of 90 and above is high even for a normal human. For me who usually has 60 or below at this time of the day, it was shocking.

My bowels went wild a couple minutes later, but I was not sure whether that was the cause of the high pulse or whether the high pulse just scared me shitless… Probably not, because over the next couple hours I had two more excessive bowel movements. In preparation for the second of the three, my heart did the drama queen thing where it goes as fast as it can, which seems to be around 170 these days. I am pretty sure it was closer to 180 last summer. Oh well. I survived (so far – it is now four hours later), still not sure it actually makes me stronger though…

Pulse is much closer to normal now, so that is good. But this morning, despite sleeping for over 7 hours, I woke up kind of hazy. It was as if my senses were all behind a thin layer of gauze, if that makes sense. I felt not quite dizzy, but a bit unsteady and clumsy. At work, I ate a light breakfast of two cups of chocolate pudding. After this I began shivering for about an hour, had to hurry to the toilet several times, and was generally overcome with such a feeling of malaise that I could not concentrate on my job. Eventually I went into “hibernation mode” as I call it, a state of dreamless sleep in my chair. For about half an hour I did so, waking up every five minutes, and then slept continually and dreamlessly for about a quarter of an hour. I woke up and felt mostly fine, except for a slight headache. I worked normally the rest of the workday.

In the evening I walked for 20 minutes. My pulse was still only +5 – +10, marginally higher than normal. So that is good. But the hazy feeling started to come back, so I went home. It seems like I need unreasonably much sleep these days. Normally, 6 hours 30 minutes used to be enough. I think the semi-stuffy nose could contribute to this: I don’t get as much oxygen as usual. Well, that is one hypothesis. I really don’t know. But it seems I have had these two things for the same period of time.

Anyway, now I have a dry cough. Not sure what’s up with that. Perhaps I just have to have SOMETHING to complain about. ^_^ Hopefully no one is reading.  I mean, I don’t really want people to read this unless I die, in which case perhaps they can find a clue here as to why. I certainly don’t have a clue, but then I am not dead either. Well, as of writing this, I am not!

Gums are sore and feeling of swelling in both upper jaws, starting with the left. It began last evening, and a long night’s sleep did not cure it this time, although it has only progressed very little in my sleep. My face feels stiff and swollen around the upper jaws, but I cannot see anything in the mirror, so it can’t be much. There is no strong pain, just the constant pressure, and the tenderness in the gums.

It’s been a week and my pulse is still 10 beats higher than it used to be. I can’t point to any particular infection; in fact, my digestion is more or less back to normal, it seems. My nose is still slightly stuffy, but no more than that. I am perhaps a little more sleepy than usual, but that is hardly an illness.
I walked for an hour today, even though my pulse was still higher. After half an hour, my lower legs were getting stiff; after one hour, my upper body is also stiff. And I was not even jogging, just walking fast. So yes, there is definitely something going on. But I don’t know what it is.