After blogging yesterday, I should have knocked on wood!
About an hour after I got home, I began feeling dizzy. Two hours after I'd been home, I was having difficulty focusing my eyes. They kept jumping around. I was trying to type something, and I was determined to finish it, whether my eyes and arms (which were becoming sore and weak) wanted to cooperate or not. It took me forever, but I did.
By 9:00 pm, I was not able to focus my eyes at all, and I couldn't walk a straight line. My balance was poor, and I was just so dizzy. I felt like the room was spinning. I ended up going to bed early.
I woke up feeling the "stretchy" feeling in my legs--which makes me walk on the balls of my feet unless I actively try not to. When I feel like that, not walking on the balls of my feet is uncomfortable. I also felt weak and shaky, especially my legs.
At church, I was moving slowly. I sat on the pew and had difficulty keeping my head raised to look at the speaker. My limbs felt encased in concrete. I couldn't cross my legs, because it took too much effort to keep one leg on the other.
I was grieved to find that I could not sing more than two verses of a song. I felt tired and light-headed. Poor breath support, I think. That was so disappointing, and it happened on every hymn throughout church. I love singing.
I began to feel the pins and needles tingles in my right lower leg and both feet. Mostly I just felt tired. And something odd... I felt like my awareness of my legs waxed and waned. There were periods of time where I didn't feel like I had legs, although intellectually I knew they were there. I could see them. But I couldn't feel them. It wasn't a matter of numbness, although the pins and needles made them borderline numb. I think it was compromised proprioception. So I would either feel pins and needles (which were mild) or feel like my legs were not there.
I also felt pins and needles up the back left side of my scalp a few times.
My legs and arms were both weak.
I dared to give an answer in Gospel Doctrine, which I sort of regretted. The teacher asked me a follow-up question. My brain wasn't processing and organizing well, but I tried to give an answer that made sense or was at least on topic. Whatever.
I shared an example in Relief Society, which turned out well. I had had time to consider it before raising my hand, so I was able to make a meaningful contribution. And no follow-up questions.. whew. Also, it was on a familiar topic, illustrating the teacher's point by giving an example of something that had happened to me. Text to self connection, so to speak--the easiest kind. The language and concepts were less remote and complex than in Gospel Doctrine. The follow-up question that I had been asked in that class was, "How did the atonement give Christ the enabling power of grace?" That's a hard question even on a good day!
And now? I'm having difficulty walking. My legs are too weak. They feel sore, like I had a major workout. That makes no sense, because I sat on my butt all day yesterday and this morning! I'm trying to make connections, but it's hard to find patterns. Could it be the short time that I was out in the heat yesterday?
Heat definitely has an impact. I've had my laptop on my lap while writing this post, and now my quads are cramping.
