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Jet lag

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Flew through 11 timezones to get to Hawaii for the Akismet team meetup. Obviously flew back through the same 11 timezones. And here I am a week later still feeling like crap. Constant headache, constant tiredness, sleep is frequent and poor, feel sick, cannot concentrate. I have rehydrated after the flight and still drink plenty (of water), eating is as it was. But nothing works so far. According to wikipedia it can take a day per timezone to feel better so I’ve 4 days at least to go. I didn’t feel this bad after going to Japan but I did feel ill after the last San Francisco trip. One thing for sure – I will never go Hawaii again.

Drunk

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Got on the plane feeling fine. I’d cut down on the caffeine beforehand, drank enough water (2 litres at the airport, took another 2 on with me). During the flight started to feel ill. I had a bad pain at the base of my spine, spent over 4 hours of the flight standing at the back stretching and being constantly asked if I was in the queue for the toilet and by the end of the flight was feeling very wobbly. I felt uncoordinated while collecting the suitcase and had to concentrate hard to not stagger. Lots more stopping to get my balance on the way to the coach. Since I’m home it feels like I am very drunk. The room will spin, my legs are wobbly and feel like they will give way, I feel sick, my breathing is worse, vision is a little blurred at times, typing is taking more concentration. My fluid intake is good, caffeine is still down, food is good. And I’ve had headaches too.

So ….. jetlag or caffeine related or a bug. Given where it started I’d actually say a bug. You know when you’ve had a few drinks and you lie on the bed that the room does start spinning? That’s just what it’s like here, even as I type this. It is very unpleasant.