Joshua Paschal

Today was rough. I should have just done nothing today and rested. I do not want to scare people in being hesitant, but my headache was persistent throughout the whole day and my nausea has lingered, preventing me from eating a large meal.

I spent a few hours with an ice pack pressed to my forehead, which helped the headache. This is how I managed to get through talking to my students very briefly for my last day of teaching today, but I definitely could not have lectured if it was needed. I also did no writing today, even though I want to, as I simply cannot focus enough to write any philosophy. These posts are a bit easier.

I have managed to keep the little food I did eat today down, but sipping fluids has been noticeably preferable for dealing with the nausea.

I drew up a hot bath and sat in the darkness for about an hour around 5pm. Before doing that, I definitely could not have taken a nap. After the bath, I was just comfortable enough to pass out for a few hours. This has really helped my headache–thus why I can write this now–but I also sense the headache coming back on. Maximizing rest should definitely be a priority.

Small doses of painkillers only seemed to do so much, as my headache still persisted even after I took painkillers twice throughout the day. I suspect the headache is being caused by inflammation that is building up some pressure in my head, thus the typical painkillers can only do so much. My muscles are also noticeably weaker, as I could feel my legs shake as I rose from my bath earlier.

Tomorrow, if I am still experiencing symptoms, I will try to force myself to eat more rice to see if the other symptoms are being amplified by the nausea preventing high carb intake, but I doubt that is the case. I was able to keep some pizza down this morning, as well as some ramen earlier, but I did not want to push it.

I will cut it off here since I really should go back to resting.