Thursday, October 5, 2017

Walks, electrical currents and superheroes

One of the weird side effects of the medication I have to take for my IIH is that often, my fingers and toes, and sometimes lips, will have this electrical current feeling go through them for several minutes. It is more than tingling, but less than being struck by lightning I imagine. Kind of hard to explain, but you're welcome for doing such a stellar job just now. Usually though, if I'm careful to make sure I'm getting enough extra electrolytes into my body, it isn't too bad. Unless it is cold outside.

Lately, I have been taking long walks outside and enjoying the fall weather and improving myself both physically and spiritually as I walk. On Tuesday, I was outside for quite a while and I didn't feel like I was that cold because I was obviously moving the whole time. But when I got back home and stopped moving, I realized my whole body was pretty chilled. And that's when the electrical currenting started. Literally through every inch of my arms and hands and from my thighs all the way down to my toes, as well as my face, nose and ears, electrical currents were shooting in every direction. It was one of the most bizarre feelings I have ever felt in my life and went on for quite some time.

After about 5 or 10 minutes, I picked up my phone and texted the following to Jacob, "Don't be jealous, but I'm pretty positive I'm about to turn into a superhero."