Survey Says...Dehydration!

Well, I've had a pretty good week back in the US of A. It is kind of selfish, but I wanted to spend my 30th birthday with friends and family. I want to specially thank Aaron and Eric for letting me celebrate at their house (and watch some sweet, sweet U-M football). Good thing I was falling asleep by midnight - cut it out, middle age.

Special note to those who may have international travel in their futures: drink lots of water on the airplane. I got back to Detroit on Friday last week. Tuesday of this week I had a conference call, and halfway through I noticed I was very light-headed. Eventually the room started spinning, I broke out into a sweat, I got all kinds of nauseous, and my vision got real spotty, like right before when you faint. Fortunately, Cindy from work walked by the office, and I grabbed her to make sure someone knew I was in trouble. I sat on the ground while she finished the conference call for me ("Mac can't talk right now, he's going to puke in the trashcan"). What followed was clearly a highlight of my career, as a veritable parade of coworkers and managers came in to see what was going on. I'm laying on the ground trying not to fall of the face of the earth (which was spinning quite rapidly at this point), and everyone in the office swings by to see what's up. Wonderful.

Anyways, Tank and Aaron took me home (didn't take much arm-twisting to get them to leave the office), and I fell asleep on the sofa from about 2:30 - 7pm. I went to the doctor the next day, and she concluded that I probably was suffering from dehydration. Hmm, since boarding the plane on Friday, I ingested Tylenol PM (antihistamine), beer, wine, cookies, onion rings, burgers, coffee, and all kinds of other non-healthy fare. No wonder I didn't feel good! The doc took my blood pressure and pulse when I walked in the door, then made me chug about 60 ounces of water, and took the readings again. Both vitals improved, and I'm feeling much better now. Turns out I'm suffering from being a dumbass!

I leave again for Korea tomorrow (Sunday), and will be chugging as much water on the plane as possible, so as to avoid a repeat performance. For the time being, however, I am going to enjoy a cool if drizzly Chicago day with Ginny, watch some more Michigan football, and get myself psyched up for 14 hours on a Korean Air flight.

Cheers