Headache

6:00 AM Saturday. What day is it? What do I have to do today? I have a terrible headache. Too early. I need to go to the lab and give blood for my quarterly tests. My head really hurts. Go back to sleep.

7:10 AM Saturday. My head hurts. Get out of bed. I need to check my BG. Stumble to the bathroom. My BG is 70. I am not supposed to eat or drink. I won’t make it to the lab. I eat one and a half sugar tabs. Brush teeth and get dressed. Drive to the lab.

7:45 AM Saturday. I am at the lab, but they don’t open till 8:00AM I sit in the car and listen to my head pounding. I close my eyes and feel the pain. It still hurts. I have been fasting for twelve hours and 45 minutes.

8:00 AM Saturday. The doors open and I head inside. Six people go through the door before me. I am not smiling. I am not talking to anyone. My head hurts too much.

8:30 AM Saturday. My name is called. The nurse is very chatty. I don’t want to talk. I don’t want to listen. I don’t want to smile. The pounding is getting louder. The nurse takes the blood. Only three vials this time. I grab my coat and head out. I am starting to sweat and shake.

I get to the car I open the door and sit down. I eat three sugar tabs. I have fasted for thirteen and a half hours. I wait for another fifteen minutes. The pounding starts to lessen. I stop sweating. I calm down. I still have a headache, but it is not as bad. I feel very tired. I drive home.

9:05 AM Saturday. I eat some toast and a breakfast burrito. I feel like I am in a fog. I drink some coffee.

I go to the gym. I hope the caffeine and workout will wake me up. I come home from the gym. I am still tired. I still have a hint of the headache. I take a twenty minute nap.

12:10 AM Saturday. I shower and get cleaned up. My BG is 80. I eat lunch, pasta in a read sauce and my headache finally goes away. I am still tired, but I am beginning to feel better at least enough to be civil to my family.

I can make it through the rest of the day.