Skull splitting

.. experience and a hard lesson learnt.

I run on empty most of the time, paling2 pun i dunk down my usual vitamins with half a glass of plain water. i dunno it just feels better that way.. and also bcos i'm not an early breakfast person nor do i chalk up that much mileage anyway.

But yesterday, yesterday was a horror!!

After my morning run, i was 'consumed' by work. one report led to another and another and another and before i knew it, it was almost lunchbreak. hah, twas then that i realised i might be in serious trouble.. tak pasal2 i was feeling lightheaded and nauseous!! yelah kan, dah lama tak exercise tetiba tak makan tak minum sampai midday.. usia pun dah 'menjelang senja' so agaknya badan pun memberontak la kot.

From that point onwards, pressure kept building up in my skull to the point that it felt like exploding and for a minute there i was quite concerned that my grey matter might end up on the office walls!! sheesh sakit giler. actually, i have gone thru the same thing a couple of times before and it has always been associated with an empty stomach. 'perut masuk angin sampai naik kepala' was what my grandma used to tell me and in my case i guess its true. i'm generally healthy and i dont have migraines so maybe it is the 'angin' thing although the medical community has never agreed to such a thing. ask your doctor and the only thing associated with 'angin' or 'wind' would be flatulence. according to the docs mana ada angin mencucuk2 or any such thing.

But like i said its true for me... tapi alhamdulillah masa puasa tak kena pulak :) i think masa puasa you're prepared for the subsequent emptiness of the stomach, unlike the situations that take you by surprise (or the signs that you stupidly choose to ignore).

Anyway after work, i spent the rest of the day in bed guling2 trying to sleep it off. i knew from past experience, the only thing to shake it off was sleep but it just evaded me. even the painkiller i took didnt help much. in fact i might've even scared my poor cat off with my moans and groans (i'd have you know i'm not usually pre-dispose to such behaviour).

But somewhere in the nite i must've finally slipped into deep sleep because i woke up this morning with my head completely free of any 'pressure', yay!!! syukur alhamdulillah thank you Lord... theres so much to do i cant afford to be down & under in any way.

Lesson learned: Jaga makan... terlebih pun tak boleh, terlupa pun tak boleh haish ;)