On the weekend of 11/3, I'd been shopping. I took my time to make sure I didn't overaggravate my system. But I was exhausted, sweaty, my heart was palpitating and I was seeing stars by the time I got to the check out. As I left the store, rather than constrict because of the additional light outside, they stayed w i d e open. Everything was washed out. I couldn't tell the difference between white, sky blue, silver, gold, gray. I walked out in front of a car who, luckily could see me. I'm not sure what color that car was but it was apparently part of spectrum I couldn't see. Freaked out, I loaded my groceries - my hands so shaky I could barely grab them to put them into my car. And of course my vision was wreaking havoc on me. I got into the car and sat there with it running trying to decide what to do. I couldn't see very well, my heart felt like it was burrowing out of my chest, and I was having trouble breathing.
I did what "stubborn Dianne" would do...drive home. Ok. I did wait for the color spectrum to return and for the pounding of my heart to ease. After dropping my stuff off at home, catching my breath for a few minutes, I met my Dad at an urgent care facility. After about an hour and a half there, they sent me home with orders for labwork (to be fulfilled on Monday when they reopened) and a bottle of Meclizine for the dizziness. Hm.
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