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HORRIBLY SICK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve had a low grade headache in the morning, upgrading to bad at noon. Nausea. Flu-like aches and pains. But I still had to find a box for the bike, get it packed, and get it shipped.<\/p>\n

I just threw up violently in the toilet. At least the bike is shipped. I fly out tomorrow at 1:46 pm. Just checked in, online.<\/p>\n

UPDATE, 22-JUL-2017 12:14 EDT: Feeling about 80% well now, up from 50% this morning, so I’m updating yesterday’s post from the JAX airport.<\/p>\n

I woke up feeling wrong. The motel was out of coffee, so I made my own from a coffee bag I had brought from a previous motel. Through the day, my headache and nausea got worse.<\/p>\n

In the morning, I drove to Walmart to get packing tape and some groceries. I originally planned to get lunch at Ibex, and Ethiopian place near my motel. But I was feeling so ill, I decided to just go to Wendy’s and get a Frosty and Chili. Only ate a few spoonfuls of the chili, then had to lie down.<\/p>\n

I drove out a little later to get a bike box (the UPS store didn’t have one that was big enough). Brought the box back, then had to lie down again. Got up at 5 pm or so, moving slowly.<\/p>\n

\"bike
This is the box I got from Bikes, Etc. for $15. Typically, these have been free, but $15 was fair. What should have been a simple task of packing was a Herculean effort with a headache and nausea. I had 1 hour to make it to UPS before the place closed at 6:30 pm. Made it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"check
The check-in bag is mostly packed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I got back, I lay down on the bed, again. Basically, from 7 pm to midnight, I just lay on the bed, fitfully trying to rest, and not doing very well. Then I decided to eat some fruit, thinking that I needed hydration, and simple food like fruit would stay down. Nope.<\/p>\n

\"fruit
I got a package of fruit salad from Walmart when I bought the packing tape there earlier. I was thinking that fruit would at least stay down. Nope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

— picture of massive vomit in the toilet omitted —<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"powerade\"
I felt a little better, but not perfect, after throwing up. I walked to the Shell station at midnight to get a Powerade (electrolyte drink). I sipped it very gingerly, for fear I would throw up again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From then until dawn, I tried again to rest, but it was hard. The room smelled funny, and it didn’t help that my T-shirt probably had vomit on it.<\/p>\n

Theories on why I got sick:<\/p>\n