10 Days with Thal

Traveling on the road now for 10 days and 3,543 miles and counting.  My pal Thal hasn't been misbehaving much.  A couple of days with bad headaches and fatigue.

Always wanted to be a cowboy

The first day out was the worst. Arrived at our first stop in Ohio feeling mighty ill.  Nothing seemed to help but sleep. Took an awesome three hour power nap and woke feeling pretty normal.  Got some food in me thanks to our gracious hosts and friends.  Some fresh home cooking helped take the rest of the edge off.  I've never been sure what triggers these bad times.  I had just gotten two for the road the day prior so it wasn't that my counts were low.

Rode several days without a much of a peep from Thal. Then he tried to cause some problems on the road in New Mexico.  At first I just felt very fatigued.  It was hot out and we had been riding a couple of hours.  So, I powered through abut an hour more of riding then we stopped for fuel.  While stopped we always take a few minutes to hydrate and rest which usually is needed by both of us.

Liz could tell I wasn't feeling well which means if I look "icky" (Liz calls it) things are going down hill.  We parked the bikes and sat in the shade for about an hour.  I could have curled up for a nap right there!  We then noticed a small shack in the rear of the parking lot serving fresh ice cream.  We each had a couple of scoops. Mocha  nut fudge for me and cookies and cream for Liz.  Surprisingly it seemed to help.

Could there be any correlation between feeling icky and quick intake of carbohydrates?  So, Liz suggested trying glucose tablets, see if it helps.  My response was, "Why not just eat ice cream!"  Also, just before and the day of getting blood Liz noticed I crave carbohydrates, true. I could sit down at that time and go through a box of cereal.  The only two other Thal patients I know said they also eat and crave the carbs around the same time.

So the experiment begins...  At least twice since New Mexico when I've started to feel icky I've stopped to fuel the bike and me with ice cream.  So far so good. Interesting...

Howdy!