Last night before bed I took a hot ginger bath, as hot as I could stand. Hot baths are supposed to help with detox, and they feel great. Woke up at 6:40 this morning, with tons of energy!!! Yay! I feel awesome.
... I wrote that this morning. Since then my energy has changed a bit: I went in to work to give a presentation. I've been avoiding going in. I went a little early to do some stuff in my office and print handouts. I wore my face mask up until I had to talk, and didn't notice any symptoms or reaction. Unfortunately, I had to take the mask off to talk, and by the question and answer period I could feel a headache starting, my jaw was really tight, and my cheeks were flushed. By the time I left work, the lymph nodes in my neck were all swollen and my nose was stuffy. All told, I was probably in the building 2 hours, one hour without the mask. Sigh. I took lots of B complex and vit C. It took about 3 hours before the symptoms started going away. It's 5 hours later now, and I'm still feeling pretty wiped out.On the positive side, I wasn't sure how comfortable I would be wearing the mask in public, especially around people at work, but it turned out ok. One person did a double take and said "Oh my" (and so I explained I had chemical allergies and had to wear a mask), and one other kind person asked me how I was doing and we chatted for a while, but other than that no one said anything. So now if I have to pick up anything from the building, as long as I don't have to take the mask off and the visit isn't for too long (I'm thinking 30 min to an hour tops) - then I'll probably be ok.