Saturday, July 18, 2015

My "New" Shunt and the Weather

I call it my new shunt because next month it will have its two year milestone.  My last one was with me for twenty-seven and a half years.  I'm going to be flying back from Seattle that day.

There seems to be so much that affect this "new" shunt, especially changes in air pressure.  I can get a nasty headache from flying, but I also call my shunt my own personal barometer.  I can tell when even a rain storm is approaching.

I thought that would be the extent of it, until it started to get really hot and humid.  With lots of heat and humidity comes a feeling of light-headedness that I haven't experienced before.  It's for that reason I know I'm not experiencing anything Sun related.  Besides at the time, I had only been sitting in the heat for ten minutes, and I had already prepared with SPF 30 sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses with UVB protection.  I don't think the feeling was "all in my head" either.

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