Very tough day

Today was a rough one, complete with nausea, irritability, and a nasty heachache.  It was terrible timing for a bad day because it was Sunday family day.😥

My physical upset could've been caused by three different factors or a combo of two or all of them.

1.  Last night I went to a friend's 'good bye' party where there was an open bar.  I treated myself to two vodka soda's with 2 lemon twists each.  The drink was very keto friendly.  No carbs and no sugar.  Later I had one glass of chardonnay.  Also fairly keto friendly.  This was the first alcoholic beverage I had since starting keto.  Three drinks in a night wouldn't have phased me before I started keto, but maybe now it's too many?   I won't be drinking any alcohol again for awhile.

2.  I didn't sleep well last night,  and then when I woke I had low blood sugars in the 40s.  Really not good.  I had stayed at my Sister's house so I didn't have my 'go to' blood sugar lifters on hand.  I was in too much of a 'low' to really look for anything keto healthy so I ended up just pouring some orange juice and drinking it up.  Ten ounces of OJ raised my blood sugar just enough.  I went back to sleep for two more hours and woke up with my headache.  Could the massive sugar intake from the OJ be the culprit?  It's the first sugar intake I've had since I started keto six days ago.

3.  Could this be the keto flu I've heard so much about?  I have the headache, nausea, fatigue, dizziness, and irritability  ALL symptoms of the keto flu. 

My body felt like it was working against itself.   At one point I stood up for ten minutes trying to find something and by the time I sat down my body was shaking like a leaf.  This made me anxious and sent me into a panic attack.  It took five minutes of deep breathing for me to calm down.

Shortly after, Mojo, McKenzie, and I went out and saw "A Dog's Way Home".  The ride there was when the nausea really kicked in.  I so wished I had stayed home.  We got into the movie and sat down, and the bright lights off to the side amped up the nausea even more.  I wasn't sure I was gonna make it through the movie and feared I'd end up spending the entire movie in the bathroom.

Around the second half of the movie my stomach settled down enough I was able to enjoy it.  It was actually a very good movie.  I cried in so many parts.  It made me want to go home and hug all my pets and never let them go.💕

On a very bright note, I haven't had to take any short acting insulin for three days😊👍.  I'm definitely decreasing my long acting insulin tonight.  Low blood sugars are horrible.  

Tomorrow I'm expecting a much better day.  For the first time in years, I look forward to weighing in.  I really hope the orange juice I had to drink today didn't do much damage🙏.