A picture of a blohaj (fluffy shark) in a hospital bed sleeping under a blanket.

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   Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 17:16:40 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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   08:40
   I did the cogstate test for the first time for real! It was much quicker, because I did things much better than the first time. Having done it yesterday while I had a headache and really couldn't concentrate wasn't too nice. I still think I was at the top of my abilities, but given the clinical circumstances, it's the best I can do. Now they can measure whether the medicine tomorrow has any effect on my cognitive state.

   09:48
   I spent my time lying down thinking about my beliefs and my life. When do you ever take the time to rethink everything? To question whether what you are doing is right, or how you've come to the point where you are today? With all of these distractions at our disposal it's much easier to stare at a screen in case any cohesive thought may form. I saw this a very good way of spending my many lay downs, as I was simply supposed to lie in bed without reading, watching, or doing anything, whilst staying awake. Just you left alone with your own thoughts. I'm glad I can still do that and be alone with myself.

   Also they just cleaned the catheter now, not early in the morning. Liars!

   11:38
   They needed to use a second blood pressure measuring device because mine would keep pumping around my arm and wouldn't stop. I broke it lol.

   Also during one of the lay downs I dropped my Blohaj on the floor and the three surrounding assistants said “noooo” and one picked it up and brought it back onto my bed as I wasn't allowed to move.

   12:54
   Just had my second cognitive test of the day. I'm not getting better at them through skill, which is a good thing and shows how the test works.

   I also didn't explain much what this day and a “lay down” was about. Basically the entire day is just measuring a constant ECG and to get the best results we need to lie still in bed every half an hour for half an hour. It's quiet and nice time.

   I'm excited to take the first dose of the compound tomorrow!

   22:56
   I had many irritating headaches today! Can't really explain why. Didn't get the medicine yet. May have been the environment or yesterday's procedure... I really understand why they conduct studies like this! If I would've gotten the medicine on day one, I would've claimed that a side effect of the medicine was headaches! Regardless, it wasn't too bad, though for someone who never really had headaches in their life, it was quite an experience. Especially weird because my testing today was “lying in bed” (how stressful!!).

   23:33
   I used a stapler to staple my study schedule together. It was falling apart, and now it's my little booklet!!