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For Science!
Nov. 6th, 2008 10:54 amArrived 5:30pm Tuesday.
Went to an overnight stay on election night instead of going to fabulous parties. (Maybe we can charitably imagine some virtuous sacrifice, but really it was just dumb planning and being inobservant when I signed up for this sequence a couple months ago.)
Swallowed a little radio transmitting thermometer so that they can data log my core temperature for the next 36 hours.
Pee into a variety of containers, including one big one to collect all my pee for 24 hours. (Totaled over 3.5 liters.)
Got woken up by nurses at 6am. They took my various resting vital signs.
Laid quietly in bed (but not asleep) breathing into a hood for 35 minutes having all of my gasses measured.
Gave a blood sample, drank a sugary beverage, gave blood again every 30 minutes until 2 hours out. Had to just lie in bed and couldn't really move for those 2+ hours.
Didn't get anything but that sugary beverage until lunch around 1pm on Wednesday.
Played silly computer games that were supposed to measure various mental aptitudes. They were easy. Some of them were kinda fun. It makes me a little curious about games like "Brain Age" that are supposed to be good mental exercise, and how if they're really well designed they should seek to the edge of your abilities and always be a challenge. Hmm.
Got a small sample cut out of my left quadricep.
Found out that last week's "V-O-2 max"(?) test rated me at 47.2 ml/kg/min, which they tell me shows that I'm in pretty good shape. Must be all that biking.
And got randomized into the control group. Not what I wanted, less exciting but also less work. Eh.
Went to an overnight stay on election night instead of going to fabulous parties. (Maybe we can charitably imagine some virtuous sacrifice, but really it was just dumb planning and being inobservant when I signed up for this sequence a couple months ago.)
Swallowed a little radio transmitting thermometer so that they can data log my core temperature for the next 36 hours.
Pee into a variety of containers, including one big one to collect all my pee for 24 hours. (Totaled over 3.5 liters.)
Got woken up by nurses at 6am. They took my various resting vital signs.
Laid quietly in bed (but not asleep) breathing into a hood for 35 minutes having all of my gasses measured.
Gave a blood sample, drank a sugary beverage, gave blood again every 30 minutes until 2 hours out. Had to just lie in bed and couldn't really move for those 2+ hours.
Didn't get anything but that sugary beverage until lunch around 1pm on Wednesday.
Played silly computer games that were supposed to measure various mental aptitudes. They were easy. Some of them were kinda fun. It makes me a little curious about games like "Brain Age" that are supposed to be good mental exercise, and how if they're really well designed they should seek to the edge of your abilities and always be a challenge. Hmm.
Got a small sample cut out of my left quadricep.
Found out that last week's "V-O-2 max"(?) test rated me at 47.2 ml/kg/min, which they tell me shows that I'm in pretty good shape. Must be all that biking.
And got randomized into the control group. Not what I wanted, less exciting but also less work. Eh.
