2. Jet lag (01:59)
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Tero: How has it been with your new implant? I can’t get my head around it. Was it an instant wrenching shift when they turned it on? Or is it meant to build up gradually? Do you actually feel it, I mean physically?
Shubhangi: Well it’s not sore at all – my belly was tender for a couple of days after they inserted it, but that’s fixed now. It’s just taking me some time to acclimatise, you know? Major jet lag, I suppose! They said it does take a week or so for our circadian rhythms to adjust, ‘til sleeping and waking syncs up with 25-hour days. But no, life is passing by at the same speed it always has done, at least from my point of view.
Tero: Can you see it at all, any trace of it, when you’re with people without implants, still on 24/7? I’m trying to imagine what it’ll be like when I come over! You’re sped up compared to me, right? Will you be blurry?!
Shubhangi: Motion blur? No! But I do get some - what do you call it - background visuals. Visual effects? Occasional flashes or faint flickers. And at the edge of my vision, I can sometimes see what looks like smoke from a campfire. I don’t know if it’ll stay or if it’ll fade with time.
