zoas and palytoxins

[chandigz]

The first 24 hours was the worst I guess, from what I remember. I wasn't conscious for a good part of that time. I was so delusional that it never really crossed my mind to call for help. I don't even know if I could have made it to the phone. It happened during a tank move and I remember around the 12hr mark crawling about 12 feet on my hands and knees, having to stop and lay on the floor a few times to dump my coral and fish into the tank. It took all I had. I basically passed out on the floor after that. for the most part all the symptoms were gone after about 36 hrs. definitely wasn't up to par for a good week after. When I researched the effects of palytoxin I realized how close I came to possible death with the symptoms I had. I couldn't figure out how I got poisoned till I read a article about a FDA report of 2 people hospitalized and just about dieing doing the same thing.