I think I'm mostly making this post as a sort of justification to myself and the world... My first Thursday class of the term is just ending, and my second starts in an hour and a half, but I'm not there. I have tightness and pain in my left hip, it started this morning in the shower, I have no idea why. I have taken ibuprofen to try to take away ( Read more... )

So the doctor says this, and it's no where near as bad as I was trying not to worry. I have an amoeba in my digestive system called Dientamoeba fragilis. Not so fragile apparently... I'm on heavy antibiotics until the 29th. And... they're described as "anti-alcohol." It was less of a "do not drink alcohol" and more of a "DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL ( Read more... )

So I just got a call from my doctor. Asking if I could come in this morning... But today is my epic-trip-to-the-Fort-by-bus day, so I'm going in tomorrow afternoon ( Read more... )

I finally went to the doctor today and she sent me to get four vials of blood for testing. Anyone who knew me during high school probably heard me rant about blood tests or saw the bruising... I have small veins that are prone to collapsing. My surface veins (the little blue ones about 2 mm wide) are the only veins they can use to draw blood... ( Read more... )

For a couple of reasons.
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Today is the first day of Ramadan, and I've decided to do it. So, this means I wake up at 4:30 or so to eat breakfast, then don't eat, drink, swear, brush my teeth, or get angry until after 7 or so at night. This goes on for the next 30 days or so (til Oct. 22?). (The times change daily, so that's why there are so many "or so"s) Most of the ( Read more... )

So, you ask, why are you not out partying right now? Well, because I felt sick and left early. But not nauseous, too-much-to-drink kind of sick. Stomach ache kind of sick. I can't figure it out. I haven't eaten anything that would give me food poisoning, or any soy which sometimes reacts this way with me. The only thing I can think of is that ( Read more... )

So where on earth do you find throat lozenges without sugar or artificial sweeteners in them? Or should I just locate some clove oil? Just about the only time my throat doesn't sting is when I'm eating yogurt or soup something similarly liquid. And my temples and forehead feel like they'd be congested except that my nose isn't so I don't know ( Read more... )

Made myself a new icon. I was getting ever so slightly irritated with the other one, so it had to go. I actually put effort into this one. And I might make myself another, because it's nicely calming ( Read more... )

So on a whim I went and signed out a wheelchair for the day. It's disability awareness week at Carleton, and they've put on a wheelchair challenge, for you to try to get around in a wheelchair for the day. I met some very sweet people when I went to pick it up, Kyle and his helper Alex, who taught me how to use it and gave me tips. I'm trying it ( Read more... )