I broke down and picked up some Milk of Magnesia at the store today. Nothing had really changed in my situation, and I just wanted to get things moving again. I was hoping to pick up a small, 8 oz bottle of the strawberry flavor, but all Woodman's had was the 12 oz size in mint. Good to know: The mint made it somewhat palatable. Oh, man, never ( Read more... )

For about a week now, I've been having intestinal issues. Things are not...moving along at their normal pace. I suppose in some ways it's not surprising ( Read more... )

Within 24 hours of posting about FODMAPs, I'm having intestinal issues! Fun ( Read more... )

( Cut for a bit of TMI )

I have about zero energy, but I'm going to try to ( muddle through this. )

I'm not going to go into the memorial service now, except to say my hard-of-hearing grandmother should not be let near a microphone and it was nice to see certain relatives, even if under horrible circumstances. Instead, I will mention that I managed to get sick at the ceremony/dinner, so instead of socializing, I pretty much just wanted to go ( Read more... )

I've been productive to a degree today. I had a list of stuff to do--load of laundry, dusting, vacuuming--that was completed by eleven; I showered, something I didn't get to yesterday; and I just finished a phone call to my potential insurance company to go over the few medical things I've had in my life. Turns out I didn't have gastroenteritis ( Read more... )

Several years ago, my dad picked up blue LED lights because he thought they were cool. My mother, however, is very picky when it comes to decorations and would not let him put them up. He never used them, and I joked he should just drape the motorcycle with them for the holidays. A few weeks ago, he said maybe he'd put them up over the garage, ( Read more... )

First, Thanksgiving: It was a semi-typical holiday here. My grandfather brought over parts to the lathe he's been giving my father for a few years now; as he cleans his apartment, he comes across more and more bits and pieces. My grandmother brought a couple of balloons, which nearly blew away as my grandfather opened the trunk. My mother wasn't ( Read more... )

Yesterday ended up being not terribly pleasant.

Things were going okay, dinner was fine, if an hour late, but then after dessert I just started feeling like crap. Like, I don't even know what's going on. All I could do was lie on the couch and watch the football game. I basically went to bed around five. I felt a bit weak and dizzy and on-and- ( Read more... )