Since when...
...is knowing half the battle? I do not feel any better for finally knowing why I've been so violently ill whenever I eat for so long. I apparently have a hiatal hernia. Am being referred to a gastroenterologist. Sounds like surgery is in my future. I lose at life.
I've called and made an appt with the doctor - for MAY 17th!~ Just what the heck all am I supposed to do until then? My favorite list says, "Before considering medicines or surgery, it is often worthwhile making changes to avoid such things as:
Hot foods and drinks
Spicy foods
Acidic foods
Foods which are difficult to digest
Smoking
Alcohol
Being overweight"
Yeah...I'll get right on that. What does it leave? Nothing I can think of...I'll stop my chain-smoking right this instant, and man, those late-night binge-drinking sessions are right out, and I'll just stop being FAT while I'm at it. I laugh at the list because my "go to" easy to digest, non-spicy, non-acidic food is soft-boiled eggs with toast. Which, for the record, ALSO makes me incredibly sick. I lose at life. I am a losing loser of lose-y losingness.
Again, for the record, there is little in this life worse than the person with doctor phobias discovering a voicemail that they thought was a reminder of an appointment was actually the nurse calling to talk to you about the results of your test...and it's after hours. And when you've already got a follow-up appt and more tests, it just makes you think the worst. As of last night I was QUITE convinced I was a diabetic with an ulcer and gallstones and ...gah...i don't know...something else. :) I'm not sure the reality of the situation is any better, actually.
Let's try to NOT think about how this will affect my breath support, m'kay?
I've called and made an appt with the doctor - for MAY 17th!~ Just what the heck all am I supposed to do until then? My favorite list says, "Before considering medicines or surgery, it is often worthwhile making changes to avoid such things as:
Hot foods and drinks
Spicy foods
Acidic foods
Foods which are difficult to digest
Smoking
Alcohol
Being overweight"
Yeah...I'll get right on that. What does it leave? Nothing I can think of...I'll stop my chain-smoking right this instant, and man, those late-night binge-drinking sessions are right out, and I'll just stop being FAT while I'm at it. I laugh at the list because my "go to" easy to digest, non-spicy, non-acidic food is soft-boiled eggs with toast. Which, for the record, ALSO makes me incredibly sick. I lose at life. I am a losing loser of lose-y losingness.
Again, for the record, there is little in this life worse than the person with doctor phobias discovering a voicemail that they thought was a reminder of an appointment was actually the nurse calling to talk to you about the results of your test...and it's after hours. And when you've already got a follow-up appt and more tests, it just makes you think the worst. As of last night I was QUITE convinced I was a diabetic with an ulcer and gallstones and ...gah...i don't know...something else. :) I'm not sure the reality of the situation is any better, actually.
Let's try to NOT think about how this will affect my breath support, m'kay?