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rambly update on the sick
Feb. 23rd, 2007 11:58 pmThis entry could be titled "way more detail about my day/week than anyone would care about."
Yeah, so when I was in SF I was having bad allergy issues. But maybe it wasn't an allergy attack; maybe it was a cold.
Then, upon my return, I started having stomach flu symptoms. Relatively mild, but sufficiently unpleasant to keep me from eating normally.
Yesterday a single bowl of cereal with milk sent my stomach into painful spasms that left me unable to eat much of anything else without severe pain for the remainder of the day (I did manage some soup, a little probiotic yogurt, and a piece of dry toast before sleeping).
Somewhere after my return from SF I've also come down with a cold; either what I had in SF coming back in my weakened state, or something else entirely. The cold has been getting steadily worse, probably because I've been eating so little.
So today I had large quantities of jello, a can of chicken noodle soup, two fruit to gos (50 calories each) and two slices of toast with margarine and no sugar added jam. So far so good... stomach roils a lot, but no pain, and hardly any nausea. I made it to therapy but felt too tired afterwards to do anything but head home and go to sleep. Upon waking I felt so exhausted that I sent Will to shop for groceries for me instead.
I tried to go to sleep around 10, however, and lay in bed feeling like crap for about 1.5 hours. My knees and legs were aching too much for me to fall asleep. I got up at 11 and took some acetaminophen, but sleep was still eluding me, so I got up and made myself a piece of toast with pb&j. Tasty -- and more solid than a lot of what I've been eating. Hopefully it will not upset my stomach.
I think I'm finally starting to have anxiety over the fact that I have no income coming in. I guess sometime this afternoon, it finally sunk in. Also, my editor at XTRA wants a story by early March. I could say no, but I did want to do this story. At this point though, it won't do me any good financially because it will just detract from my benefit. IF I qualify for the benefit. I guess that's the thing... in the event that something goes wrong with my benefit claim, getting started on some freelancing now would at least guarantee SOME future income.
Woo, feeling a little dizzy/hot flash-ish. I haven't thrown up yet during this illness, and I'd rather not start now. Hopefully my stomach will accept and process the snack; I'm sure I could really use the calories. I guess now I'll try again to sleep. It would be nice if it worked...
Yeah, so when I was in SF I was having bad allergy issues. But maybe it wasn't an allergy attack; maybe it was a cold.
Then, upon my return, I started having stomach flu symptoms. Relatively mild, but sufficiently unpleasant to keep me from eating normally.
Yesterday a single bowl of cereal with milk sent my stomach into painful spasms that left me unable to eat much of anything else without severe pain for the remainder of the day (I did manage some soup, a little probiotic yogurt, and a piece of dry toast before sleeping).
Somewhere after my return from SF I've also come down with a cold; either what I had in SF coming back in my weakened state, or something else entirely. The cold has been getting steadily worse, probably because I've been eating so little.
So today I had large quantities of jello, a can of chicken noodle soup, two fruit to gos (50 calories each) and two slices of toast with margarine and no sugar added jam. So far so good... stomach roils a lot, but no pain, and hardly any nausea. I made it to therapy but felt too tired afterwards to do anything but head home and go to sleep. Upon waking I felt so exhausted that I sent Will to shop for groceries for me instead.
I tried to go to sleep around 10, however, and lay in bed feeling like crap for about 1.5 hours. My knees and legs were aching too much for me to fall asleep. I got up at 11 and took some acetaminophen, but sleep was still eluding me, so I got up and made myself a piece of toast with pb&j. Tasty -- and more solid than a lot of what I've been eating. Hopefully it will not upset my stomach.
I think I'm finally starting to have anxiety over the fact that I have no income coming in. I guess sometime this afternoon, it finally sunk in. Also, my editor at XTRA wants a story by early March. I could say no, but I did want to do this story. At this point though, it won't do me any good financially because it will just detract from my benefit. IF I qualify for the benefit. I guess that's the thing... in the event that something goes wrong with my benefit claim, getting started on some freelancing now would at least guarantee SOME future income.
Woo, feeling a little dizzy/hot flash-ish. I haven't thrown up yet during this illness, and I'd rather not start now. Hopefully my stomach will accept and process the snack; I'm sure I could really use the calories. I guess now I'll try again to sleep. It would be nice if it worked...
