Finding out that you may be allergic to yourself is, well, frustrating. Hopefully it's not as bad as it seems...
May 14th - Nausea
Not a good morning for me, at all. Last week I was feeling nauseous on and off, but I couldn't figure out why. I thought it might have something to do with my gallstone issues, or just that I'd started exercising again ... including a long bike run uphill, which seemed to precipitate the nausea. Odd that it was just my stomach, and no twinges anywhere else... and I experienced it again over the weekend, even on Sunday when I didn't ride my bike around at all. Damn strange.
May 13th - Stomach Rebellion
This morning the nausea was pretty bad, so much so that I went to the walk-in clinic just down the road in Cook St. Village. The doctor was as concerned as I was, but didn't have an immediate solution, other than to suggest an anti-nausea pill. I didn't think that it would turn out to be a simple case of acute upset stomach, so I did some more research and came up with a few possibilities, including food allergies and... appendicitis. Not that I was showing any symptoms of that rather nasty condition, but I wasn't going to take any chances; hence the clinic visit.
May 14th - Improvement and Good Old TV
Well, the stomach thing work me at 6 am today, and I couldn't get back to sleep - I was too worried. I called my doctor at 8:30 am and had a bit of good luck: they had a cancellation at 10am, so I slotted myself in there ASAP. The news from the doc was good too: no appendicitis, so that's a relief. She sent me off for some blood work, and I relaxed a little in my head now that my worst fear was alleviated. Fortunately, I have been able to work all week so far, though on a liquid diet while I let things settle downstairs.
There's a bit of news about Reboot, a CG computer-generated series that I took a liking to back in the 90's. Seems there's still life in the franchise; a movie is in the works, as is a web-comic. Similar to other character-driven series like Firefly, it's nice to see a concept I enjoyed still alive, especially ones that seem to have so much potential still in them.
On a similar note, the site Zeroes 2 Heroes caught my eye as a place where writers can have their work critiqued by the comic community, as well as pitch to Hollywood directly. Wow! I'm working on some concepts to sharpen my skills for the near future... opportunity calls!
May 15th - More Old TV Goodness
A blast from the past on the TV schedule tonight: an episode of Red Dwarf! For those of you who don't know, this was a show about the last human alive... and he's a slob. In space. Trapped with a hologram of an old crewmate he dislikes and a cat that evolved while he was in stasis for three million years, it's hilarious.
I haven't seen much of my neighbours these last few weeks, which makes me a little said - we got off to a great start, and now weeks pass without us doing anything. I can't be too proactive, as I don't want to knock on their doors every other day, so hopefully we can all get our acts co-ordinated and DO something together soon.
May 16th - Where the BLEEP did the day go?
Ah, a Friday Off... how glorious! I was still feeling rather put out from my bout with stomach cramps, so I spent a good part of the morning just relaxing before getting to doing things for the rest of the day. Which was sunny, warm and welcoming me to a patio later....
Or so I thought. Two phone calls came in about five minutes apart. The first was to see if I wanted O/T for a half-shift this evening to help out another store - I said yes, as money is always welcome. So... the second call was from my mum, who needed me to drive her a few places as her eye was bothering her again... thus precluding her from driving safely. After a trip to the doctor's, who proscribed some special eyedrops, I ended up spending my remaining afternoon hours in the car driving around. Love ya mom. *sigh*
May 14th - Nausea
Not a good morning for me, at all. Last week I was feeling nauseous on and off, but I couldn't figure out why. I thought it might have something to do with my gallstone issues, or just that I'd started exercising again ... including a long bike run uphill, which seemed to precipitate the nausea. Odd that it was just my stomach, and no twinges anywhere else... and I experienced it again over the weekend, even on Sunday when I didn't ride my bike around at all. Damn strange.
May 13th - Stomach Rebellion
This morning the nausea was pretty bad, so much so that I went to the walk-in clinic just down the road in Cook St. Village. The doctor was as concerned as I was, but didn't have an immediate solution, other than to suggest an anti-nausea pill. I didn't think that it would turn out to be a simple case of acute upset stomach, so I did some more research and came up with a few possibilities, including food allergies and... appendicitis. Not that I was showing any symptoms of that rather nasty condition, but I wasn't going to take any chances; hence the clinic visit.
May 14th - Improvement and Good Old TV
Well, the stomach thing work me at 6 am today, and I couldn't get back to sleep - I was too worried. I called my doctor at 8:30 am and had a bit of good luck: they had a cancellation at 10am, so I slotted myself in there ASAP. The news from the doc was good too: no appendicitis, so that's a relief. She sent me off for some blood work, and I relaxed a little in my head now that my worst fear was alleviated. Fortunately, I have been able to work all week so far, though on a liquid diet while I let things settle downstairs.
There's a bit of news about Reboot, a CG computer-generated series that I took a liking to back in the 90's. Seems there's still life in the franchise; a movie is in the works, as is a web-comic. Similar to other character-driven series like Firefly, it's nice to see a concept I enjoyed still alive, especially ones that seem to have so much potential still in them.
On a similar note, the site Zeroes 2 Heroes caught my eye as a place where writers can have their work critiqued by the comic community, as well as pitch to Hollywood directly. Wow! I'm working on some concepts to sharpen my skills for the near future... opportunity calls!
May 15th - More Old TV Goodness
A blast from the past on the TV schedule tonight: an episode of Red Dwarf! For those of you who don't know, this was a show about the last human alive... and he's a slob. In space. Trapped with a hologram of an old crewmate he dislikes and a cat that evolved while he was in stasis for three million years, it's hilarious.
I haven't seen much of my neighbours these last few weeks, which makes me a little said - we got off to a great start, and now weeks pass without us doing anything. I can't be too proactive, as I don't want to knock on their doors every other day, so hopefully we can all get our acts co-ordinated and DO something together soon.
May 16th - Where the BLEEP did the day go?
Ah, a Friday Off... how glorious! I was still feeling rather put out from my bout with stomach cramps, so I spent a good part of the morning just relaxing before getting to doing things for the rest of the day. Which was sunny, warm and welcoming me to a patio later....
Or so I thought. Two phone calls came in about five minutes apart. The first was to see if I wanted O/T for a half-shift this evening to help out another store - I said yes, as money is always welcome. So... the second call was from my mum, who needed me to drive her a few places as her eye was bothering her again... thus precluding her from driving safely. After a trip to the doctor's, who proscribed some special eyedrops, I ended up spending my remaining afternoon hours in the car driving around. Love ya mom. *sigh*
At least the evening shift turned out to be uneventful - I was expecting it to be simply crazy, and it was rather steadily dull... and I was getting O/T the whole time. Why can't it always be that way?
May 17th - Work 1, Lovely Day 0
Wow, I don't know if I can take another day trapped inside a well-windowed place like my current branch. Why? Because the first words from every well-meaning slob who walked in the door today were "What a beautiful day out there!" followed by "Oh, too bad you're stuck inside here." My thoughts were "My friend, be glad there is a wall of protective glass between us... for YOUR sake." I tell you, it's like drinking a cool glass of water in front of a man crawling through the desert and going "Hey, this water is really refreshing. Sorry I can't give you any." How do you THINK he'll react, eh? *grumble*
We'll see how next week goes with the stomach thing. At least I am back to eating normally, albeit with no milk and only a little wheat product as part of the diet. At this rate, it will be chicken broth and turkey as my main staples pretty soon...
And for Anonymous( yes, YOU ): Spell check is now turned on... why it's not on by default is anyone's guess. As for the excitement: I just write it, I don't call the shots, so talk to the guy upstairs.
2 comments:
Hey Pedro!
Sorry to hear about the stomach thing. Hopefully the Doc can get you something that'll take the edge of those menstral cramps.
Buy a spell checker while you are out getting the midol.
This week's rating 12 out of 53.
(More excting activity gets you a higher mark by the way).
Mat 14th, and I quote: (ahmm ahmmm):
"including a blong ike run uphill"
so burn.
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