I have spent the past 48 hours in various states of stomach distress. I was bloated to the point that I looked pregnant (Yes, really. T-rav noticed while I was changing but was too polite to mention it until I did). I couldn't take a deep breath and for a while I thought my appendix might be rupturing. That was what finally inspired me to go to the doctor for some unpleasant poking, prodding, and x-rays. The results of which revealed insides that showed a belly full of too much food and bubbles and acid, getting in the way of my lungs and causing significant pain in my stomach and intestines. Apparently I ate too many raw vegetables and fibrous products at once? Weird. I was sent home with instructions for liquids only for 12 hours, and then a soft and bland food diet for 3 days (which may make running my 8K on Saturday at a respectable pace a little difficult). Of course the lack of any food in my stomach or sugar in my bloodstream was almost as upsetting as all of that undigested food, so I spent today in the fetal position on the couch watching reruns of Law & Order while trying to shove jello and plain white rice in my mouth. Things were a little sketchy until T-rav came home on his lunch break armed with crackers and apple juice. It was at that point that I started to feel significantly better. Thank heavens for Saltines.
And Zillah, if this was a fraction of how you felt the majority of the time before your surgery, I have a new level of PROFOUND respect for you.
6 comments:
Kelly!!! How does this happen?! So sorry. I hope you feel better soon!! You obviously shouldn't be such a healthy eater... because you end up at the doctor? lol
I went on some kind of vegetal bender today and am now feeling afraid! I really took things too far. Costco's produce selection really warps my portioning sensibilities.
No lemon bar ever did me wrong. Just sayin'.
I hope you feel better soon!
I hope you feel better, and I also hope that you can run the 8K. (I think that's awesome that you are running in a race.)
Your bloated, painful tummy sounds miserable.
throw in constant vomiting and heartburn, and that sounds about right. i'm really sorry--it really sucks. i hope you're feeling better though and that your race went well! hopefully this will never happen again, but if it does, i recommend slurpees, esp. the coke ones. the cola soothes your stomach, the sugar gives you energy, and it's a slurpee so you don't really need any other excuse.
Zillah, there was indeed plenty of heartburn but only a bit of vomiting, and luckily, after starving myself for 3 days, it passed. I hope it never returns, but if it does, I shall get a slurpee.
I think you are the only person I know who could overdose on healthy food! That is awesome, but in a not awesome painful way :(
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