Feeling blergh

[Rachel Bronwyn]

I would like to have a sick day, please.

[OhZone]

awww what's wrong?

[Keile]

I dunoooo....do you have a Doctors note?

[danielsangeo]

Excuse me, but I'm a doctor.

(No, I'm not.)

What seems to be the problem?

[Rachel Bronwyn]

For the love of god, would someone give me a doctor's note?

I.... I think I'm dying.

I'm having menstrual uterine contractions that have knocked me on my ass. My abdomen and lower back are on fire. I have heinous acid reflux. Like, my spit is burning the inside of my mouth. My sinuses are congested, I'm snotty and my ears are itchy. My lips are peely and hurty. My nostril piercing is infected. My guts are sad and I'm having an extra fat day. Everything is bad. I've fashioned an old duvet into a burka and strapped heat packs to my waist and am crying lots. It might just be time to take me behind the woodshed and end my misery.

I'm going to go sleep or die now.

[danielsangeo]

You should go see a doctor.

[Keile]

Originally Posted by Rachel Bronwyn

For the love of god, would someone give me a doctor's note?

I.... I think I'm dying.

I'm having menstrual uterine contractions that have knocked me on my ass. My abdomen and lower back are on fire. I have heinous acid reflux. Like, my spit is burning the inside of my mouth. My sinuses are congested, I'm snotty and my ears are itchy. My lips are peely and hurty. My nostril piercing is infected. My guts are sad and I'm having an extra fat day. Everything is bad. I've fashioned an old duvet into a burka and strapped heat packs to my waist and am crying lots. It might just be time to take me behind the woodshed and end my misery.

I'm going to go sleep or die now.

You should DEFINITELY see a doctor about these symptoms. Take it from a current med-school student: My red flags are going crazy at what you just listed...it is best to have it checked out than to try and wait it out and hope for the best. This is why MALES tend to have a higher mortality rate than females...we tend to not see doctors when something bad like this happens. Don't be like us stupid men...go have it checked out.

[OhZone]

Wow, Rach, yeah, you need to get checked out, hun.

Oh and Keille, I love your siggy pic.

[Keile]

Originally Posted by OhZone

Wow, Rach, yeah, you need to get checked out, hun.

Oh and Keille, I love your siggy pic.

Thanks! I like to spend a lot of time at the SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE bar.

[OhZone]

Originally Posted by Keile

Thanks! I like to spend a lot of time at the SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE bar.

haha Don't make me laugh when I'm mad at you.

[Rachel Bronwyn]

What feels like a big deal is just the perfect storm of small annoyances magnifying one another and the discomfort is causing me to overreact. I'm fine.

I have a cold, so sinus pain, itchy ears, lots of snot. My skin is dry and cracking, making it susceptible to infection and hurty. I drank beer on Sunday, triggering the acid reflux episode. The alcohol also, in conjunction with PMS, depressed my mood, hence the pouting. I'm likely not having worse uterine contractions than normal and am just reacting to them big because of everything else. Why my guts were being funny this morning, who knows, but they've been terrific since so scratch that off the list.

Treatment is nothing special. The cold will run it's course. Lip balm and lotion go a long way for my skin. As for my nose, I've got titanium alloy in it and am cleaning it a couple times a way, applying tea tree oil but otherwise keeping my hands away. The acid reflux was entirely resolved with 75mg of ranitidine. I took Tums for instant relief but didn't need it.

Once everything else is under control my doc will assess whether the cramping requires investigation. Probably not and it just feels like a bigger deal than usual because I'm distressed and uncomfortable as a result of everything else.

I still feel fat and disgusting and very unsexy, even knowing everything will be all right. I had granola, fruit, yoghurt, a donair and two cookies to eat today and am still hungry and very crabby though so I'm going to retire for the evening and see if I can't manage a ten or twelve hour sleep during which I won't have to think about how much I wish I was comfortable and eating something delicious. I gots to escape these feels.

[Rachel Bronwyn]

That's why I went to the doctor; so a shark doesn't eat me.