I'm actually not feeling too terribly bad right now.
All morning and afternoon I felt so so so miserable.
I wrote down exactly how I was feeling for the doctor, who never called.
This is what I wrote.
Fatigue- sleeping or feeling that I need to sleep almost constantly
Weakness- feels like I could fall over or pass out or just collapse to the floor, hard to find energy to even walk
Nausea- after I drink something I'm over the toilet with terrible, nagging nausea, no vomiting
Pain- not constant with antacids but off and on sharp pain that makes me want to scream and cry
Really thirsty, yet not hungry, have to force myself to eat
Constantly either shivering and freezing cold or burning and uncomfortably hot with a fever
Since my regular doctor never called, I decided to call my GI specialist.
I spoke with a nurse who paged the on call GI doctor, which thankfully was my doctor.
He thought as far as my stomach symptoms go, I'm having another period of symptoms.
He put me back on my stomach medicine for delayed gastric emptying twice a day.
I feel like I'm starting like all of my stomach medicines again at this point.
He assured me not to worry and that it will pass like it did before.
I guess that's something good to hear.
My other doctor is supposed to call me tomorrow.
You never know what tomorrow will bring, but as of now I'm feeling pretty okay.
I mean I still feel uncomfortable and generally sick, but I'm a little more wide awake.
Isn't that bizarre because it's kind of late at night?
Who knows.
The only thing going on right now is a fever, somewhat higher than normal.
I'm actually proud of myself for eating a snack tonight also.
I had ice cream with peanut butter and chocolate syrup.
It was kind of hard to eat with my stomach, but the good news is I got it all down, and I'm not about to throw up.
From now on here is my plan.
Chill the rest of the week, nothing strenuous or anything like that.
If I feel okay and my grandma and grandpa do, we might go out to eat and to the mall on Friday because I really want to go to Victoria's Secret.
I'm not going to push myself by exercising or going on walks unless my doctor says I have to.
I will resume that next Monday, granted all things are stable, a ten minute walk, five minutes there and back.
I'm gonna basically force myself to eat the normal five to six meals, but just what appeals to me.
I'm not going to stuff myself, but I will eat to keep my blood sugar up and stuff.
Even if it's something like coffee (with whipped cream) or green tea, or chocolate milk, or whatever, it beats not having the snack.
I may try three meals and two or three liquid snacks.
I'm trying to lay off of the caffeine too.
That means I'm drinking decaf diet coke instead of the real stuff, but I've been limiting myself to one a day.
If I didn't limit myself, I would drink diet coke every time I needed a drink.
I'm going to try to settle down my stomach, two antacids after breakfast, one stomach pill before lunch, one antacid and IBS pill after lunch, one stomach pill before dinner, and one antacid and IBS pill after dinner.
Just letting you know, that's on top of my depression and anxiety medicine, and all the other things I take.
If it helps my stomach then I really don't mind.
I can take my nausea medicine too.
Today when I took it it actually did help me from running to the toilet to throw up.
I feel like I have a little more power in me right now.
That power is going to keep me fighting this.
I actually do want to feel better, move on with my life, and live.
I know that I can beat this thing, whether I have to wait it out or treat the symptoms.
I can do this.
I know I can do this.
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