March 13, 2013, Wednesday: Today I decided I was ready to go back to work. I had a good day the day before and felt it was time. From the moment I woke up I had, to put it delicately, an intestinal upset. On the way to work I decided to find something with a lot of calories to eat. I have not been able to eat very much and knew I needed something to give me some energy. Food is tasting really strange lately so I decided to get a lemon filled Krispy Kreme Doughnut and two pints of milk. After getting to work I ate the doughnut and a pint of milk. After about 5 minutes I was running to the bathroom. This went on all day. For lunch I tried to eat some tomato soup with no luck. I did drink the 2nd pint of milk and again, more running to the bathroom. I really needed some calories so I tried a tiny bag of Fritos. It was very much like eating sandpaper covered with salt.... Nasty. Again, more running to the bathroom. During this time I began to notice my tongue was white and I was beginning to experience abdominal pain. Nothing severe, just very uncomfortable.
After I left work I went over to see my Mom who has just had back surgery. She does not handle pain very well and as a result, my wonderful sister Cindy is staying there to help out Mom and my Dad, Bill. She was up and walking about with Cindy and Bill and doing a good job. She is on pain medication and after she finished walking she was pretty sleepy and would nod off from time to time. I stayed and visited with them and my sister Wanda for a while and it was time to go home. I was beginning to feel pretty puny by this time. For the 'white tongue' I started eating plain yogurt to put some of the good probiotics back into my stomach. I have been experiencing bloating, gas and pressure in the bowels and hoped this would help. The white tongue could be 'thrush'. After getting home I began to feel as if I had the flu. Achy all over, fever, chills, lethargy. I sat on the sofa and covered up my whole head with a blanket and went to sleep. I finally got up and went to bed at 7:30. I set my electric blanket on 6, kept my sweatpants and t-shirt on and fell into a much needed deep sleep. Around midnight I got up and I still felt hot. Even my eyeballs are hot! My temperature was 99+ degrees and my bowels were still in pain. I ate more yogurt and knew then and there I would be contacting the Doctor in the morning and won't be going to work. It is now 2:15 March 14 and I am going to try to eat some ice cream (maybe). I am afraid to eat anything at all for fear of the abdominal pain coming back. I am going to self diagnose and call this abdominal pain diverticulitis. I won't go into what it is, you can look it up for more info if interested. I will update you later as to what transpires as the day goes on. Until then, I hope you all have a wonderful day.
Hugs,
Glenda
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