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jadelyntate) wrote2012-02-02 09:24 am
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No Mountain Dew? What?!
So, some of you may or may not have seen this on facebook/Twitter.
All last week I felt like crap; nauseated, dizzy, really bad stomach aches, etc. I didn't think much of it because some bugs been going around.
Last Saturday I started coughing up blood. That's when I started worrying. However, since I couldn't afford a trio to the ER, I went to the doctor on Monday, which is infinitely cheaper.
The blood was most likely from the gagging/throwing up--my doctor thinks I probably burst a blood vessel in my throat or stomach, which isn't all that unusual with severe coughing and vomiting.
However, the tenderness of my tummy, coupled with everything else, concerned him. So he did a bunch of tests and I spent most of Monday getting poked and prodded and running around town trying to get a prescription for less than $85.
I have an ulcer. Most likely it's cause of my caffeine and the stress I've been under recently. The stress I can't do much about except talk to one of the counselors, which I've done before. The caffeine, on the other hand, is something I CAN control and have: I've cut it out all together.
So far, I've gone through the headache of withdrawel and the exhaustion/jitteryness associated with not having any caffeine in two days. Instead of Mountain Dew, I've been drinking bottles of Gatorade.
Its...weird. And odd. But I'm surprisingly okay with not drinking Mountain Dew again. I've been wanting a really good reason I could use to force myself to stay away and this is as good as I'm liable to get. So I guess we'll see how this goes. :D
All last week I felt like crap; nauseated, dizzy, really bad stomach aches, etc. I didn't think much of it because some bugs been going around.
Last Saturday I started coughing up blood. That's when I started worrying. However, since I couldn't afford a trio to the ER, I went to the doctor on Monday, which is infinitely cheaper.
The blood was most likely from the gagging/throwing up--my doctor thinks I probably burst a blood vessel in my throat or stomach, which isn't all that unusual with severe coughing and vomiting.
However, the tenderness of my tummy, coupled with everything else, concerned him. So he did a bunch of tests and I spent most of Monday getting poked and prodded and running around town trying to get a prescription for less than $85.
I have an ulcer. Most likely it's cause of my caffeine and the stress I've been under recently. The stress I can't do much about except talk to one of the counselors, which I've done before. The caffeine, on the other hand, is something I CAN control and have: I've cut it out all together.
So far, I've gone through the headache of withdrawel and the exhaustion/jitteryness associated with not having any caffeine in two days. Instead of Mountain Dew, I've been drinking bottles of Gatorade.
Its...weird. And odd. But I'm surprisingly okay with not drinking Mountain Dew again. I've been wanting a really good reason I could use to force myself to stay away and this is as good as I'm liable to get. So I guess we'll see how this goes. :D