I'm not going to Bloggy Boot Camp now. *sad face* I'm bummed about it, but after getting sick again yesterday I'm just not feeling up to par. I don't want to get to Philly and then spent the entire weekend laying in a hotel bed. I spent much of yesterday laid up on the couch or sitting on the toilet. Since this is the second time I'm having these symptoms I made an appointment to see the doctor.
And it's a good thing I did because something else came up as well. My heart rate was 146 beats per minutes and my blood pressure was 126/96. When the nurse left the room and said, "The doctor will be with you shortly," my first thought was, "Ha! If I don't keel over first."
They ended up hooking me up to an EKG machine and prescribing a medicine that will bring both my blood pressure and heart rate down. I gave about 5 tubes of blood this morning for all sorts of tests. I go back next Tuesday to find out if the medicine is working and to hopefully get some test results. Oh, and I'm also supposed to stay away from caffeine. I don't drink coffee, but hot tea and iced tea are pretty much the only things I drink.
As for the vomiting and diarrhea, I had to poop into a cup this morning. Let me tell you, there is nothing more embarrassing than pooping into a cup that you then hand over to someone else. Granted, it's just me and the cup in the bathroom, but still... I can't imagine how that astronaut pooped in a diaper on her way to chase down her spurned lover a few years ago. I got performance anxiety with a cup hanging in a toilet, so it was, technically, a pretty normal situation. I"m not sure I could force myself to use a diaper when I have full control over that area.
But anyway...
I hope everyone has a great weekend! If you wanted to go to Bloggy Boot Camp in Philly and weren't able to score a ticket, let me know. You can probably use mine. It's paid for and, unfortunately, just going to sit at the sign in desk...
7 comments:
Awww, I'm sorry you're not feeling well! Hopefully they can figure out what's going on soon. Heh, and I've had to do that poop in a cup thing, only I had to do mine for a week...good times (NOT!).
If it's still available, I'd love to do a guest post for you while you're gone!
I hope you can feel better soon :(
Ah, man! I'm sorry you aren't going to Bloggy Boot Camp. Hope you feel better soon!
Sorry you're not feeling well. Hope you're all better soon. If you keep this up, I'm going to start suspecting that Lil Mootz is going to be a big brother. After all, pregnacy and sickness seem to go hand in hand for many people. Hmmmm.....
Dang! That sucks! I'm sorry you aren't doing so hot!
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that you're going to miss on going. I hope you feel better soon!
I hope to save samples like that once to bring in and it was sooo embarrassing!
I'm sorry you're feeling sick again. I can barely poop everyday much less poop on command. I can't imagine pooping into a cup. The toilet is hard enough! There's probably so much to a nurse's day-to-day that we don't really know about. I thought pee samples and blood samples were the norm. Here's hoping they find out what's wrong with you in the near future.
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