April 8, 2007
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Sick
I’m sick. It sucks, and its a very weird sick. I’ve narrowed it down, after talking to my Mom, to probably two things- either acid reflux, or potentially a hernia where the stomach lining gets caught up in the … esophogus, sorry, I have a huge vocabulary but I can’t spell worth anything. I wish I could, because then I’d sound quite intelligent, I’m sure. And I’m too lazy to go look it up right now. Either way, here’s the symptoms:
I feel like I swallowed a small rock, and it is caught down in my throat in my chest area. Every single time I swallow, I feel that ache. And it’s gradually gotten worse- at first I thought maybe it was a seed from some kumquats I ate. I’ve felt that feeling briefly in the past- like when I needed to burp, or took my meds without enough water, etc- but it’s always been brief. Never in my LIFE has it lasted, much less for days. And it’s at its worst when I lay down. I’ve done everything- from drinking mylanta, pepto, gallons of gatoraid… to taking tylenol and now IB prophen, which I have to take at prescription level at this point to get any tangible relief from.
Yes, yes, I plan to go into the doctor tomorrow if I don’t notice signficant relief. I just don’t want to go in today because it’s Easter, and the last time I went into urgent care was with my Wife- and we waited HOURS with baby. It was AWFUL. I don’t want to do that to myself, or my family, especially on Easter.
So, basically, swallowing is unpleasant and sore, drinking hurts like I am swallowing cough drop every gulp… and you can imagine that eating is far from any better. If I didn’t know that it would constipate me, I’d take some left-over pain medication I have (the “big guns”… vicodin, the kind which leaves you unable to drive and floating in a happy place if you take more than a small amount for a little while) because it hurts so much. It’s not like a “oh my gosh this HURTS bad” feeling… it’s more like the fact that it is ALWAYS there, EVERY swallow, ALL the time, all day, every day… never relief, unless I force myself not to swallow. I just want to be able to take a drink, to swallow, and not feel like I’ve got a rock in my chest.
Arrrrgh.
Prayers are welcome.
This, too, shall pass.-Patrick
Comments (1)
That is how I felt waking up the day after Easter. I diagnosed myself with a simple head cold. I had other symptoms though.(clogged nose, tension headache, muscles aches) Sorry you are sick.