Dry Heaves and Bendy Straws
My least favorite kind of illness symptom is the dry heaves. They make every molecule in my body ache and I end up in tears because I really just need to vomit but my body isn't going for it.
Which pretty much describes my yesterday morning, only that all happened while I was at work and was combined with hot and cold flashes.
I spent yesterday afternoon on the couch with a muppet movie, some chicken noodle soup, ginger ale, and no bendy straws. I considered calling Steve and demanding he bring me bendy straws, but remembered that he, too, was having hot and cold flashes and couldn't leave the office. So instead I fell asleep.
I slept all afternoon, woke for dinner that I had no problems keeping down, and was back asleep by 10.30.
By 1.30a, the dog needed out. Which, okay, with my being sick her schedule has been off so fine. Out she went. At 2.30 she wanted out again and I tried to dissuade her. Her whining started at 3.00 and on the way to let her out I nearly stepped in a vomit pile the size of my dog. Lovely.
A few times she came in and didn't even make it to the bed before decided she really needed to go back out. Around 4.30 she stayed out for over 20 minutes while I tried to not fall back asleep. At 6.00, she cornered a white cat in the back yard and forgot about her need to vomit.
Neither of us have vomited, or felt the need to vomit, since.
What's your least favorite minor-illness symptom?
2008
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not sure how "minor" it is, but i've suffered frequent bouts of what i assume is food poisoning over the years (much worse when i was a kid. i've gotten better about not eating food of questionable edibility). it never lasts more than 24 hours, but is usually characterized by me waking up in the middle of the night, puking out both ends of my body until i pass out on the bathroom floor, wracked with pain, with cold sweats. i generally drink some water, go to bed, and wake up in the morning feeling fine, if a bit dehydrated and exhausted.
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