I’ve been having a pain in my side for a few days now. Trying to take a deep breath is asking to get stabbed, and I can’t even lie down because it makes it worse. I’d about convinced myself that somehow I’d cracked a rib or something–I mean, that happened to Eve in one of my books and I researched it a lot and it felt just like what it felt like for Eve…
Writers. Give us half a chance, and some of us will be utterly convinced we’re dying.
I mean, it COULD have been a collapsed lung, right?
But it’s not. My doctor tells me I’ve made my colon irritable. I’m to eat lots of fiber (bleh) avoid dairy (Ack!) and cut out caffeine completely (EEK!!). I don’t want him to be right because I don’t want to give that stuff up, but I have not eaten any dairy since my appointment and I feel a lot better.
Sigh.
In other news, this day was far too long and annoying for there to be much chance of NaNoing tonight. I’m tired because I couldn’t sleep well last night, I have a headache for possibly the same reason, and I think I’m going to go to bed and watch movies in Spanish instead of doing Spanish homework.
It’s STUDYING. Geez.
Oh dear. *hugs gently* I’m glad it’s something treatable. So sorry you have to eliminate things you love. Maybe it’s temporary, like once you’re healed you can have SOME, as long as you don’t overdo?
Yeah, I think that’s where we are. Of course, I’m not much good at moderation… But I’ll try to remember how much an attack hurts, and how little I can get done when I can’t breathe! Hopefully I can keep it from happening again.