Bible Catch-up! We need to be through 1 Samuel Chapter 18 today.
April's Memory Verse- 1 Thessalonians 5-14-17.
Good morning, my friends. I hope you're well. I'm on the mend. More on that in a minute. First, our forecast for today: 64°, sunny, no rain, winds from the west northwest at 10 miles per hour, and humidity is sitting at 69%.
So. What happened to Wednesday and Thursday? Well. . . see, what happened was. . .
Wednesday morning, I had to be up at the God-forsaken time of 6:00 in the morning. Maybe that's normal for you. Not for me. Early mornings are not my thing. I was on the road to my doctor appointment at 7:10, and I got there right at 8:30, which was my appointment time. Long drive , yes, but I feel it was worth it.
The appointment went well. She gave me a supplement to start taking. We're approaching my health like an onion. One layer at a time. First layer is to deal with my gallbladder and liver and get them strong so we can tackle the next layer. I get back home, take some of the new supplement with lunch. I'm supposed to take four tablets a day but split up. I took two with lunch, and then I took two with supper. They don't taste bad. In fact, they're kind of sweet. They have honey in them. It's all natural supplements, too. She also wants me to keep on with my gallstone stuff.
I go to bed Wednesday night. I had a hard time getting to sleep because Gracie kept goose-honking. I think I got out of bed a couple of times to go get her. She was cold. At 12:29, I wake up with some gallbladder pain. I recognize it as a gallstone attack, so I go to the kitchen and take my gallstone stuff. I kind of walk around and wait for it to take effect. No dice, bro. The gallstone that was passing was a biggie. I was in so much pain. Long story short, the pain lasted all night. I was in tears, sobbing at times, couldn't get comfortable walking, sitting or lying down. Mom got up a couple of times to help. I'm glad she did. By the time Pop's alarm went off for him to get up to go to work, I was hunkered over the toilet puking. The pain just intensified. Mom had to help me to the chair because I was about to pass out. She helped me slow my breathing so I wouldn't pass out on her. When Pop left for work, I was hunkered over a trash can, dry heaving violently.
Basically, I was up all night. I woke up at 12:29 am, and I finally passed out on my bed at almost 10:00 am. I was so tired. I couldn't move anymore. I laid on top of my body pillow and conked out. I woke up a little after 11:00 am and the pain was subsiding. We did call the doctor and she advised me to stop taking the new supplement. It was doing its job too well. She wanted me to continue taking the gallstone dissolver I was already taking. All in all, I spent the rest of the day in the chair with a heating pad on my back. I napped several times, I did get a hot shower and into some clean pajamas. I look like a speckled egg again. The blood vessels burst in my face and neck from the dry heaving. I say dry heaving because my body was trying to eliminate stuff, but my stomach was empty. Nothing was coming up. Nothing. I drank some water but that didn't stay down. I drank some herbal tea. That didn't stay down. Once I got a couple of naps in, though, Mom made me some peppermint tea and I was able to get that down. She made me some cream of buckwheat and I ate maybe half of it. That stayed down.
She made supper, which was garlic bread and scrambled eggs with cheese and ham. That stayed down. I also got a juice box. That stayed mostly down. I drank it too fast. The back of my throat looks like marbled meat. All the stress of dry heaving and the little bit of puking I did do made it raw. My right eye wouldn't stop twitching for at least a minute straight. The right side of my face was swollen. It's still a little puffy. I look like I have raccoon eyes, but the pain is at a 1 right now. On a scale of 1-10. Almost no pain, but things are very tender inside.
So it's been a wild ride. I missed writing Wednesday because I was busy with the doctor and running some errands. Thursday was recovery. Today, I'm still recovering. I did get coffee, though. I'm almost out of my gallstone stuff, so I need to find it quickly. The place I normally get it is out of stock. Of course.
So, today I'll be resting, working on ledgers, trying not to stress. I feel like I've been in a car wreck. According to my mom, I look like I have. Gracie knows I'm feeling better. She's back to her old self. She was worried about me yesterday. She came and slept next to my head while I was napping on the bed.
Okay. I found a store that has some of the gallbladder stuff in stock. It's an hour drive, but if it's in stock, it's worth the trip. Mom is willing to go with me, too, since I'm still feeling puny. I think I'll get two bottles instead of one.
That's all for now, peeps. Just trying to take care and not overdo it today. Not sure what we'll have for supper. I'm not quite up to grocery shopping today. Although, I could do an order for pickup. That might work. That way I'm getting out, but not doing a lot of moving around. Love you all and until next time, stay safe my friends. ❤
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