Oh Sweet Stomach Acid
Last night didn't exactly turn out to be the fun night I had planned. We went to dinner at Barcelona, which was fine. We ate, we drank, we conversed. After dinner, we left to head to The Royale. On the way there, I started to really really bad indigestion. I popped a few Rolaids and we went inside. It didn't get better. I was in some serious pain. So, we ended up leaving. Chris was freaked out and though I was having some sort of heart problem, but his Mom (a nurse) thought I was in the clear. Anyway, I got home and started taking some more Rolaids and some Pepcid. It didn't get better. This went on for hours. Finally, I felt like I had to puke, and puke I did. Every single morsel of food that I had eaten yesterday came up. Okay, so I felt a little better. I went back to bed, took another Pepcid and laid down. About an hour later, I started feeling bad again. At this point, it was about 2:30am. Chris got up and went out to get me some Maalox, thinking that would help. When he got back, I took a swig, and 30 seconds later, managed to puke up all the liquid I had in my stomach. Amazingly, after the second round of puking, I felt 90% better. I finally got to sleep around 4:30am. What a crappy night.
Now, I need to take a shower and go to the grocery store. That's sad though because I'm afraid to eat. So, I'm sure it'll work it's acidy self out.
2 Comments:
It's going around, and it sucks. I wish you an ultra-speedy recovery!
Above all, you need to test yourself to see what liquids you CAN hold down, so you don't get dehydrated and deplete your electrolytes. Try Gatorade or something similar in small sips. I agree with Angela--it's probably something (viral gastroenteritis) that's going around and not due to the food you ate last night. Forget antacids at this point if you can't hold anything down...and be in touch with your internist if it goes to the 24 hour point and you're not absorbing fluids normally. Feel better soon.
L
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