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I had another stomach pain episode last night. It started around 7:30p and came in waves all night until about 4:00a. I woke every hour or so in pain. Thankfully, I was able to fall back asleep each time, so I managed to get some sleep.
My stomach is tender and tired today.
WHAT THE FUCK, BODY. I thought we were over this shit.
Note: Please please please please don't try to diagnose me. I went through years (2005 to 2008) of tracking these things, of bouncing from specialist to specialist, multiple sonograms, and an MRI. Nobody could ever find shit wrong with me. Don't ask what I ate, or what I did, or what I didn't do, or anything about what could have possibly triggered them or their reappearance. I don't know. Nobody knows. There is no pattern. All I know is this is my second episode this year after nearly five years of blissful absence and I'm trying my best not to freak the fuck out about that.
I found some interesting information about adrenals stuff yesterday. Norepinephrine is a chemical released by the adrenals that increases blood pressure, heart rate, mental alertness, and respiratory rate when those things are important (the "fight or flight" response). It also triggers the release of glucose into the blood stream. If you've been following along in my Ever Expanding Heath Issue Adventures, you might remember that glucose is important because it helps the liver convert T4 to T3 (which is why I reintroduced dates and bananas, two fruits high in glucose, low in fructose, with minimal inflammatory responses). So if my adrenals are pooped and not releasing norepinephrine in appropriate amounts (or at appropriate times), my liver might not be getting that glucose it needs for the T4 conversion.
Once again, it all comes back to my adrenals.
Things That Aren't Helping My Adrenals: all this crazy stuff at work. I am canceling my planned vacation for the week of Spring Break (March 18-22) because there's just too much stacked up right now. I'm a week behind on everything thanks to the snow days, the Doctorow event, and the recently-added job responsibilities. Vacation time (also known as Chevelle Work Week) has been pushed to the week of April 29. Eh. Weather should be nicer by then, anyway.
Some day I would very much like to post an LJ entry that's about something other than my health. And work complaints. That would be great.
P.S. I went to enter this latest development in my Health History document, and was reminded that things got bad enough that I started tracking my health issues in 2002. 2002. That's more than ten years of dealing with this crap. And that's just when I started dealing with it, not just suffering from it.
I'm tired.
My stomach is tender and tired today.
WHAT THE FUCK, BODY. I thought we were over this shit.
Note: Please please please please don't try to diagnose me. I went through years (2005 to 2008) of tracking these things, of bouncing from specialist to specialist, multiple sonograms, and an MRI. Nobody could ever find shit wrong with me. Don't ask what I ate, or what I did, or what I didn't do, or anything about what could have possibly triggered them or their reappearance. I don't know. Nobody knows. There is no pattern. All I know is this is my second episode this year after nearly five years of blissful absence and I'm trying my best not to freak the fuck out about that.
I found some interesting information about adrenals stuff yesterday. Norepinephrine is a chemical released by the adrenals that increases blood pressure, heart rate, mental alertness, and respiratory rate when those things are important (the "fight or flight" response). It also triggers the release of glucose into the blood stream. If you've been following along in my Ever Expanding Heath Issue Adventures, you might remember that glucose is important because it helps the liver convert T4 to T3 (which is why I reintroduced dates and bananas, two fruits high in glucose, low in fructose, with minimal inflammatory responses). So if my adrenals are pooped and not releasing norepinephrine in appropriate amounts (or at appropriate times), my liver might not be getting that glucose it needs for the T4 conversion.
Once again, it all comes back to my adrenals.
Things That Aren't Helping My Adrenals: all this crazy stuff at work. I am canceling my planned vacation for the week of Spring Break (March 18-22) because there's just too much stacked up right now. I'm a week behind on everything thanks to the snow days, the Doctorow event, and the recently-added job responsibilities. Vacation time (also known as Chevelle Work Week) has been pushed to the week of April 29. Eh. Weather should be nicer by then, anyway.
Some day I would very much like to post an LJ entry that's about something other than my health. And work complaints. That would be great.
P.S. I went to enter this latest development in my Health History document, and was reminded that things got bad enough that I started tracking my health issues in 2002. 2002. That's more than ten years of dealing with this crap. And that's just when I started dealing with it, not just suffering from it.
I'm tired.