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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 06:18 pm
Weaning myself off sleep meds is not a walk in the park. The way I feel, I think I got maybe four hours last night.

I'm pounding my head with frustration over my efforts to debug something at work. I'm getting nowhere on it, and time is rapidly running out.

I'm angry on behalf of a coworker of mine. She really deserves better. That's all the detail I feel I can put here, but man, she really does deserve better.

This afternoon is full of sharp stabby "cramps". Something inside my abdomen is trying to chew its way out.

About fifteen minutes ago I got hit with a massive wave of YOU MIGHT THROW UP REALLY SOON. Nothing I have eaten today is unusual in any way, so I don't know where that's coming from. It's slowly fading to a disorienting level of dizziness. I hope it fades more so I can get home.

The best thing I can say for today is that I don't have to show up at the courthouse for jury duty at 8:30 tomorrow morning!
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 01:26 am (UTC)
Crampy pains, nausea, and dizziness say "Ulcer" to me. It could be any number of places. But, generally, my ears perk up and I think "blood may be going somewhere it shouldn't be."

If I were nearby, I'd be pulling out my BP cuff... :(
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 02:08 am (UTC)
These "cramps" are very familiar; I'm on my period. (I don't have normal menstrual cramps exactly. I have some kind of pinched nerve thing that flares up with any teeny amount of systemic inflammation, and periods will do that.) The other stuff I have *no* explanation for.

Would BP be low in such a case? I'll pull out the BP cuff when I get home. I have one there.
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 02:15 am (UTC)
It might be, and that would support the notion that you're bleeding enough for your body to not like it.
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 02:22 am (UTC)
It's usually a little high, so if it's even a bit low, that'd be unusual. I'll give it a look.
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 07:47 am (UTC)
Are you on blood pressure medicine? That can make your blood pressure go to low at times like it's happened to me.

I *hate* menstrual cramps! Endometriosis turns me into a bitch every month.
Monday, August 25th, 2008 05:43 pm (UTC)
No blood pressure meds in my case.

If you've got endo you have my profoundest sympathies. Gah. Pain SUCKS.