by DogMa » August 20th, 2008, 11:29 am
Yeesh. So yesterday afternoon, one of my friends at work called me to a bathroom a couple of floors down because she was having some tummy issues and needed some Pepcid or something. I went down, and she was in far worse shape than she had let on. Diarrhea, nausea, horrible stomach cramps ... at one point she just lay down on the floor of the bathroom. I finally told her I thought she needed to go to the ER. She couldn't walk, so I "borrowed" a chair from the lab next door (and got to see a tray full of dead mice in the process; ugh) and wheeled her to the ER (thankfully, most of the buildings here are connected). She started throwing up on the way, and by the time we got there she was barely conscious.
So anyway, I was there for a few hours with her, until her sister came. She's OK; they think it's food poisoning, so she's home right now with instructions to come back if she develops a fever. (As an aside, this is the friend on the medically supervised liquid protein diet; it's similar to Medifast except, IMO, much worse. She meets with a dietitian and a doctor every week, but none of the people there seem to know what they're doing and they're very inconsistent in their instructions. And they don't care how few shakes she has a day, or how rarely she eats. It's crazy.)
Anyway, thankfully I had just had my snack before she called. Also thankfully, I'm so not hungry on this new program that I was OK even though I went a couple of extra hours without food. Weight's holding steady, but that's because I was having some sandbox issues of my own (same as always, though) and because my workouts still are not up to snuff. Still down my 5 pounds, though (and I think more once the sandbox thing clears up again; funny that I still have the problem with all the fiber and fruits and veggies I've been having).
Other than that, things are good here in DFW-land. I'm loving the rain and the cooler temperatures, and I'm insanely excited to be getting my new shipment of food today. I ordered a bunch of new stuff to try, plus enough of my favorites so I can have 'em each at least once a week. I can't wait to get home from work and unpack it all, though. And arrange all the packages, just like I used to do on Medifast. (Yes, I realize this makes my life sound incredibly pathetic.)
Robin
203/130/130
Reached goal in August 2006
Added BodyBugg in May 2009
New ticker: 136.6/123.2/130