Hi everyone.
I got an email today from someone asking if I was still alive and doing okay.
Yes, I am. The last two weeks have flown by with work and starting a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. I had forgotten just how much fun (and how much of a challenge) being a DM can be.
I think the campaign is going okay. There are some definite rough spots in the campaign, but that's a given when two of the four players are complete newbies and I've not DM'd in years.
I think the campaign is starting to come together. The two newbies are getting the hang of the game and the campaign is starting to move along. We'll find out tomorrow night when we have our next campaign. The regional mapping is done and I have the plot out for quite a while.
Otherwise, I've recovered well from the gastroenteritis. It seems to have helped some of the issues I was having with my metformin dosage. We're adjusting another of my diabetes medications upward slightly. It's a temporary doage increase as I start seriously working on my diet (portion control) and starting some mild exercise.
Well, it's time to head off to work.
27 February 2008
13 February 2008
Sick of sick
I'm home from work again today.
I woke up yesterday morning at 6:30am. I went to the bathroom and about the time I was done with my business, I realize I was going to be sick.
That was the beginning of the end. I was up for the next four hours with what the ER called NVD syndrome (Nausea, Vomiting, and Diarrhea). By about noon, all I could do was lay in bed. I could get up to stumble to the bathroom.
I wasn't throwing up...unless I ate or drank anything including water. I was sweating profusely at times and was freezing cold...I could be bundled up in bed and I could *feel* how hot I was in the comforter but I was still freezing.
During the late afternoon, I was in bad shape. I remember parts of it (I think). I thought my mom was here. There were a few occasions where I couldn't move. It was hell.
Eli got home about 8:30pm from work and I told him we were going to the ER. Smart move on my part.
Diagnosis: Gastroenteritis (stomach flu), moderate/severe dehydration, and mild hypokalemia.
Translation: stomach bug, dehydration to the point that my body chemisty was completely out of whack. Hypokalemia is a lower than normal blood potassium level. Symptoms include weakness, paralysis, cardiac arrythmia.
1L of fluids, 2 potassium pills (HUGE), and three medications later, I can't say I felt good, but I did feel like I was going to die. I'm still very tired as I didn't sleep well last night.
I have my follow up appointment with my doctor tomorrow. But for today, it's saltines and what I call "ginger water". The ER doctor recommended drinking a mixture of 1/2 ginger ale and 1/2 water. The sugar in the ginger ale actually helps your body to absorb the water and it helps with nausea. So far it's working. I'm not drinking as much as I should be but I'm increasing how much I'm drinking slowly through the day.
It's back to work tomorrow. Oddly, I used to love to take sick days. Now I'm ready to get back to work. Maybe that's the difference, a true sick day versus a "mental health" day.
That's a blog for another day. I'm going to lay back down after having some more ginger water.
I woke up yesterday morning at 6:30am. I went to the bathroom and about the time I was done with my business, I realize I was going to be sick.
That was the beginning of the end. I was up for the next four hours with what the ER called NVD syndrome (Nausea, Vomiting, and Diarrhea). By about noon, all I could do was lay in bed. I could get up to stumble to the bathroom.
I wasn't throwing up...unless I ate or drank anything including water. I was sweating profusely at times and was freezing cold...I could be bundled up in bed and I could *feel* how hot I was in the comforter but I was still freezing.
During the late afternoon, I was in bad shape. I remember parts of it (I think). I thought my mom was here. There were a few occasions where I couldn't move. It was hell.
Eli got home about 8:30pm from work and I told him we were going to the ER. Smart move on my part.
Diagnosis: Gastroenteritis (stomach flu), moderate/severe dehydration, and mild hypokalemia.
Translation: stomach bug, dehydration to the point that my body chemisty was completely out of whack. Hypokalemia is a lower than normal blood potassium level. Symptoms include weakness, paralysis, cardiac arrythmia.
1L of fluids, 2 potassium pills (HUGE), and three medications later, I can't say I felt good, but I did feel like I was going to die. I'm still very tired as I didn't sleep well last night.
I have my follow up appointment with my doctor tomorrow. But for today, it's saltines and what I call "ginger water". The ER doctor recommended drinking a mixture of 1/2 ginger ale and 1/2 water. The sugar in the ginger ale actually helps your body to absorb the water and it helps with nausea. So far it's working. I'm not drinking as much as I should be but I'm increasing how much I'm drinking slowly through the day.
It's back to work tomorrow. Oddly, I used to love to take sick days. Now I'm ready to get back to work. Maybe that's the difference, a true sick day versus a "mental health" day.
That's a blog for another day. I'm going to lay back down after having some more ginger water.
11 February 2008
Meme goodness
so, I never got around to doing this meme, but a thread on SomethingAwful.com got me thinking about it again...
The Rules:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
You then take the pic and add your band name and the album title to it, then post your pic.
The Rules:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
You then take the pic and add your band name and the album title to it, then post your pic.
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