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Thursday, July 3, 2008

I’m not the healthiest person I know but at least I don’t have any chronic illness.  I don’t have to worry about taking meds on a regular basis, wearing glasses or making sure my contacts are moist, always making sure I have an inhaler with me, etc.  Recurring colds and coughs are the worst I’ve had and the last time I was confined was during my knee socks and bow-biter days (it was H-fever, I think).

But last Sunday, I began to feel a burning sensation in my stomach.  I let it slip at first but it’s hard to ignore when you’re stomach is doing cartwheels while you’re writing a one and a half minuter a few minutes to airing.

Then last night, I made yet another mistake of ignoring my stomach’s plea for a decent meal.  So it wasn’t just cartwheels afterwards.  There were some back-flips and spreadeagles with a lot of burning sensation.

Refusing to face the possibility of actually being sick, I researched online before going to a doctor.  Lo and behold.  It’s hyperacidity.

A list of its causes says that I’m the perfect candidate:

  • Consumption of maximum rich and spicy foods -check!

  • Eating very fast without proper chewing -check!

  • Long sitting work -check!

  • Mental stress -check! check! check!

  • Inappropriate sleep -check! check! check!

  • Smoking -check!

    Its symtpoms are what I’ve been pretty much experiencing:

  • Burning sensation in the stomach -check!

  • Pain in upper abdomen -check!

  • Gastric fart -as embarassing as it is, check!

  • Constipation -check!  (and I am NEVER constipated)

  • Fatigue -check!

    I know, I know, it’s not the end of the world.  Pero hassle eh.  I don’t like the idea of limiting my food choices.  Worse, I dread the idea of NOT drinking coffee or tea.  And I don’t want to worry,

    Boo hoo. 

    Is age catching up with me?  Sigh.


    • Posted by pennylane at 5:12 PM | permalink

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    you just need sex. it’s a cure-all. tanungin mo pa sina tk, ayheen at si doc duke.

    Posted by Miranda Priestly at July 4, 2008, 6:56 pm

    madaming differential diagnoses dian sa mga symptoms mo. tanongin mo friend namin ni Ayheen na gastroenterologist (kung single pa sya i refer ka namin)… pero tama si MirandaMD, Panacea is the greek goddess of healing. I think the english translation of Panacea… is Sex.

    Posted by TK&YiN at July 4, 2008, 11:33 pm

    sex…the universal antacid hehe.
    —
    MIRANDA…hindi ka ba umiiwas lang na isama ako sa bakasyon mo?
    —
    TK…is he gwapo?
    my stomach is burning as i type this…hu hu hu.

    Posted by Penny Lane at July 4, 2008, 11:51 pm

    Koryn, sister, magpatingin ka na sa doctor… Not to scare you or anything, remember my pretty friend Ninette? She had UTI for several weeks..or so she thought. She sought several opinions from several doctors. The last one diagnosed her as having stage 2 cancer of the kidney. The following week, she had surgery. They removed one of her kidneys. She’s 99% healed right now. But she’s still undergoing medication and observation for the next five years… and super strict diet for the rest of her life. To think she is the healthiest person I know ha. She doesn’t have any vices, she exercises and dances regularly and she’s a religious person pa. Kaya magpatingin ka na, pls. Di to biro.

    Posted by Sexy Nomad at July 5, 2008, 2:13 pm

    Natakot ako kay sexy nomad. argh. pero di ko kayang sabihin ang sinabi niya. kasi isa ako sa mga bukod-tanging nilalang na takot sa doktor.

    she’s right, too. there i said it.

    but i also think sex is a panacea. agree with tk and ayheen there. (hah! may MD sa dulo ng pangalan ko!) damn. i gotta get some sex, man.

    Posted by Miranda Priestly at July 7, 2008, 9:03 am

    SEXY NOMAD…really??? i didn’t know that! scary. don’t worry, i’m scheduled for a gastro check-up na this friday.
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    MIRANDA…inunahan mo ‘ko hehehe may ready answer na sana ako just in case you were going to lecture me about going to a doctor :p sex is easy to find. great sex is harder.

    Posted by pennylane at July 7, 2008, 5:01 pm

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