I woke up and felt really tired today. I finally got out of bed, showered, got dressed and felt fine. I cut up strawberries to put in my dahi and sat down to eat it. I couldn't even get it to my mouth - the thought of eating it was repulsive. But I still didn't feel sick. I didn't have a first block class so I decided to wait a bit before I left for school. 10 minutes later I was throwing up! I still didn't feel sick until that moment. So weird.
So even though I was miserably sick all day - here are some positives.
1) All my kids have computers so it is really easy to email to tell them what I wanted them to do today.
The substitute emailed me to tell me the kids were good for her and several students emailed me to wish me well and to tell me how they did today.
2) I TEXTED my doctor to and he replied in 5 minutes. Last year I had 4 vomiting incidents. This is my 7th one this school year. In December I was sick and the doctor came over - it was the 5th day in two months that I had vomited. Sometimes it is so bad, a doctor has to come over and give me a shot to get it to stop. It is so easy for people to chalk it up to food poisoning because, well, we are in India. :) But it was happening so often, I was convinced there was another cause. He said I could be producing too much stomach acid so he told me to limit my intake of tea, coffee, and alcohol. EASY. I never ever drink alcohol or coffee and I have green tea maybe two or three times a month. He also gave me meds to take each night to see if that helped. I haven't been sick for 6 weeks - until today :( So I texted him to see if I should continue the meds or if we should look into another cause. He said to give it 3 more weeks. BAM. Got my answer - Didn't have to go to a doctor's office or pay a single rupee!!
3) The school office told the school nurse I was sick so she called! and asked how I was feeling and if I'd seen a doctor. etc. Told me to call her if I got sicker or needed anything. awesome!
4) in the US If I was sick I couldn't drive to go get medicine and the thought of leaving home to go see a doctor was horrible. Here, the doctor will come to me. You can get medicine delivered. If I choose to walk to the chemist and I get tired or need to throw up - I can just rest on the curb and no one cares :)
I was wondering how long I can be on these meds so I looked up side effects. It is likely I would get a false positive for TCH!! HA! luckily my school doesn't do drug testing otherwise I'd be labeled a pot head even though I have never touch the stuff! It also says that using the medicine can make you more likely to develop food and drug allergies. great!! that is another possibility of why I get sick. The doctor says it could be something they cook with here. so even if I wasn't allergic to something before, I might become allergic with this medicine. Nice.
I was thankful for all the positive things in the midst of a day of illness. Hopefully I will be better tomorrow :)
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