“The doctor has ordered a medication that will help rid of the fluid in your lungs and will help you breathe better, but it will make you pee constantly.”“Oh, I understand now.”Her voice was quiet but was more steady. Doctors come and go while the nurses are steadfast with her ca...
Mom’s fifth birthday beyond this realm last month felt like a bad hangover. The kind where you’re perpetually nauseous for eight to ten hours but not nearly enough to actually expel any of the toxins making a home out of your insides. The fifth anniversary of her death this fall will ...
I notice that you mention that some people become nauseous when they drink less oxidized teas. I have indeed found that I can only drink black tea, pu’erh tea and darker oolong teas without feeling extremely nauseous for several hours. But ligher ooling teas — and all green teas and wh...
The cold wash cloths for fever, the flat glasses of Coke for an upset stomach; all were administered with an almost business-like calm that made me think being sick was no big deal and feeling better was inevitable. You could tell my mother three or four symptoms and she’d diagnose you...
More so than injury or sudden calamity, the slow burn—the long grind of the psychological epic—is the one I consider most epic: being on pitch 11 when there are only supposed to be nine, and the climbing is a lot harder than it should be. Or in that storm where all you can do ...
It started with a drop in my appetite. A normal day for me would consist of having lunch and dinner, and maybe breakfast in the morning if I felt like it. But I began to not feel hungry, and the idea of food would make me feel sick or nauseous. I began eating less and less unti...
More so than injury or sudden calamity, the slow burn—the long grind of the psychological epic—is the one I consider most epic: being on pitch 11 when there are only supposed to be nine, and the climbing is a lot harder than it should be. Or in that storm where all you can do ...
I think I worried more about not being able to make it up the hill (honestly – what kind of crazy talk was I thinking? Did I momentarily forget that walking was an option?) I don’t have a huge amount of confidence in my speed/strength right now, and I shouldn’t because its not...
Being a DC runner and having never run the Army Ten Miler is unheard of. No really. It’s actually kind of weird. So when I knew that I would be training for the Marine Corps Marathon throughout the summer and fall, I figured why not make the ATM a speed bump in the road to tap...
Your body gets put on alert, but physically you get light-headed, nauseous, and your body expels waste at an alarming rate. If you don’t do something to combat that continued assault, anxiety can lead to much larger issues than general body aches. ...