I'm not dying
Well, as far as the doctor can tell at this point, there's not much wrong with me. All my tests came back negative - I'm not even anemic! - so he thinks I just have a problem digesting milk protein. He put me on a strict no-milk diet, meaning that I can't have milk, ice cream, yogurt, cheese that comes from cow milk (goat cheese is okay...gross), cream sauces, ranch dressings, butter, etc. It's going to be hard but for sure worth it because I should be back to normal in no time. I will miss my dairy products though... I love string cheese and ice cream and chocolate... but in a few weeks I can test it again by eating something dairy and see if it does anything to me. And maybe I can eat really small portions every once in a while. That would be nice. So we'll see.
This weekend I went to my grandparents' house for Memorial Day (I was only there Sunday night to Monday afternoon). I got to help make the big breakfast by making enough hashbrowns for 25 people. That's a lot of hashbrowns. I ate my fair share while I was cooking them so by the time it was breakfast-time, I couldn't eat any... but that was okay. It was fun to see all of my cousins again. I'm not very close to any of them but now that we're older we have more to talk about. Like my one cousin just got home from a mission in Germany and he's trying to get back into the swing of dating and things like that... it's kind of funny. My other cousin is working as an EMT and he always has the best stories about things that happen when he's at work.
Last night I went on a group date with my roommates and it was so fun. We went to a park and had a picnic and then we did things like play on the playground and fly a kite and then we went back to my apartment and roasted mini marshmallows over candles. It was great fun. The wind yesterday was perfect for flying a kite so it got really high. I haven't flown a kite in a long time.
Last night I slept on the couch again. I haven't slept in my bed for 4 nights now, because I slept on the couch two nights and then at my grandparents' one night and then on the couch again last night. I don't know why I like it so much but our couches are really comfortable and the front room temperature is always better than the temperature in my room.
All in all, I'm a little bummed about the dietary changes I'm going to have to make. But if I'm really thinking about it, I'm grateful that it's not something more serious. I didn't think it was, and neither did the doctor, but we really didn't know and I suppose the greatest fear is in the unknown. And now that that's mostly over (there's still a slight chance that I might need more tests - if my symptoms don't go away in a few weeks) I don't really have that fear. My biggest worry now is that the symptoms won't go away and I'll need more tests. But the likelihood of that is pretty slim because I've made such great improvements over the past week.
This weekend I went to my grandparents' house for Memorial Day (I was only there Sunday night to Monday afternoon). I got to help make the big breakfast by making enough hashbrowns for 25 people. That's a lot of hashbrowns. I ate my fair share while I was cooking them so by the time it was breakfast-time, I couldn't eat any... but that was okay. It was fun to see all of my cousins again. I'm not very close to any of them but now that we're older we have more to talk about. Like my one cousin just got home from a mission in Germany and he's trying to get back into the swing of dating and things like that... it's kind of funny. My other cousin is working as an EMT and he always has the best stories about things that happen when he's at work.
Last night I went on a group date with my roommates and it was so fun. We went to a park and had a picnic and then we did things like play on the playground and fly a kite and then we went back to my apartment and roasted mini marshmallows over candles. It was great fun. The wind yesterday was perfect for flying a kite so it got really high. I haven't flown a kite in a long time.
Last night I slept on the couch again. I haven't slept in my bed for 4 nights now, because I slept on the couch two nights and then at my grandparents' one night and then on the couch again last night. I don't know why I like it so much but our couches are really comfortable and the front room temperature is always better than the temperature in my room.
All in all, I'm a little bummed about the dietary changes I'm going to have to make. But if I'm really thinking about it, I'm grateful that it's not something more serious. I didn't think it was, and neither did the doctor, but we really didn't know and I suppose the greatest fear is in the unknown. And now that that's mostly over (there's still a slight chance that I might need more tests - if my symptoms don't go away in a few weeks) I don't really have that fear. My biggest worry now is that the symptoms won't go away and I'll need more tests. But the likelihood of that is pretty slim because I've made such great improvements over the past week.
posted by jm at 2:09 PM
1 Comments:
Congrats that all is well so far. Tests are no fun. I was in the lab for 3 hours this morning. It wasn't bad because they put a saline lock in so they didn't have to stick me 100 times. Hope that you are enjoying school.
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