Health- iffy
Today I learned that green mint tea blends do not feel good when they flow through your sinus cavities.
Let me explain...
I have swallowing issues. Sometimes the things I try to swallow 'lock' on the way down, sometimes I forget how to swallow and today when I tried to swallow instead of going down my throat as gravity demands it went up into my sinus cavities and came out my nose... OUCH!
I have no clue exactly how this happened, the only thing I can think is that when my tongue pushed against the back of my throat to send my sip of tea on its way my throat was 'closed' and it decided to take the path of least resistance.
The path of least resistance does not seem to like having mint anything invading its delicate tissues, so this meant that I had to cuss (it is in the rules somewhere).
This came just a couple of days after waking choking on food I had eaten 9 hours before because that self same throat that would not let tea trickle nicely down it decided in my sleep to let food that was having a nice long stay in my stomach travel back up as well. Instead of cussing I was busy coughing and trying to get some of that erstwhile meal out of my lungs. Sighs...
Gastroparesis is cruel enough on its own, but when you add in issues with the throat making swallowing more difficult and being unable to sleep unless you are sitting up because you have no gag reflex and food (or liquids) can just trickle into your mouth or lungs it gets beyond just being malnourished and heads into a fear of choking to death in your sleep.
Then there is the small intestine that feels like it is swollen, bloating you to the point that your skin stings and a large intestine that decides that it will pass nothing at all because it is feeling left out, but once you do pass something it is blood.
Yes, this is my day today... it is graphic and it is disgusting but this is the life I have been given to live and it is the only one I have.
I am not going to an ER because as bad as it is... it is not even a BAD day! This is just an average day because I have been able to get 18 ounces of fluid into my body and that is a victory in my life!
You have to learn to celebrate the small victories and throw a party when they happen and instead of focusing on what is wrong with today I am going to go to sleep tonight with a smile (propped up on a pile of pillows) because today I set up my beloved rock collection (after packing it away for Hurricane Irene) and my Fluorite, Rutilated Crystal, American Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Snowflake Obsidian, Green Calcite and all my other orbs, eggs and raw specimens are glistening at me from their table. I am going to smile because cherry popsicles are tasty and Loki makes a funny face as he nibbles on his small bit of it.
I am going to smile because as bad as the day might seem to be to others it was my day and I made it through it!
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