I think I might vomit before finishing this entry. lol. If I'm grammatically incorrect or a sentence trails off suddenly, there's your explanation.
I think I've reached the point in my contest prep when my stomach decides to protest. I'm not letting it stop me. My doctor said that going for this is the best medicine I could provide for myself and I'm not going to let go of that.
BUT.....it does occasionally make life interesting. Forgive the disturbing details. Last night I had a very abrupt and annoying awakening. I was coughing violently, having trouble breathing, and I felt an awful burning sensation in my throat, mouth, chest, nasal cavity; even my sinuses and behind my eyes felt aflame.
It took me a minute to recognize that I had refluxed so violently in my sleep that I had regurgitated, and that I had inhaled it back down, and also up into my nasal cavity. I wanted to scream, it felt so darn horrible! (Thank god for the tempurpedic mattress, because for all of my thrashing about, my hubby slept peacefully) :)
I hovered over the sink for a while, rinsing out my alimentary canal and then taking sheets, blankets and my pajamas down to the laundry room. I don't know how my stomach managed to hold all of that acid, because it was like a Gastroparesis/GERD remake of the Exorcist. In spite of my disgust, I almost had to be impressed with the sheer volume. (I said almost!)
Now my whole airway feels like it was ripped up. My eyes even still sting, 8 hours afterwards. I still feel like I'm going to vomit but I was able to keep both protein shakes #1 and #2 down, so that's a good sign.
In other news, I have decided to pursue my phD in Immunology. I always wanted to go to medical school for either gastroenterology, colorectal surgery or rheumatology, but I want to be a mommy so badly that I stopped my path to becoming a dr. Now I'm starting it up again, but will end up a different kind of doctor. I'm slightly worried about feeling good enough to make it through such a rigorous program, but if I can vomit and then immediately run sprints, jump rope, and bench press.....then I probably can pick up a textbook. I guess we'll see!