Yes. I've been gone for a while. I guess I could explain it by saying that life got ahead of me. Or I could be more straightforward and tell you that I was just plain sick. I think I threw up multiple times each day for at least two and a half weeks. Each meal consisted of 7-Up and/or ice chips. I lost 10 pounds. (Not to worry, though. I found them. They were water.) That leaves one not inclined to want to write or, for that matter, do much of anything else. Plus, there's nothing about which to write.
So what precipitated all this? I don't know. My doctor doesn't know. No one knows - except for a friend of mine who believes that I take too much medication. <Sigh> But that wasn't all. I also had a nasty reaction to a new medication. The nasty reaction was what was happening to me (my concern from my last post). The medicine was exaggerating my Parkinson's symptoms. I was tripping all over the place. I had more frequent and larger tremors. My cognitive abilities were considerably impaired. I couldn't remember things. I got lost on the way to my psychiatrist's office. I couldn't reason. It was scary. The good news is I stopped the medicine and my Parkinson's symptoms went back to their usual selves. I'm going to see my psychiatrist this Tuesday and I'm confident I will get there without incident.
So there you have it: a drug reaction immediately followed by constant vomiting. I don't think there's much of a take-away from these experiences, unless it would be to suggest to you that if you have gotten sick to the point of a downward spiral, and you see that you are dehydrated, ask for IV fluids. That brought me out of the spiral and I actually went a whole 24 hours without throwing up. I also can suggest to you that the aroma of peppermint helps to calm nausea. Sucking on a candy cane, plentiful this time of year, helps, too.
The most significant bit of insight I didn't take away: what caused all the vomiting to begin with and how I make it stop. I hope it's not my Parkinson's meds.
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