Goddess in Progress

OK.  So the weekend didn’t go as planned and not for lack of trying.  I did try.  I got sick Saturday evening though.  In fact, I ended up in the emergency room at the local hospital.  I was having upper chest pains right across my body.  I don’t know what it was so I called a 1-800 medical line the province of Ontario offers (it’s quite good actually…registered nurses on the line to help with questions).  Anyway, after going through some questions she asked, she recommended that I head directly to the nearest hospital.  In fact, she suggested I call an ambulance in case something happened.

To make a long story short, I had an ECG and my heart rhythm came back normal.  I was then sent for a chest x-ray.  That came back clear, so pneumonia was ruled out.  Problem is, no one could figure out what the problem was.  I’ll have to figure it out myself, I suppose.  No one could explain why I’m covered in hives either.  I’ve had hives for about a week now and they’re not going away.  I’ve been taking Benedryl but they still flare up.  I’ve had hives only two other times in my life.  When I was pregnant with 2nd child and when I developed a reaction to Advil.  Neither is applicable in this case.  I did speak to my mother today and she said that my dad  had been breaking out in hives.  In fact, he told her that he broke out in hives every time he ate Doritos.  *ding, ding, ding*  I had some Doritos Saturday afternoon and I got sick Saturday evening.  As stupid as this sounds, I’m hoping it’s the Doritos that did this to me.  I would like to wait until my hives clear and then have Doritos just to test it and see if that’s the cause.

I did some internet research and there are a lot of hits for “Doritos and Hives”.  Who knew?

We got home really late (3:30 a.m.) so I slept in on Sunday.  I decided to miss church and just sleep in and enjoy my sleep-in with no guilt.  I didn’t do very much yesterday either except cross-stitch while watching a Rocky marathon on TV.

So having said that, I wasn’t able to prepare meals like I had planned over the weekend, so my Day 1 actually starts tomorrow.  I will stop at the grocery store on the way into work to buy fruits and yogurt for my snacks.  I’ll probably get a frozen meal for lunch (b/c my food stash at home is really low) and I’d rather eat a Lean Cuisine frozen meal than throw everything away.

I’m so tired right now and this is a last post so I’m off to bed.  Good night!