Resume Here

One day shy of eight months since my last post! And am I ever worlds away from where I was then!

At the beginning of May, I woke up horribly nauseous, and had violent vomiting spells for a good six hours. And I've been nauseous ever since. I saw a doctor in SLO three times, who put me on a course of antibiotics (which did nothing), and ran a full gamut of blood tests, during the procurement of which I lost consciousness repeatedly due to my malnourishment and extreme dehydration, and eventually had to have an IV placed. Once those came back with still no answers, I returned to my hometown of Oxnard to see my regular physician. He gave me several medications. I felt slightly better once I started those, but have not gotten any better since. I have had another round of blood tests, as well as a CT scan of my abdomen, which have all come back normal. I'm now seeing a GI specialist and go in for an endoscopy on Tuesday. So hopefully then we'll be able to see what's going on!

But over these weeks of rest and attempted recovery, I've watched the second season of Showtime's The Tudors with my Mom, as well as restarted the entire series with my girlfriend and father. I'm still only a couple of episodes into the third season, but I am still utterly engrossed! I hope they continue it through the Tudor dyansty to Mary and Elizabeth, with five minutes for Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey of course.

I've also gotten into Leon Uris' Trinity yet again, and cannot put it down! It's becoming difficult to juggle the book, the Tudors, and the Dodgers everyday! But I would gladly take these days full of history, literature, and baseball, over the days of stress and anxiety I continually feel I endure up north.

There is also no doubt in my mind that the combination of the stress and anxiety, and my poor methods of dealing with them are what led directly to this illness I'm now dealing with. I cannot wait to get into our new apartment. I hope for next year to be 180 degrees apart from the past.