- I spent the better part of last night suffering from nausea. I had skipped dinner, so I thought I was just hungry. I finally got up to find a snack but had to run to the bathroom to puke instead. Afterward I felt 100% better, as though it had never happened. I'm pretty sure it was because I took the second pill of the month on an empty stomach, which has been vomit-inducing in the past. I fear that if I ever get pregnant, I will have some wicked morning sickness.
- My research institution closed at noon today. We would have left early anyway because it was snowing pretty hard, but it was nice to have their blessing to go that early. Traffic turned out to not be too bad, but I was still really happy that it was my carpool buddy's turn to drive.
- I'm hoping that I don't have trouble driving to my hometown tomorrow. Things look manageable right now. Fingers crossed.
- I emailed a potential post doc mentor in Hometown. I need to find out more about what this person does, but I'm not sure I'd be a good match for the lab. It can't hurt to make new contacts, though. I guess there is some small chance I might visit the lab while I'm in town.
- I think I need more iron. I've been feeling sort of weird sometimes lately, like kinda weak/lightheaded/floppy/hungry. I had been vegetarian for a long while but this year I started eating some meat. I still eat very little and almost never red meat. I have a brother-in-law who has some um, non-mainstream views on public health, one of them being that iron enriched foods are not good for us. He was moderately convincing, so we started to avoid Fe-enriched food when convenient. At around the same time, we decided to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from the things we eat most, and that was a higher priority than the Fe thing. It turns out that most of the no-HFCS alternatives also don't have Fe. My point is that I think I hardy get any Fe in my diet and that was fine for a while but I think I've had enough periods now that my stocks are depleted. Perhaps some lamb tonight.
- This was a long bullets post. Sorry.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
RBOSnow day
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I hate feeling nauseated (almost as much as I hate vomiting). I'm glad that you are feeling better now. Maybe some iron supplements? (Or is that too close to the enriched iron thing?)
Anyhow, safe travels and Happy Holidays!
You probably know this, but if you do take iron supplements in pill form, a prenatal vitamin with iron is easiest on the tummy.
As a lifelong anemic (though not anymore thanks to some awesome doctors) I know nausea is sign #1 that my iron is really really low. That and headaches. Good luck - hope you feel better.
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