Why is this post titled "Enormous"? Because, my dear friends, that is EXACTLY how I feel. I have felt this bloat coming on for a few days now, and I've dreaded it. I've had a good run of being "skinny" and I knew it had to end sometime, but I secretly harbored the hope that maybe...just maybe....the swelling would be merciful and forget about me.
I started to notice that my ankles were a bit larger on Sunday....then it was harder to bend my knees yesterday. I woke up this morning and my stomach was a bit distended, which is odd considering how good it's been for the last 3 or 4 weeks, and today, I sat there feeling miserable as my rib cage swelled to the point of making my bra too tight. It's hard to breathe right now. It's been fa-reaking awesome.
I'm just wondering why this always seems to happen right before I have to go see my clinical trial folks (which I'm doing tomorrow). This is the last appointment that I have with them in Cincinnati, and I was SO hoping that they could see me as "normal". Well, hopefully they'll keep reading this blog after I'm done bothering them :)
And hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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