Well, so much for the plan of blogging this weekend. Instead, I got to discover that my body seems to having some issues. It seems quite possible that I have GERD, or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, commonly known as acid reflux disease. You know, the disease they talk about on all those Zantac commercials? The commercials I've completely ignored in the past? Well, I'll be ignoring them no more.
The problem, of course, is that a sudden (and I do mean sudden) first attack of GIRD can mimic, especially in women, symptoms of heart disease. So, on Sunday, when I had planned to do a lot of house cleaning and blogging, I found myself instead with stabbing chest pains, nausea, headache, sweating, and clamminess. But I don't have high blood pressure, or asthma, or any history of cardiac problems, and I seem to be breathing okay, so right now the doctors have me on Zantac. Further tests should clear things up, but let's just say it put a damper on my weekend all around.
More information than you wanted, probably, but I just wanted to explain my absence this weekend. I should be back to blogging Monday (barring time out time for a doctor visit or two).
Posted by kswygert at September 21, 2003 05:18 PM