Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Win Some and Lose Some

I'm supposed to be writing a 3 page paper right now... which is why I'm not doing it.  I don't like to be told what to do.  Heh.  Okay, that's not the reason I'm not writing it--I just have a really hard time coming up with 3 pages worth of words (unless the second and third pages can basically restate whatever the first page has...).

Also, I'm pretty discouraged right now because I had a three page paper that I wrote for a different class (which took me a few days, and hours of hard work) that, right before I could put the finishing touches on it and submit it... it disappeared.  I left my tablet to do something else for a few minutes, during which time, Anton picked it up and played a couple games on it.  When I came back to it, my paper was completely blank.  I freaked out at Anton.  He swore he didn't even touch it, and I believe him--I mean, I believe that he had no intention of messing with my paper, but I know from experience that I can leave a document open on my tablet and it will stay open, unchanged, for days--or however long I leave it up, until I force it to close, or turn off the tablet, and in both of those scenarios, it saves itself as "Untitled."  So I still freaked out at him.  And then apologized.  And now I'm just really depressed because that was a huge assignment.  It is unbelievably horrifying how often this happens to me.

On top of that, I constantly feel like I'm about to throw up.  I haven't actually thrown up, but I have been getting acid reflux, which has never happened to me before.  I hate food even more than I used to.  Which may or may not be related to another issue with my body.  It hurts to empty my bladder, and it hurts to have sex.  It doesn't feel anything like when I had a urinary tract infection, the pain is deeper (deeper into my body, like slightly above and to the left--toward my belly button-- of the right side of my pelvic bone) and sharper, but I guess it could just be back with different symptoms...?  Whatever it is, it's lame.  Any knowledge on the subject would be appreciated, though.

There is one thing that has lifted my spirits, to take a break from all the depressing talk.  For the past several months I have been experiencing a dandruff problem.  No, that's not what lifts my spirits, just hang on.  Not too long ago, I read the instructions on my shampoo bottle just for kicks.  It said to rub gently, and not scratch with your nails, so I followed the instructions.
Well, last night after my shower, I looked in the mirror and was absolutely horrified by what I saw--the worst dandruff I have ever seen in my life!  I made Anton help me try and figure something out because it was so bad, I was going to stay hidden up inside for the rest of my life.  We decided to try scrubbing it out, so with a comb, and fingernails, I spent another hour in the shower (and it really hurt my head).  This time when I came out... my hair was completely free of dandruff.  My guess is, that this whole time (since I read those instructions) I had been gently rubbing instead of scrubbing and so the dead skin cells that needed to come off, stayed there.
The rest of my skin is very dry and itchy, BUT, I am SO relieved, I can't even describe how nice it feels.  So, please, feel free to ignore the instructions on your shampoo bottles.

4 comments:

  1. So, I've had some pain similar to what you're describing and it was an ovarian cyst. You might check it out. I didn't do what the doctor said for it, I went to grandma, but it went away. Unfortunately, they can come back....

    Had the same problem with dandruff too, but it went away on its own with the humidity here (that and I switched to melaleuca shampoo). But for my boys cradle cap type of stuff I actually had to get a comb and scrape it all off.

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  2. I'f recommend going to a doctor? You should be able to go to the student health center just fine with your insurance. That way I at least have some kind of "diagnosis" as to what the problem is, even if I don't want to carry out the treatment. There are actually a dozen different issues that your body could have right now with those symptoms so maybe a doctor could narrow it down for you :)

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  3. I guess I should go to a doctor... bleh.

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