🏷️ health

Like right under my stomach has been hurting for about a week now. No matter what I eat, no matter what time of day - it just kind of hurts - sometimes it feels a little better but mostly hurts, especially after I eat. I suppose maybe I should see a doctor, but I keep telling myself that it will go away - hoping it is a flu like symptom because @matthew just had a flu.

Please don't let it be an ulcer ;)

No I don't be the opposite of being a jerk because everyone knows I am a jerk, lol. What I mean the way my body is so sensitive to chemicals and allergens. It has been getting worse over the years to the point where I m starting to wonder if I am going to be one of those people that lines their house with aluminum foil or live in a bubble.

Sorry if this offends you @hodown, @lilho, @southernyankee, or @flacidness, Bill, with @lilho being the least offender thanks to her own allergies.

Seriously, I have been in a constant state of hyper allergy since about a month ago. It seems to be triggered by having visitors that all smell like perfume. I am not talking about a light odor of perfume.

You know those hippies that smell like patchoulli but they wear it so much they don't realize how much it smells because they can't smell it, so they put on more. Where that is how it is has been in my house. But it's not patchouli but rather some designer smell with hair product to boot.

Seriously, I am going to kill myself if this gets any worse. I feel like I am gogin to throw up and no matter where I go, the scent follows and then it lingers forever.

Everyone says why don't I take allergy pills but, honestly you can't take allergy pills 24/7 365 and you can't get shots for everything.

What is going to happen to me? I am ready to move into a small house of my own where there are no visitors and no allergens. At this point I would be happy with a 15ft x 15ft solid metal box - where no one can find me.

I just got another physical where I didn't remove any clothing. The doctor was having some sort of emergency with his wife, and his kids were there.

By looking at me, he was able to determine that I was healthy. I am so over this primary care doctor bullshit.

Yesterday at work I was kind of sick thoughout the afternoon but I figured it was just something unsettled in my stomach. 12 hours later I am still mega sick to my stomach. I wish it would just end as I am not in the mood to spend anymore time in the bathroom. I hope it wasn't form the dinner on Wed night. The only other thing I ate was the fajita lunch at roswell, hm. But @enknot and @jim ate that too. I guess I did eat a cliff bar that looked kind of iffy. I threw out the bad looking part and ate the rest. Is anyone else sick?

At least today is awesome because they came out with a true mozilla based browser for my not phone that has flash 9. It does the site exactly as it should, sounds and all.

And I guess stomach flu can stop me from programming now that I have a sweet laptop with all my work on it. Wait a minute is that a blessing or do I now work like 24/7. Okay, at least I love it!

I went and got a massage at "The Massage Studio" on Allen near elmwood after @enknot suggested it. I had hurt my neck last week on a ladder and had a hard time turning left. I will definately go back again and now I know what kind of birthday gift I want. The guy that worked on my was name Jerry Giovannucci, I would definately recommend him.



I didn't know what to expect as I have never had a massage before. When I went in the room I felt nervous because I took my glasses off and put them on the table so I couldn't see the guys face as he was talking. Damn, I really need Lasik.

Then the guy said to put my clothes on the chair and get under the sheets, which left me wondering how much of my clothes I was supposed to remove. I didn't want to remove all my clothes and seem like a freak, and I didn't want to leave my socks and underwear on and feel like I was being shy, as we all know that isn't me.

I ended up keeping the underwear and regretting it as the band kept annoying me when he was massaging my back. I mean it's not like you are naked anyways, you are wearing a sheet. Next time looser fitting band or nothing.

It was freakin fantastic. If you never had a massage there are so many parts of your back that you have no idea how much tension is in.

I can now look to the left again!

Well, my fourteen hour plane ride is over. I think I have strep throat now like I have never had before. My throat and lungs are on fire and I have a fever. Like it hurts to breathe and swallow. I hope I feel better in the morning, if not I am going to the doctor it feels so bad. I guess there is a rapid strep throat test now. Maybe there was always one and I just didn't have a doctor before. Argh.

I am so glad about being home in Buffalo. Big City life is really not for me. I think I would die of anxiety if I lived in San Francisco.

@lilho says it's like the gym equivalent of riding dirty. She is also guilty of riding glossy and riding sticky. At least she says so.

@lilho and I saw probably the hottest guy I have ever seen besides matt and terry at the gym. I got to see much more of him than she did as turned out his locker was right behind mine.

It is pouring so much right now and we are trapped at spot downtown. I am drinking a meal in a glass.

In the middle of the oscars I started to feel achey. I thought it was from carrying the new rugs we bought into the house. It wasn't I was getting ill. Soon a headache set in and a fever. I spent the whole night lying there awake and feeling really unpleasant. I hate illnesses that you cannot sleep through. The sleep through kind are tolerable because I don't ind sleep for extended periods of time, blah.

On a good note, I do not have high blood pressure at all. I guess it was just soe freak individual readings because now that I read it like 3 times a day and graph it, it is generally very normal.

Here are some pics from my camera that have no real common theme.

Who buys a $20 lottery ticket?


That art workshop on Allen and Main seems to have closed down or at least downsized.


Is this an advertisement to suggest we drink clam juice?


Cornish Hens taste great cooked by a cornish woman.


I swear I saw some grass one day!


The mardis gras parade was really lame. It was about one block long. I guess the weather was shitty and we were as much to blame as everyone else because we didn't make a float. Maybe next year?




Me and @mike at pardi gras.


I found these iceblocks in front of my tenants house. What could such a large solid iceblock come from?






This is ironic don't you think. It should no laying down.


Scallops are yummy.


I went crazy and got soe shoes. Three pairs to be exact.

Missing Image ;(

Cleveland Aveneue never gets very snow free.

They had these digital wrist based blood pressure monitors at Walgreens on Sale for $59 with rebate. I was so exicted about it but when I brought it to the counter, the nice looking pharmacist told me that they were really inaccurate and not to buy it.

I was going to settle on a blood sugar monitor but I get the feeling you need a presecription for the strips.

I think I have a medical technology addiction now. I am starting to think about biofeedback. I have a feeling it could be a life altering experience.

Okay off to eat some yummy octopus at Kostas.

Well, I have been having this crazy high blood pressure issue. I should really just go to a doctor but I need to find one I like. Anyhow, my sitting blood pressure is like 134/90+ and my moving one is around 150/90+

This is crazy considering it was so much lower only months ago. Anyways, I decided to get a digital blood pressure machine and write a little online app for recording your blood pressure. I think this weekend I will make it available to all the members of estrip in case any of you are in the need to track you own blood pressure. I graphs it out and gives you a table of you past week.



I add a graph post to this tomorrow so you can see it.