August 30, 2004
Heave Ho
Yesterday afternoon I took a nap, and woke up to hear that most-dreaded question "what do you want for dinner?" I really hate that question, and rarely have an answer. When you have no appetite it's like asking a drowning man what color suit he wants to wear.
Well, thanks to my partner, he told me to go smoke a bit, and that seemed to help. Yet every five minutes I'd hear the "I'm hungry" chant. It takes more time to smoke up an appetite, usually it takes me at least half an hour after smoking before I really feel hunger.
Well, that's at least better than Marinol, which takes about 90-minutes for me to feel hunger.
This morning, while walking my dog at 5 am, I suddenly, and without warning or nausea, had dry heaves. This is generally a bit embarrassing in public, but at 5 am there wasn't much public to notice, so that part wasn't a problem. I really have no idea why I started dry heaving. If there was something in my stomach, it wouldn't have been dry, so no mess, no fuss. Just very uncomfortable, and it made me a bit dizzy, and then my dog looked up at me with his "what the heck are you doing?" look.
If it continued, as it sometimes does for several hours, I would have smoked, and might have missed work because of it. However, it ceased before I returned home, and I was able to have my breakfast of coffee and oatmeal without a problem.
I generally will do everything I can to avoid smoking in the morning before work. I don't want to drive to work high. I don't want to be high at 5 am. I don't want to be at work high. But, it's certainly better than some of the alternatives.
Posted by Kroeme on August 30, 2004 12:42 PM