I can't eat: egg yolk, ketchup, hot sauce, lemon, orange juice, (citrus in general), and I think fried anything might be causing a problem. I was eating up to six tums every day, and finally the pain was so awful I went to the doctor. Millions of tests later and an appendectomy scare (CT Scan? scary) and they told me, "meh, probably nothing."

I hit the roof and wrote to my doctor, "the running joke among Kaiser patients is that you diagnosis yourself on WebMD and call your doctor for a prescription. Don't be that guy. I'm begging you. My white blood cell count is high, my ERB is high. This points to infection and inflammation. I eat six tums a day. This doesn't seem normal."

He ordered more tests. I have a follow up on Monday. He said that it could be an ulcer, but nothing showed up on the scan.

I said if it can be controlled by diet, that's awesome. But the infection is worrying me.

Allyson, have you tried different antacids besides Tums? Like Prilosec or Tagomet (they reduce acid production, rather than absorb acid).

Tums and other antacids that absorb acid do nothing for me these days. I take a generic Prilosec every day.

The doctor told me to stop taking tums and to begin prilosec. He said that ulcers can be caused by an infection (which i remembered because of the nobel winner dude who drank a bunch of the bacteria to give himself the infection to help prove the point).

I'm so old. Just getting older.

Timelies all!

It's nice out, for now. We're supposed to get thunderstorms, but I don't know when.

Tonight is the first night of Guys and Dolls, which CJ is in. He is trying to get his homework done before call time. I know of at least 5 girls (ages ranging from 6 - 14) who are going tonight JUST cause he is in it.

Allyson, could it be gallstones? I know my mother had symptoms like that for a long time before they figured out that's what it was.

My poor father called me worried about his cell phone dying. It just needs to be charged, but I couldn't walk him through finding and plugging in the charger over the phone, because I have no idea where it would be! Sad. If it were an actual emergency, of course I could get over there, but I'm pretty sure my mother will be home later and they can figure it out together....

Also, I just went out for an overpriced burger, and now I'm super full. That was kind of a mistake. I think I like the other place where a smaller portion is the same price, which is less of a value, except if I value not feeling so full!

Jesse, next time don't go to the Globe to Bukowski's!

(I write, not having any idea where you actually dined!)

I went to the new 5 Napkin Burger! What's random is they have also opened one (of like 5 or 6) around the corner from where I used to live in Queens.

Video of a duckling chasing a dog around: [link]

And now that I stop to think about it, I wouldn't use "hussy" to describe a man. Huh.

Maybe we should. If men are embracing being called a "man-slut", maybe they should be called a "man-hussy". I suspect they wouldn't embrace the term quite so much.