shameful but true

i spent two days in the hospital for dehydration. the cause? - i could always say that i was stranded on a desert for a couple of days, but no it was because of lbm. yikes! shameful but true. i ate two slices of pineapple spears saturday night and the following day, sunday, my tummy started working up. it was so excruciating and i always had this need to go to the toilet and relieve myself.

after a dose of loperamide ( i think i swallowed the whole mat) and armed with bananas, i thought i was okay. it was monday and i was still in the same dilemma so my youngest called my bro(who is a doctor) and told him about my predicament. i don't know what transpired about the phone conversation but i could hear my bro barking let her be in the hospital pronto. when we arrived at the medical mission i was briskly escorted to the emergency room. when the attending physician saw my cracked lips, white colored tongue, and rings under my eyes, she announce with glee -dehydration. hah! i could hear flurries of feet running to me with all their needles and gadgets. i didn't even have time to breathe and there goes the IV needle on my left hand then another needle on my right arm for blood sample and ECG machine being rolled so i can have to undergo an examination.

when i had my operation last year i had this phobia of needles because i had a lot of it that will last me for a lifetime. after this experience i don't ever want this to happen again. sure i stayed in the hospital for two days, but it wasn't a breeze at all. i did not even get a proper sleep because nurses and technicians come and go to my room to check on me. oh i forgot to say that my blood pressure shoot up to 160/100 and i even had chills to boot. this was from thinking of the needles. plus the reprimands from my bro and the kids for not taking action immediately. shit! i am not even 50 years old yet but i am being treated like an imbecile. how much more when the time comes that i am incontinent and useless? heaven forbid! i shudder to think! heeeeeelp......