Please Say A Prayer-I Am Not Feeling Well

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned I was sick. I got better, but not 100%. I have not been able to shake the exhaustion. It is not simply exhaustion, I have been feeling that since getting pregnant. It is lethargy, and shortness of breath. I just want to sleep all the time and I sense some added blues as well.I am having trouble thinking clearly. It occured to me that I am probably anemic since that is my usual course during pregnancy. I looked up anemia and have all the symptoms except the usual tell-tale pica. I had a check-up yesterday and my doctor put me on prescription iron supplements. I hope they help.
I am awake now. (I have intermittent bouts of insomnia and falling asleep). I was watching a show on Discovery Channel that I like called A Haunting but fell asleep. I woke up to the next show called Most Evil. It is about a doctor from Columbia U. who studies the “why’s” of serial killers and ranks them on a scale from 1-22, 22 being the most evil. I woke up in time to hear about the #22 guy for the evening, and to make a long story short without too many details, this guy was different because his victims were children. I got to hear the last story, and now I can’t stop cryingh because I keep thinking what if that were my sweet, little Gorbulas?
I am not sure which is worse, that this stuff happens, or that they put it on TV. I mean knowing about it just got me really, really upset. But not knowing about doesn’t change what happened. For some reason I think the Discovery Channel is “safe”. But sometimes I think these shows are just as bad as any of the other crap, just in the guise of “documentary”. If I learned something practical from it, then I would not feel quite as bad.

4 comments

  1. I did ask for it this time but he said I had it done at the end of June. He said my hematocrit was 36, just on the boarder. Not sure why he didn’t seem to enthusiastic about getting more blood drawn. But I felt great at the end of June. This all started like the first week of August.

  2. Paryers for you to feel better soon. I hope the iron supplements work, but just a gentle suggestion to make sure you get more fiber too 😉
    Stay away from late nite Discovery Channel!

  3. Hope the iron works to get you feeling more like yourself.
    I saw part of one episode of Most Evil and that was enough for me. Maybe I’m sticking my head in the sand, but watching the evening news is bad enough.

Comments are closed.