The Bagel Times

Chieu.Doan

twenty5, mother to one puggle & two cats, nurse, thinks love is underrated, totally.


Musicals annoy the hell out of me.

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~ Friday, February 24 ~
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shutting down.

So I knew this day would eventually come. Overworked myself to the point of exhaustion. Have been in and out of the hospital for days now. I am diagnosed with: h. plylori infection, inflamed pancreas and gallstones. Surgery is in the horizon for me. Thanks to my incredible boyfriend for taking care of me throughout this. He has adopted my new diet just so I won’t feel so crappy about eating all these organic and healthy foods. It tastes TERRIBLE. He has been doing tons of research on healthy recipes and have been cooking for me every night now. I loves him.

Its different when you’re on the other end—-being the patient. This experience helps to better my care as a nurse because it helps me see what my patients go through. I have taken care of tons of GI patients that have the same diagnose as me..and 100% of the time, they fully recover with zero issues, so I am positive about all this. However, being sick = less days to work. My boyfriend yells at me all the time to stop stressing so much about working and just be satisfied with my paycheck. BUT I CAN’T! It’s this determination inside of me to make as much as I can so I can enjoy it as much as I can. I guess this health issue came up to teach me how to slow down and see that there are more important things than being financially satisfied.

bleh, whatever…I just want to feel better ASAP so I can finally EAT. Down to 111 lbs now, I feel like a skeleton. A fat bowl of PHO sounds delicious right about….now.

Tags: hospital sick h. plyori surgery gallstone overworked
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~ Friday, January 20 ~
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So recently, I’ve been infected by the most evil thing ever—-Rotavirus. Oh the many perks of being a nurse/healthcare professional. So least to say, I was going to the bathroom nonstop (sorry if this is too tmi), and vomiting like CRAZY. Body chills, increase temp, diaphoretic, mucsle aches, all the works—I’ve had it. In the midst of it all, the only thing that I can consume is liquid and more liquids. However, just recently, I’ve started feeling better—really better, actually. All of this “cleansing” has completely flushed my body of nasty toxins that I’ve had BEFORE the virus hit me. Now, I am sipping on gatorade with airborne suspense in it, and chewing on multivitamin gummies like nothing. I FEEL GREAT!! So much energy and my body is five pounds lighter, with lots of nutrients and vitamins to gain. The best part—work has grant me with 5 days off to re-cooperate :) LESSON of the week: eat better, drink better, and vitamins are a girls best friend :)

So recently, I’ve been infected by the most evil thing ever—-Rotavirus. Oh the many perks of being a nurse/healthcare professional. So least to say, I was going to the bathroom nonstop (sorry if this is too tmi), and vomiting like CRAZY. Body chills, increase temp, diaphoretic, mucsle aches, all the works—I’ve had it. In the midst of it all, the only thing that I can consume is liquid and more liquids. However, just recently, I’ve started feeling better—really better, actually. All of this “cleansing” has completely flushed my body of nasty toxins that I’ve had BEFORE the virus hit me. Now, I am sipping on gatorade with airborne suspense in it, and chewing on multivitamin gummies like nothing. I FEEL GREAT!! So much energy and my body is five pounds lighter, with lots of nutrients and vitamins to gain. The best part—work has grant me with 5 days off to re-cooperate :)

LESSON of the week: eat better, drink better, and vitamins are a girls best friend :)

Tags: health rotavirus cleanse vitmamins sick
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