After a bout of flu and sore throat last week, I had been feeling very tired and sleepy at the end of the day. Yesterday my condition got worse, I felt giddy and nauseous and bloated from even a bit of food. Felt my body was full of wind churning inside. Dragged myself to the office in the morning but by lunch time, the giddiness has gotten so bad that I had to rush to see my regular GP. And the whole afternoon, I was knocked out in deep sleep.
I discovered all these are symptoms of gastritis. This is the first time I am diagnosed with gastritis and I was surprised. Have I been having irregular meals? Come to think of it, maybe I have. Weekdays at least 2 to 3 nights I would be working late in the office having stressful sometimes unfruitful meetings. Then I will take dinner at about 9, 10 pm. Sometimes when I attended dharma programs in the weekday evenings, dinner will be late too. Also sometimes, I will skip lunch because it was just too hot outside, or I will have it in the late afternoon. Hence my meal times have gone haywire. In addition, I had to have coffee every morning, sometimes going without breakfast. Which perhaps made it worse.
I have never had the experience of feeling nauseous all the time and being giddy made it worse. I thought it was due to my hectic program last week. Anyway, I have to make sure I take regular meals now, stop drinking coffee for a while, and have little snacks on standby. I also have to avoid spicy or sour food which can irritate the stomach lining further. I have to re-adjust my lifestyle for now... towards a healthier one.
I discovered all these are symptoms of gastritis. This is the first time I am diagnosed with gastritis and I was surprised. Have I been having irregular meals? Come to think of it, maybe I have. Weekdays at least 2 to 3 nights I would be working late in the office having stressful sometimes unfruitful meetings. Then I will take dinner at about 9, 10 pm. Sometimes when I attended dharma programs in the weekday evenings, dinner will be late too. Also sometimes, I will skip lunch because it was just too hot outside, or I will have it in the late afternoon. Hence my meal times have gone haywire. In addition, I had to have coffee every morning, sometimes going without breakfast. Which perhaps made it worse.
I have never had the experience of feeling nauseous all the time and being giddy made it worse. I thought it was due to my hectic program last week. Anyway, I have to make sure I take regular meals now, stop drinking coffee for a while, and have little snacks on standby. I also have to avoid spicy or sour food which can irritate the stomach lining further. I have to re-adjust my lifestyle for now... towards a healthier one.
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