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I can't believe it's almost time to go back to NIH - boy how the time flies by!

This week I've had a few issues. Wednesday was pretty much a useless day. I had the runs all day and couldn't leave the house for fear of getting too far from the toilet. Tuesday I felt great, but Wednesday I could hardly stay awake!

Then, this afternoon I went to the grocery store to send a fax to my attorney. I went to the bathroom and the toilet bowel was full of red. I panicked, but then remembered I'd drank some juice that morning that was red. It's a type of juice I drink all the time but have never noticed that happening before! But, I don't pay much attention to the brand. I buy whatever is cheapest, so maybe what I bought had more dye in it than real juice. Won't buy that brand again!

For years back in the day the docs would ask me if there was blood in my stool, and like a moron, I'd answer no. I didn't even think about the fact that I probably wouldn't have ever seen it.

So, when I start having a lot of the runs like this I wonder.

The other possibility is maybe I hit my stoma and didn't realize it. It's full of exposed blood vessels and if you hit it with a direct hit on something, there are no nerves so you don't feel it really as painful. You feel some pressure, a touch, but you don't feel pain. The pain is the skin and bleeding area around the stoma. That can hurt like the dickens. I was moving boxes in the basement looking for old records, so maybe I hit it then?

If I weren't about to go to NIH, I'd be thinking about a doc. visit just to be sure. But, I know they'll test my poo at NIH and I really don't want to pay for cabs and co-pays when I'll be in the hospital in just a few days!

It's also allergy season here. Usually I get so sick this time of year, but so far, knock on wood, my nasal allergies have been pretty good.

Today, however, I've been one big hive. I even have hives in my hair. I'm guessing it's allergies because I always have allergies thsi time of year, although not always hives. I took some benadryl, but still have some hives. I have another drug Kevin gave me two years ago when I had horrible hives, but as my medication list has changed, I'm afraid to take it without talking to him or a pharmacist first. It worked well on the hives and didn't cause as much fatigue.

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