First off!

Well, I went to the Dr. today. As it turns out, my last Dr. appointment was on January 13, 1997.

The reason I went?.... Stupidity.

I'm hispanic, not Mexican. I was raised in a culture in which the foods I ate were mostly Italian and Spaniard, no spicy foods, no mystery meat, no beans, no rice.

So stupid me when I went to eat at a Mexican restaurant... No offense to Mexican food, I'm just not used to foods outside my cultural range and I know better than to mess with them.

I had a "light burrito" which consisted of chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, bean paste and a wheat tortilla, I thought it was harmless. I thought wrong.
For the next week and a half I was unable to eat anything or drink anything; anytime I ate my stomach felt as if I had swallowed a handful of needles. Needless to say, by last week I was completely freaking out; grabbed a phone and called a Dr. for an appointment.

As I went to the Dr. I was truly concentrating on the fact that I do not have medical insurance and how expensive it was going to turn out; so I figured I should just tell him EVERYTHING that is wrong with me and get it over with.

Told him about my stuffy nose that won't go away (10 months) and many other things. He started to check all the glands in my neck, my abdomen and I don't know why he kept asking about my thyroid glands, that kinda freaked me out.
About 20 min later I was getting blood work done and pissing in a cup for more tests; which they informed me I would get the results on the 22nd.
I got some pills and a spray for my stuffy nose, and no answer to my abdominal pain!


The good thing is that I took the pills and for the first time in a long time, my nose is clear!