White collar tummy onions.

[navygreen]

I can't wait for the next 40 minutes or so to pass! One of our favorite shows, White Collar returns to television tonight. In addition, we'll also be recording Parenthood on another channel. I'm ready for some Matt Bomer, though. :-D

I forgot to mention an exciting find on Sunday when I ran to the commissary for this meal plan. As Jack and I were picking onions, I noticed there were TONS of the dry skins all over the bin. We grabbed an extra plastic veggie bag and loaded up! This way, I won't have to buy nearly so many onions just for the skins as we get closer to Easter. I had to keep buying them in bulk last year, and then Philip would dice/freeze the actual onions. I had them for months and months that way. It's all for the natural-dyed eggs, though - so worth it!

I paid bills today, and Philip and I ran to the commissary again for the handful of items they were out of at closing time on Sunday. I didn't do a whole lot else, as my tummy still feels really weak and sore. I can't even fully explain what happened last night, but oh, it hurt so bad. I felt like my intestines were swelling and pushing against my skin. Truly, my skin was tight as a Braxton-Hicks contraction, and it lasted for hours. I think all the lingering pain today comes from that long period of intense contracting. It was so awful. I couldn't bend at the waist, I couldn't lay on my side, and I had to breathe very shallow to keep the stabs at a manageable level.

I haven't the foggiest clue what caused it. It began almost an hour after eating dinner, but I never even felt that overstuffed, FULL feeling beforehand. I sure hope to never feel that way again, though.

Comments

[lolobird.livejournal.com]

That sounds like exactly what happens when I have an allergic reaction to potatoes, tomatoes, or peppers! Did you eat anything like that yesterday? I'm actually allergic to tomatoes, but all of them are related and I've never been checked for peppers. When my intestine swells my stomach muscles all contract over & over again every few minutes. If it gets bad enough I start throwing up. If it doesn't, then the next day I just feel like I am recovering from a stab wound. Sound familiar?

Sorry you went through that. :(

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

YES! That's exactly what it felt like - sooooo painful! The only thing I ate last night that was brand-new to me were fried pickles (about four slices) and fried green beans (two) - I wasn't crazy about either one enough to eat more, and we ended up dumping most of the appetizer platter.

I kept telling Philip I felt like I needed to throw up. I hung out in the bathroom for as long as I could stand it, but since I couldn't bend at the waist, that hurt a lot, too.

[lolobird.livejournal.com]

It is the worst pain I've ever felt! Sometimes it gets so horrible I have to go to the ER. They give me a stomach muscle relaxer (to stop the cramping) and an anti-nausea drug to stop all of the puking. Once when it happened I was still throwing up food I ate 2 days before.

I know you're looking for "new food" that would cause this, but the first time it happened to me at about 25 years old it was food I had been eating my whole life. I have no idea why it never started bothering me so badly until I was an adult. I ate spaghetti a million times and then one day, wham! Now it happens every time I have one of those foods pretty much. Look for patterns if it happens again. They say allergies can change throughout life, too. I hope it never happens to you again.

[nomoretearss.livejournal.com]

Yikes, that is scary on the stomach situation.

Now what do you use the skins for? I'm confused! :)

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

If you look at that Easter egg link, scroll through until you see where I referenced the first year dying eggs that way. I made a step-by-step process, and you can see all the onion skins/pictures there. :-)

[gardenmama.livejournal.com]

That sounds like the stomach thing I had. I never threw up or really had any symptoms other than painful cramping that lasted for about three days. I thought it was something I ate, but then Dave caught it too. So we think maybe it was some form of the stomach flu. Not fun. I'm glad you are feeling better and hope no one else in your family catches it!

[cmmunchkin.livejournal.com]

My mom recently found out that she is allergic to brewers yeast, and describes awful crampy pain similar to your description.

I have always remembered those beautiful pictures you posted of those eggs that first year! I think I am going to make them with my preschool class as Easter gets closer. I had forgotten about the flower idea, so thanks for the link and reminder! I may bring some flowers in to so they can get creative with it.