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Hi honey!
I am so sorry you are having crappy day - especially on the 4th of July! Okay, not a big deal for me as I'm Canadian, but I still understand there's a lot of.. hoopla (I am inserting amusing words in hopes of making you feel better. Hoopla is a good one. Say it out loud. It'll make you smile at least. *ahem* Moving on...) around it.
I don't blame you for feeling upset and frustrated, I think we have all been there. And you know the worst part, the more times it happens, it stills feels crappy. Like, other people have actually said to me, "Well, you're sick all the time.. you should be used to it" which infuriates me because you don't get used to being sick!! Whoops, little tangent there.. Right, so I hope you are feeling at least less stressed about it now. There is nothing worse than feeling sick AND anxious.. well, I guess PMS is pretty bad.. and you've got that, too! Poor you! If I were you, I would treat myself to lotsa heating pad treatments and hot baths. And foot rubs by the boyfriend!
I feel for you with the nausea, I can't even function when I get really nauseous. It makes me really wobbly and like I am afraid to do anything for fear of basically falling over. It's onna those feelings that just makes me wanna groan and slump in my chair... but I can't do that at work, so I just go off to the loo every so often and let cold water run over my wrists.. seems to help, dunno why.
As for your appointment, I say don't worry about it and just go and see what happens. It can't actually do you any harm, and you might get something good out of it. Question, though: You said you weren't seeing a doctor, so what are you seeing? Sorry, if you've said before or if I am just being really dense...

I really do feel for you, but the worst thing is to let yourself get defeated so try and keep something positive in your head. I used to do the exact same thing you described, have a few good days and get all excited and then spend the next day, crying on the potty. Do you know what my positive thing used to be? This is really lame... When I was feeling sick at work, I used to think, "Well, at least this stomach ache is giving me something to think about and the work doesn't seem so bad.. Imagine how bored I would be if I was just sitting here, feeling fine.. with nothing to do.." Isn't that ridiculous? I was really grasping at straws then..

Chin up, Charlie (my friend always used to say that to me, I dunno why...)
**hugs**
--Steph

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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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