Almond Milk, Shakeology, and DAMMIT I'm sick!

Okay, so not like with a cold or flu, because not only would that make actual SENSE, but it could land me in the hospital with pneumonia; happens to those on immunosuppressants.  But today I'm dealing with nausea.  Intense nausea.  I'm down a couple of cups of my usual coffee quota, and I'm here to tell you that the idea of drinking or eating anything at all is trying to make me yack.  No really.  Not joking.

I'm going to try, though, you know... having another coffee.  Because I'm just hardcore like that.  Or ninja.  I'll take either.

No shakeology today again.  I didn't want to risk another bout of what happened yesterday as my GI tract is NOT happy about something.  I have purchased some almond milk in order to nix the diary out of my diet again.  Maybe that's wreaking havoc or playing with fire in some ways, so no real reason to continue poking the bear in that respect.  Listening to my body has become a skill I've almost mastered.  Kind of a have-to skill-set I must say.  At least in my case.

Anemia:  You guys may remember I had to deal with that and had two IV iron infusions a few months ago to remedy the situation.  Prior to the diagnosis I was dealing with horrendous back pain, body pain, nausea, loss of appetite, and several other issues.  Now, much of that continued past the IV iron infusions as they were the result of the Autoimmune Hepatitis I have and didn't know I had then. But my backache went away, and some of the nausea.  Not all, but it took the edge off.  So with the return of a lot of the symptoms I've been dealing with, and considering I now have a bleeding GI tract, maybe my ferritin has plummeted.  I hope not, because I re-introduced meat, of all things, back into my diet to help heal the anemia.  Heme iron is superior for the body and doesn't require any food combinations or supplements.  Once I get my health back on track I'm going back to vegetarian/vegan.  It's a moral choice, and also.. I really don't like meat that much.

This nausea is driving me crazy.  I have the shakes, sick to my stomach, nausea feeling in the back of my throat, and I have a sore tongue.  Oh, and lets not forget that despite the prednisone I'm still on... my appetite left the building like Elvis today.  Good grief, I wish my body would make up its mind.

So what to do?  Most likely will have to call my hematologist and request ferritin testing again, just to be sure.  Just in case.

I'm tired of blood tests, to tell you the truth.  I don't mind the needle, etc.  I just really hate having to go to the hospital or doctor's office to have it done so often.

Sheesh.

My stomach... ugh.