However, every time I have heartburn, I think of my father, who had regular heartburn and acid reflux for about a year. When he finally went to the hospital, he found out he had cancer of the stomach, colon, and a couple of other organs that I can’t remember right now (possibly pancreas and liver).

I am almost positive there is no cancer going on. I’m pretty sure it can spread like wildfire, but I’m also pretty sure it wouldn’t go from zero to sixty in the few months since I have last seen a doctor.

Pretty sure.

UPDATE: Tomato. I can’t believe I forgot that one.
UPDATE 2: Garlic and lamb should also be on the list.

I’m pretty sure there may be at least one more, but I cannot remember it right now. I will update this post if I can remember what it was.

Does anyone have any recipes that doesn’t include any of these ingredients?

What should I eat afterwards? Any suggestions?

For example, my ankle has been hurting for the past several hours. When I got home, I took off my shoe and the sharp pain in my ankle has turned into a relentless throbbing pain that feels like it will never stop.

A part of me can help but wonder if my ankle would feel better if I had just left the shoe on.

Ouch.

I’m not naming any names, just saying.

Unfortunately every time I get really bad heartburn, I think about my late father. He thought he had really bad acid reflux. When he finally got it checked out, it turned out that his GERD was actually cancer in several organs (stomach, liver, colon and pancreas, I think). Since I am already prone to thinking most of my ailments are cancer related (I once thought that a case of athlete’s foot was some rare form of skin cancer), each moment that I have acid induced insomnia just makes me think that I am a few weeks from death.

When my health insurance kicks in at work, I can go get things checked out and get a physical for Stephen. Hopefully I only have two more weeks to wait.

I’m not expecting anything bad to happen, but at the same time I know how quickly things can go wrong.  Years ago, I was let go on Day 88 of a 90 day contract, when I was expecting to get hired in on a permanent basis. I wasn’t the only one out of a job that day, all of the other temp workers and a lot of permanent employees were let go as well.  I just remember feeling blindsided by that and it has helped me develop a certain anxiety about work that I keep with me no matter how long I am employed by a company. I worked at my last job for six years and I never kept any personal stuff on my desk.

I hope this is just my body telling me to lay off the spicy and allergenic foods and not my body’s way of telling me “Prepare to walk towards the light.”

Anyway, here is something that will hopefully brighten my day when I feel like have my day brightened. Ladies and gentlemen, Nina Simone with the song “Feeling Good”

Well today was one of my Arizona days and I picked up the Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey (The kind with the Apple Juice is the best, but the store I went to didn’t have any) and I noticed a type that I have never seen before: Black Tea with Ginseng and Honey. I drank the Black Tea with my lunch and thought that it was pretty good but the taste wasn’t any spectacular enough for me to go out of my way to buy it again.

About 40 minutes later I started to get really jittery and my heart was beating really fast. At first I thought that I was having a panic attack, but as my panic started to rise I looked over at the Black Tea and noticed that it is called The Original Energy Drink. Now I don’t know if all Arizona Ice Tea is subtitled The Original Energy Drink, but I know now to avoid the Black Tea and maybe in the future actually read the label of what I’m buying. The worst part is that I feel so achy and bad, that I didn’t even finish the Black Tea and I’m leery about the Green Tea.

Lucky for me, they also have a line of Caffeine-Free drinks.