I am one of those people who can be extremely nauseous with the worlds wost hangover yet won’t throw up.  I consider it a curse. Everyone says that throwing up makes you feel better. Well, I wouldn’t know. I WISH I could puke, but I just can’t. My body doesn’t reflex that way and I can’t bring myself to stick my finger down my throat.

I have spent the last two days miserably sick and nauseous.  I have gotten the hiccups twice today which has almost made me puke, but no luck.  My nose is runny, my ears ache, my throat hurts, my stomach is churning, but I haven’t thrown up!

I have only thrown up once in my memory.  I was ten years old, walking down the stairs to go somewhere with my parents.  Half way down the stairs I felt it coming.  (I would describe the feeling, but it’s been so long I don’t remember it anymore).  I immediately turned around, ran back upstairs, and barely made it to the sink on time to throw up this nasty chunky goodness.  It smelled like death.  I called for my mom and she was so upset that I chose the sink instead of the toilet to puke in.  This was my first time; I had not developed a puking etiquette yet.  I actually thought I did good by keeping it down long enough to get to the sink!  Well, my poor mother had quite the cleaning task ahead of her.

Maybe it’s some sort of psychological reason why I have never thrown up since then.  I feel bad for puking in the wrong location so my subconscious tells me just not to puke.  It would pair nicely with the fact that I’m unable to swallow pills larger than a pencil eraser.  And even the tiny ones are hard to get down sometimes!

Whatever the reason may be… I am very upset at it.  I feel like crap and just want to get better.  Lord, please heal me.

Oh, and for the record, I have only had one true hangover in my life.  It was a terrible experience and will never happen again.  I don’t know how people get drunk like that on a regular basis… but that is for another post.