MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Back home... now the ironic part...

Was discharged Tuesday @ 7pm. Last night I finally "almost" slept through the night. Still exhausted from being in a bed for so long. Doing as much walking as I can without getting too dizzy for now.

Oh, the ironic part... I may have done this to myself.

Yesterday, the doctor asks how long I have been at this weight (currently 6'5" 255lbs.). I explain to her that at my last job, I was up to 305 at one point, because I just sat at a desk all day. The current job lets me move around more, plus I adjusted my diet when I started the new job, so within a few months, I had gotten down to 240. Then I started slowly creeping back up again, and leveled off at 255.

I realize it's all the soda I would drink (which was WAY too much). I just had a hard time quitting it. Not so much for the taste, but the caffeine. I've tried to stop before, and made it three days, before the withdrawal headaches became unbearable.

So last week, I had told my wife, when you go to the store, don't bother buying more Dr. Pepper, or any other soda for that matter, we can just do without now, and live on Kool-Aid, juice, milk, and water. At this point, all three kids look at me in unison with that "What?" look on their face. I told them they don't need it either, and over the summer, all three of them have been starting to head in the wrong direction weight-wise anyway. But they'll still be allowed to order it when we go out to eat and stuff, so it's not like I'm depriving them of it completely.

So I had already started to cut back a couple days by Saturday. The doctor says my body likely realized what I was doing, and started de-toxing itself. Which ended up in my blood stream, then on to my kidneys, and so on. That I was practically dehydrated and heat exhausted from work Saturday didn't help any.

Thanks for all the fun and witty comments below; I expected nothing less in the Bin

I'm not really up to staring at a computer screen yet, so artwork is still on hold. I'll be back soon.

RELAX and just have fun. Remember, it's all about the games.