Think Before You Eat

Aug 01, 2010

Today I got up and dad fried some bacon for breakfast.  I don’t often eat breakfast, but bacon sounded good.  I have eaten bacon in the past and no problems.  Well, I went to church about an hour after eating. As I was driving to church I suddenly started to get cramping under my right breast.  I told my friend Mellonie I was having cramps.  I made it through the 1^st song and had to sit down.  I sat through the next 2 songs and decided to get up and walk.  So I told Mellonie I was going for a walk.  We had joked about gas earlier. I had a tough time walking upright.  I made it to the teen’s room and laid down on the couch. The pain radiated to my right shoulder and collarbone. After 15 minutes I was feeling better and thought I would get up and go back to the service.  I made it 3 steps and knew I was in trouble.  Mellonie was searching the hallway for me and ran into me.  She said, “Are you okay?!”  I said, “Yea, I think I am in the middle of a dumping episode and I am going home to lie down.  I will see you at the picnic.”  She asked if I could drive or she could take me home.  I said I could drive.  I went into the auditorium and got my keys and water bottle (thank goodness I sat on the back row).  I went home and laid down for an hour and got up feeling fine.  At the picnic Mellonie said an older lady sitting on our row asked if I was okay because I looked horrid.  Mellonie told her she thought it was just gas.  Anyway, on the way home I got to thinking the bacon was cured in maple syrup.  We hadn’t even thought about how that might affect me.  Won’t be doing that again!!!!  At one point I thought I was having a heart attack or appendicitis.  I soon realized when I got up from the teen’s room and was headed back to the service that it was a dumping episode and I needed to go lie down for awhile.  I just hope I never have another one of those episodes.  Now to remember to think about what I am eating, even if I think I’m eating okay.  Who would have thought “cured in maple syrup” would affect one so.

 

Give me a challenger that just might have the strength to take me down,

But give me the confidence to believe I will remain the champion.

     ~DeAnn M Cornwell~

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