I choose you, Pikachu!

I’m not dying! Hurray?

I don’t know if anyone actually reads these. But oh well.

I had a doctor appointment today! Apparently I’m anemic, which is an iron deficiency in the blood, so the heart has to work harder. That’s how the heart murmur came about. I was told it was pretty common in vegetarian teenage girls. :/ Also, the chest pains I’ve been having is apparently due to excess stomach acid in the lower esophagus. So I’ve been put on Prilosec for that, twice a day. And for the iron, I have to take two iron tablets a day. For hyperventilation (because I have the habit of randomly getting shortness of breath, causing me to hyperventilate), I was told to keep a paper bag in my purse, so when I start hyperventilating, I can use it to breath through. -____-;

Total:

4 pills a day, aside from the vegetarian vitamins I already take, and keeping a paper bag with me.

x____x I don’t like this. But at least I’m not in immediate danger of dying, right?

The only thing I worry about… is band camp. It’s for two weeks, 5 days a week, 9-3pm marching around in the intense August heat. I don’t know if my doctor will allow it. :/ If I don’t go to band camp and learn the marching steps, I’ll be moved to the pit section (percussion, like xylophones, chimes, etc.) for the season. Eep. I love the flute too much for that. I’ll ask my mom about it. And if she thinks there’s a chance the doctor will say no, I’ll call.

I’m still ehhh about all of this.

Emily.