Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?

I have not updated this blog for quite some time now. Actually, I have not updated any of my blogs.  And I apologize for not being able to.

There are several reasons why postings here have been few and far in between. First is that I have had issues with my host/server (still do, even if I’m already on VPS, so friends who are familiar with VPS Management, please help. thanks).

Second is that I have been very busy at work.  So busy that it caused too much stress that after work, all I do is head straight to bed.  For several weeks, I have been very scarce on the Internet. Now, I am very busy at work again with this new project.

Fourth is that I decided to stop smoking and began my quest last September 1. I have stopped before just to prove to myself that I could do it, but I went back. Hopefully, this time I’ll be sticking for good. I started smoking in 1998, starting with about five to ten sticks a day.  In early 2009, I smoked about a maximum of 15 sticks a day. Sometime in between those, for about a few months, I smoked more than a pack and a half a day.

When I stopped smoking, I didn’t do anything special. I never used substitutes like gum or lollipop or candy, no nicotine patches, nothing. That’s why it was more difficult for me.  And what’s also hard is that I did it cold turkey. I just stopped smoking.

Then the withdrawal.

A week into my stopping (I refuse to call it quit, because quitters are losers, hehe), the withdrawal symptoms started coming in. Different kinds of illnesses attacked my very svelte body. On the first week, I had bouts with chronic headaches (starting to have them again now), dizziness, nausea, vomiting and fevers. The following weeks were a more difficult battle for me. I had bouts of constipation, diarrhea, loss of appetite, cigarette cravings and more dizziness.  I have been smoke-free for 35 days now. I expected the withdrawal illness to have already ended, but my body seems to entertain them much. I’m now suffering from gastritis – which is such a pain in the ass (pun not intended) because for some odd reason, I could eat any food type, but my tummy would get really painful whenever I eat cooked rice.  So for more than two weeks, I have been eating rice sparingly.  I substituted rice with other carbo food items like bread and pasta, but rice is still different.  The good thing though is that I have been able to eat small amounts of cooked rice in the past few days without my stomach hurting like hell. And, this gastritis, I think, is on its way out. I’m wondering though what my Weekly Withdrawal Challenge illness for this week would be.

Fifth reason would be my doctor’s fault. He prescribed vitamins that make me crave for food and make me sleepy all the time, so most of my time whenever I’m home is spent sleeping, with short breaks for eating.

So yes, I am back. I am bakla!