Word: stomachly
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...Cipro side effects surfaced first in Florida, where staff members at American Media have started to experience stomach pain and foggy heads. Two were hospitalized--one for a severe allergic reaction, the other for a seizure--and many had to switch quickly to other antibiotics. Even members of the CDC working on the anthrax samples have developed Cipro skin rashes...
With Anthrax in the mail and a war under way whose end is nowhere in sight, it's hardly surprising that a lot of people are feeling anxious these days. For most of us, the tightness in the stomach comes at moments of crisis, but it's manageable, and it goes away again. For others, though--especially those who tend to be anxious anyway--the feeling can be overwhelming. And while such severe anxiety can be transient, it can sometimes persist for weeks--or even longer...
...shot into my abdomen, immediately followed by a sharp pain in my side. "Oh, that hurt you because you have problems there," said the acupuncturist. She explained that she performed a special, deep acupuncture, in which needles are inserted nearly two inches. With metal protruding from my stomach, barely clad and worrying about that problem in my side, I was in no position to argue. Bam! Bam! Bam! I was skewered three more times. I was sweating, I was scared. When would this session be over...
...None too soon, it turned out. When I got home, my abdomen was swollen, my stomach, hips and lower back aching. I called the acupuncturist, who told me that pain was good, a sure sign that qi, the Eastern word for life force, was at work. When, the next morning I was still hurting, I went to my doctor, who performed a sonogram that showed that my abdomen was filled with fluid. The needles, it turned out, had penetrated the abdominal wall and entered the pelvic cavity. What's more, they had been placed perilously close to the abdominal aorta...
...city and thanks them for bringing the city so much joy in its darkest hour. Ugh. Watching his courage and leadership during the past month, I’ve found myself wondering why Giuliani’s image on television always made me want to punch him in the stomach. As I watched him frolic on the field after Monday night’s win, it all suddenly started coming back...