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She replies,
"Yes, when my parents let me borrow theirs. Otherwise my boyfriend picks me up. That makes Dad furious, so I get the car now more than I used to!"
She replies,
"It's been years, but it's worse lately, ever since I've been going steady with Nathan. Dad doesn't like him - says he's not good enough for me, or something. Nathan's a great guy, but Dad won't give him a chance!"
She replies,
"The pain is kind of a 'sick to the stomach' feeling all the time, but a couple of times a day it feels like I'm being stabbed by an ice pick. That doubles me over when it happens! Good thing it only lasts a couple of seconds..."
She replies,
"Eating makes the sick feeling better, except when I eat at McDonalds I feel like throwing up. Well, like I said, bread seems to help the sick feeling. Nothing helps the sharp jabs. I tried to eat barbecued ribs last night and the jabbing stuff lasted longer than it ever has before. They seem to come more often when I'm with Nathan or when Dad yells at me."
She replies,
"Yea I smoke, everyone at school does. And it makes Dad angry to see me doing it - Mom just sighs and looks the other way. I guess a pack lasts me about three days or so - it used to last an entire week, but I've been hanging out with Nathan a lot lately and he smokes. I don't do drugs 'cuz a friend of mine got really messed up on them and got in a car accident. I did try cocaine once, but it made my sinuses hurt real bad for a week, so it's not worth it. I don't drink anymore."
She replies,
"About three or four times a day, no particular time of day that I've noticed."
She replies,
"No, not really, except a few days ago when one poop was all black and sticky-looking. I thought I'd just eaten something bad - you know, spoiled. Or that the cafeteria food wasn't agreeing with me. I haven't had any diarrhea, and I'm peeing the same as always."
She replies,
"I guess it's worse at night, you know, after the lights are out and you're just staring up at the ceiling. The jabs sometimes come then and keep me up at night."
She replies,
"The pain is like being nauseated and wanting to throw up all the time. I feel it in the center of my stomach, right up under the ribs. Sometimes it seems to go up into my throat a little, but no where else."
She replies,
"This pain, you know, it's not normal. Could I be pregnant?"
She replies,
"No, not really."
She replies,
"No, school is going great, as school goes. I'm on the tennis team, and I have a steady boyfriend - no problems!"
She replies,
"Well, not for at least a week. Dad caught us in the car last Thursday, and dragged me home before we could do it. And we don't go 'all the way,' you know. He pulls out before he comes, mostly...."
She replies,
"No, not really. Well, sometimes."
She replies,
"All the things I like to eat make me feel sick now. All I can eat is bread and bland stuff. If I don't eat first thing in the morning, I can usually make it until lunch before I puke. I hate this!"
She replies,
"I've been feeling sick to my stomach for about three weeks, but the sharp jabs started a week ago."
She replies,
"No, never before. None of my friends have it, either!"
She replies,
"No, no fever that I know of."
She replies,
"Yea, isn't it great? I've hardly been able to eat much - my friends are all jealous that I look skinnier! It's the only good thing. Feeling like this all the time is really awful."
She replies,
"Well, I don't really keep track very closely, because my periods are not very regular. I had one about two weeks ago, but it was only for a day and not much blood at all. I guess the last normal one was about three months ago."