It finally hit rock bottom last week. My heartburn/acid reflux/agita/problem that no 23-year-old should have (call it what you want — it’s tragic any way you slice it) finally transformed from a tolerable post-tomato chest pain to a steaming cauldron of nighttime burning. Such horrid stomach pain has occurred three times by now, forcing me to reconsider my current “anything goes” diet and eat like a human being with dignity and self-respect. (We’re still not there yet. Artificial butter grease from the microwave popcorn I just enjoyed is fresh and oily on my keyboard.)

I think the foods leading up to Pain Week 2010 are as follows:

1. Spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce and turkey meatballs (which are absolutely delicious and highly recommended. I’ll post the recipe later.) eaten 3 times consecutively

2. Giant bacon cheeseburger at Donovan’s Pub (another subsequent post)

3. White Russians (my drink of choice, take note please) on Saturday night. According to the “foods you should never eat while suffering chronic acid reflux” list, both milk and alcohol are absolute no-nos. Oops. I combined them.

4. An attempted healthy veggie & shrimp stir-fry drizzled with Sriracha sauce

Since I no longer want to be woken up from a deep sleep with a mouth full of bile, I’ve decided to follow the above-mentioned food list. My food posts may reflect this choice, so I am letting it be known that I have not merely grown soft (physically, maybe, but not emotionally). I’m just cutting out certain foods (tomatoes, tear) because my stomach is an evil fun-sucking wench.