So THIS is Morning Sickness. AHHHHHhhhhhhh blahhhhhhhhhhh. And WHY call it Morning Sickness it it occurs every 30 minutes ALL DAY LONG? Weird thing though, I have yet to puke. Instead, right before I am about to be sick, I sneeze.
Turns out I have a wonderful feature in my odd body. When the acid begins to rise up from my stomach, it triggers the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve links the abdominal organs to the central nervous system, or in my case specifically to the sinuses. So when I feel nauseous, the acid triggers a sneeze which contracts my throat forcing the acid back down and temporarily interrupts the nausea. Brilliant! Unfortunately I'm sneezing like 50 times a day. Add to that a nasty throat cold I've picked up and well... no more voice. At least I don't need a bucket. For now.
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