Not the best way to lose weight

Under the heading of 'had I but  known', one of the first two things saying "Hey, guy, you've got a problem here" was when I started throwing up.  As in everything.  Including 'take a drink of water, ten seconds later you're sticking your head in the trash can(it's got a bag and it's closer than the toilet)', over and over, including the first couple of days in the hospital, by which time the anti-nausea meds took effect.

Seriously, worst throwing up I've ever been through.  I lost right at ten pounds, which I have not regained.  I promise, that's not how you want to lose weight.  And I think my stomach shrunk some through all this, so it may work out to be a long-term loss.

My problem at  first was that allergies, which for most of my life didn't much bother me, the last few years have been a lot worse at times.  And I asked a couple of people who've had long-term bad allergy trouble if theirs ever affected them this way, headache and some upchucking, and they said 'Yes', so that's what I thought it was.  Boy, was I wrong.  And I really waited longer than I should before talking to medical people*.  I'll try not to make that mistake again.

*Dad and Mom have both been really bad about that; I think it's part of what  killed Dad.