I have acute gastritis again! What's more, I'm also experiencing excruciating stomach cramps! So far, I've been to the crapper three times already, each time muttering prayers and promising stuff to God. On my third visit I had even promised to give up porn if he would just let the pain go away....

Anyway, so I went to the doctor and he prescribed me some German-made Ultracarbon Charcoal tablets for the gas. When I was ready to take them, I realized that they're real charcoal! If you look at the picture carefully you might notice the charcoal smudges on my index finger.

I was contemplating if I should take them. Surely you can trust the Germans. Right?!! But it's charcoal... from the coal mines... handled by sweaty miners with their dirty hands.... Isn't it comparable to licking a stone? eating soil?

Then I felt the gas acting up and had no choice but to pop in two tablets followed by lots of water. I didn't get to taste them. But I plan to take a bite off one tomorrow and tell you what they taste like.

UPDATE: Pretty anticlimactic... it doesn't have any taste! I even bit it a couple of times it to confirm. Paper probably has more flavor. It tasted like very clean paper.