hazy days

Look at my salad!

LOOK AT IT! 

3 glasses of water!

I haven’t been able to tolerate 

Much water- til now. 

Probably has something to do with

The ulcers. It made me sick. 

No more. 

Sausage and Cheese 

Sahara Dust Storms

Forest fires. 

And general filth. 

Pretty though. 

Looks like dystopian fiction! 

Nope- just a regular day

In the pandemic of life 

long days

Salad Days 

Long ass days. 

Stood in the sun yesterday 

Waiting for a van. 

Ugh. 

The word of the day. 

Whenever you hear the word of the day,

Scream real loud! 

UGH!

cold and flu

I said hello to some old friends 

Anticholinergics and Advil yesterday. 

I actually have a cold. 

Runny nose. Itchy eyes. 

No fever. Not covid. 

My heart was racing before 

But no A-Fib. 

I’ve not had A-Fib since 2009

Before Atkins. 

Still got over 4000 steps, though. 

Amazing sleep. 

High HRV. Go figure. 

Salad. With Chicken. 

Still on cold food. 

People at work are my Salad Dressing.  

Well. Ok. 

My go to. 

Not ideal. But ok for now. 

Lol. This came up. 

Still down 5 pounds. 

Probably will do some really hard core fasting 

Maybe even some dry fasting

To get rid of this cold. 

But I can’t do that and work! 

A jar full of coins. 

The last of the coins? 

Last night, I paid for my medicine 

With a phone app. 

I know! 

I was amazed as well! 

Well I will say that 

You feel much better 

When you mask the symptoms. 

Better living through chemistry. 

I never ever get a cold. 

Well- till the past few years. 

Now that I’m older 

It does happen. 

back to work

I didn’t sleep much of the night. 

I just laid in bed and tried to rest. 

I cooked dinner and went into 

The living room with the grown ups

To announce to the Big People

that dinner was ready. 

And I got scolded for talking. 

Me- I avoid conflict by walking away. 

I went to bed at 730. 

But the coughing housemate 

Did his thing from 1 am - onwards. 

Days like this I hate communal living. 

I got up to water the plants. 

See- you have to water every day. 

Not just when you feel like it. 

Odd thing. 

On the way to work, 

my heart started to race. 

I dread working anymore. 

Yesterday it was fine. 

Good one and two minute recovery. 

I understand that suffering comes

From my expectations. 

I went back to my old ways. 

For a little bit. 

About caring what people 

Say, Think, and Do. 

How I feel today.

Poor Babs! 

I feel ya, Babe! 

I’m still down 5 pounds. 

That’s amazing. 

Still not eating solid food. 

Scratchy throat from the

Upper G.I. 

g. i. series

Slept on the recliner. 

I woke up during the upper GI

And got choked on the scope. 

It tore my throat up a bit. 

Lots of steps. 

I walked to and from the clinic. 

The Nurse said 

“Get your happy ass up in this bed!”

That’s the V A for ya! 

For Day Surgery they want you to walk. 

For regular hospital stay, 

They don’t let you walk out. 

You must be taken out in a wheelchair. 

Sometimes. 

All bets are off with the V. A! 

Not complaining; they saved my life! 

Covered with cats. 

Baby Fergus never left my side. 

Esophagus EGD. 

50% improvements. 

Duodenum clear. 

Stomach clear. 

The old EGD in April this year. 

Roughly 17 weeks ago. 

Grade D esophagitus. 

L A grade D means excoriation

On 75% of the surface 

Multiple duodenal ulcers. 

No mention of Z line injury. 

Many bleeding ulcers. 

Colonoscopy. 

No IBS. No Chron’s. 

No polyps. No outpouching. 

Perfect and clear. 

BBBP Score is 9. 

Perfect score for preparation. 

I post this for all the people 

Who say meat tots in your colon. 

Or low carb doesn’t have enough fiber. 

Oh yes- and I lost 6 pounds! 

movi prep

Ahhhh sleep

Move more. 

Taking the CBD has changed everything!

Movi Prep

Is used for colonoscopy prep. 

You drink it. Tons of it. 

Completely cleaned out. 

Nurse Fergus is supervising. 

You take 2 doses. 

One, the night before. 

In the evening. 

Then one at 4 am!

30 years ago, it was called GoLightly. 

But the bottle was so big. 

It was more for inpatients. 

Now comes 100° F temps. 

Clear liquids 

Lol. I lost 5 pounds!

So why not just go on? 

Back to Snake Juice 

New red shoes. 

The boss is asleep 

Off we go!!

I’m not a go getter. 

I’m a let’s see what happens 

Type of gal.