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Seriously consider ordering digestive enzymes capsules and good Probiotics.

During almost any abdominal surgery they often give us antibiotics in an IV and they can wipe out a lot of good bacteria in the gut. When I do any antibiotics treatment- even natural supplements (allacin, oregano oil, neem, berrberine complex , etc.) I heavily supplement after with Probiotics and the simple yeast (i.e Florastor or like that) . Otherwise I can't digest anything properly and deal with gut cramps, headaches from indigestion and much much worse GERD.

Drinking 4 oz of warm water with 1 tbs of ACV (organic with mother), followed by 4 oz (or more) of just warm water also helps a lot. Often that can be taken just before food, or soon after food.

Some people use a shot of 1 oz ACV, followed by warm water - but that really hurts my insides. I need it diluted. Followed with warm water to rinse mouth and esophagus (they are sensitive).

Could you please get her a walker? With a seat? And a basket?

Good morning.

I'm glad you are bit better. Lidocaine patches or even k-tape can really help. Or knee brace. Specially some that have removable firm side strips that can stabilize the joint.

As someone who had torned inside ligaments on both knees - 2 years apart can tell you that can really help. After initial recovery- soft neoprene knee brace can be used longer term.

Get a walker with adjusted seat- so you can be at table or counter height. Worth the money- Specially if you can get that used.

I hope you get better.

Qotd: many...mostly sci-fi, fantasy, spies stories, action books, murder misteris, assassins (I couldn't kill someone unless they really abused children or animals- I think I could live with myself after dealing with them).

Yesterday was interesting day. On Monday morning I had a shoulder injection- steroids. I decided to stay at work longer...and I was running high on steroids. I was planning to get home, but at 2am I just crashed. One moment I was working, dancing in my chair to the background music, the next moment I couldn't keep my eyes open. Driving home was not an option. I crashed at work. I think I was asleep the moment I put my head on a pillow.

Then I woke up yesterday at 7am back high on steroids. Wow. I had acupuncture at 3, so I left work early, didn't get to see my chiropractor because of an accident and thunderstorm. But I stopped at Aldi just to get my egg white wraps. Spent an hour bothering this nice lady - I was still high on steroids- high as a kite. I seldom have energy like that. I think I'm still high. That's how it feels to have steroids in your system? (Im have adrenal insufficiency so my natural cortisone is always low to dangerously low. I take Rx cortisone but I probably don't take enough. UGh.

Anyway..2 hrs and $200 later...lots of food including bacon. I was hungry. I was so high I forgot to eat the whole day. Like really. Normally steroids make me hungry. And my phone decided not to work. Ugh.

Keith was going to be at his buddies car thingy- so I thought I had till 8 before he would be back home. But they canceled the event due to...thunderstorm...- it rained heavily for over 1 hr- if not longer, and that's why I didn't want to leave Aldi. I was able to reset my phone after Aldi and got 2 texts from Keith worrying about me. I was supposed to get home early, only stopping by Publix. Oops.

After that I had to stop by Publix to pick up cold cuts I ordered on line, plus some frozen pizza for Keith (I buy different ones when they are on sale).

Finally got home. Keith helped unpack the car, and I ate a few bites of food. I was still high ... ugh.

Eventually I took melatonin, progesterone, plus some l-theanine, and benadryl...and I was able to get to bed at 1am. Cat, Dewey is a great sleeping companion. Love that monster.

Today I need to see my chiropractor, but besides that - I need to work on accounting and overdue projects. It's going to be a long day. Ugh.

Menu:

Liquids- coffee plus tea plus....plus

Late lunch - not sure... my lunch time got shifted to 3pm. After the other working crowd is no longer in the kitchen... I hate when people mess with my food.

D: not sure, but I have bacon so I'll incorporate that. Most likely. Or use that as a snack.so maybe chicken or smoked turkey breast or roast beef .. decisions..

S: bacon, cheese apple avocado...

Hi love. Sorry are dealing with all of that. Hugs.

Percy probably doesn't like the hats on the house and he is showing off. He is probably very stressed. He had nice good life and now things are a mess. Any people in the house, and he doesn't like it. He is showing that to you probably asking you to do something.

Hugs.

Sorry the pain pump is a total disaster. Besides you, I only knew one person who had one, he had MS, he was wheelchair bound, and .. he was really drugged all the time.

If only you can get the B and Sil out out of the h9use, maybe you could deal with the other issue little better. Being in a bad company plus dealing with pain - ugh.. I had days I didn't go to work because the pain made me super grouchy - *****y. I probably would want to leave a turd on someone's desk. It was safer for me to stay home and cry. (From pain and frustration).

One day at a time. Hugs.

I'm glad you home safe.

My PM doc is one of the bests in town. As far as I know. (I saw a few)

He uses numbing before injections plus numbing with the injections.. so I almost always get close to instant relief partial pain after that. And they try to distract me .. so I barely notice I'm getting one. Except Si joints injections. These hurt, hurt a lot. Specially if my joints are locked in and twisted. But I get around 25-50% reduction in pain for 1-3 months. After that - they are locking up again.

have fun

Love the picture of both of you. Happy Couple.

BTW:

Today is 15th anniversary of my RNY surgery. 15 freaking years.

And I'm 5-8 lbs away from a personal goal. Not bad at 15 years out, 62y young.

Life have been interesting during the lastv15 years. I learned a lot about myself, nutrition, blood work and many many many medical issues. In some areas i know more that should be allowed for non medical person (scientific Journals, conferences, studies, research, etc.). I can quickly find out of the doc is really educated or educated moron. I met a bunch of the last types. Some arevsimply ignorant and don't want to learn new things - or don't have the time, others - are so limited that they are - can be dangerous to patients.

Life goes on.

I hate that happened to you. Sprained knee can take a long time to heal.

See if you can use lidocaine patches for the knee. The regular or Rx. They make a huge difference in pain level when used regularly. They are rather expensive, but help.

Plus - for future- k-tape to help with the knee strength after you stop using the lidocaine patches or cream.

I had a few body analysis dexa cans in the same location. My first one, 8 was at 152 lbs, and I told the guy I'm losing weight and at my age, I wouldn't want I get below 20% body fat. He as very sceptical about me being that close. Well.. the scan showed 21%. Hecwas surprised and he told me that. And as a researcher and a Couch, he told me that for a woman going below 18 % would be difficult, if not impossible. I only laughed at him, and told him that I just need to stop worrying about eating enough.

The next time I had the Dexa, I was at 136 lbs, and I knew I was too skinny, unhealthy skinny. My Dexa showed 9% body fat. The professor decided to repeat the test, and he measured me and weigh me in the room. (To make sure what I told him matched what u told him and the # he had to enter in the system. The new scan showed him "more acurate" 9.1% body fat. He didn't know what to tell me, but he told me I should try to gain 5-10 lbs. That even postmenopausal woman need more body fat. My partner Keith was tested after me and test showed a little higher than normal body fat %. So the professor was assured that his equipment works as it was designed.

After that he asked me if I would volunteer into having my body composition get tested by 3 other methods- water imersion, impedance and air pod. NHe was doing resear*****omparing accuracy of different methods. I declined because it would require me to travel to another city, waste my time, and energy.