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Jan
06

Apples Day Two

Well, it’s day two of the apple fast, and I am feeling heaps better. I’m not 100%, but I think the worst of the stomach bug passed last night. I was feeling really sick before I was finally able to fall asleep, and now I’m just feeling a bit hungry for something other than apples.

I’ve had faint twinges from my gallbladder today, which I assume to mean that the ‘spurs’ are being taken care of. I’m a little nervous still about passing them tomorrow, but I will be soooo happy to finally be rid of the buggers!

Of course, that means I have to make sure they’re actually gone, but we won’t get into that part, okay?

I have the grapefruit, olive oil and tea all ready to go. Now I just have to be patient and hang out until tomorrow.

May the time go fast…

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Jan
05

How Do You Like Dem Apples?

After being woken up early this morning by a gallbladder attack – and I hadn’t eaten anything that would set me off – I said enough is enough.

It’s apple fast time.

While I’m not keen on the amount of sugar I’ll be getting during the fast, it’s a specific acid in apples that will reduce the ‘spurs’ on my stones that I’m after. I’ll eat apples and drink apple juice (and water) for three days. On the evening of the third day, I’ll drink a grapefruit juice and olive oil combo that will cause my gallbladder to contract and squeeze the stones out.

This particular treatment for stones has a 100% success rate and comes from a naturopath I trust.

I’m feeling so cranky, nauseated and down right now. I’m tired, and I absolutely hate not knowing what’s going on in my body. I can handle anything so long as I know what it is.

But, come Friday morning, the stones should be well and truly gone, and I’ll be able to focus on what’s left.

Please forgive me for being cranky. I’ll be in a lot better mood on Friday.

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Jan
04

Checking In – Ginger Beer Edition

Say hello to my most recent best friend.

I’m starting the new year in style: with nausea. I started feeling squidgy (is too a word) on New Year’s Eve but pretty much did the ‘if I ignore it, it will go away’.

Yesterday, my body would not be ignored, and I scrambled around looking for nausea cures.

This is where the ginger beer comes in.

When I first tried Bundaberg ginger beer, I didn’t like it. I’d grown up with Canada Dry ginger ale and found ginger beer’s flavour too strong. But, after trying the recommended cool cloth on my neck, ginger and lemon tea (which made things feel worse) and a warm bath, I decided to give it a go again.

Thank Bundaberg for ginger beer. While it doesn’t cure the situation, at least now I can work without a bucket at my feet. Most of the time. If I’m brave.

Because of my gallbladder issues, I have been making sure that my skin and eyes aren’t turning yellow. They’re not. This seems to have nothing to do with my gallbladder, which keeps quiet unless I go too long without having at least a piece of bread.

Even so, I might go into the doc later this week just to make sure. They are supposed to be monitoring me, after all, and I think extreme nausea and migraines might be cause for concern.

Great way to start the new year, isn’t it?

Ah, but we can’t forget the check in, can we?

SW: 264
LW: ?
CW: 224

I’m not only very happy to be past 226, but I’m also happy the holiday fun hasn’t influenced my weight too much. Of course, what I wrote above has me eating less, which probably has something to do with it…

I’m not keen on taking in so much liquid that isn’t water, but I really have to do what I must to get past this. I’d rather the tea work, but it doesn’t. The good thing is that ginger is good for you (which this has plenty of) and it’s sweetened with cane sugar rather than standard.

So that’s something and I’m going to hold onto it as much as I can.

And, just to cover it, yeah, I’ve been asked if I’m pregnant. Highly unlikely. On the pill, just into the second week of cycle, etc… Highly unlikely.

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Jan
01

New Day, New Year

And even a new planner so I can keep track of blogs, work, important dates, etc.

Aaaah, I love new stationery.

Ornament 1

Wow, I feel like I haven’t posted in such a long time, but I know it can’t have been as long as it feels. As much as I hate to let my blog go and drift for a while, I know I needed the time away from this as well as my other blogs.

The holidays have always been a mixed bag for me, the randomness of life determining how much of positive and negative I will get. By far, this has been one of the strangest holiday seasons I have lived to tell about. Many things I won’t tell you about, other things… Well, just the usual holiday stuff, I reckon.

It all comes down to the fact that I’ve had a lot to deal with, a lot to contemplate, and a lot of small ways I want to change my life for the better with in the coming year. I’m not one for resolutions, but one can’t help but think about them at least a little bit this time of year. The concept of a blank slate is almost intoxicating.

Yet, I’ll keep my mouth shut and do my thing. Hopefully you will notice the changes in the coming months and like me – and my blogs – all the more for them.

Whether you make resolutions, celebrated Christmas or even recognized this as the new year (Chinese New Year is in February), I wish you the best. Many called this past decade the decade of hell, though many beautiful things also happened. I wish that you accept what has changed in your life and look to the coming year with a smile and at least a smidge of hope.

I truly feel – and no, I don’t say this every year – that this year is going to be different in some lovely ways for people. There will be struggle, but by this time next year, I reckon we’ll look back and feel good about the year we’ve had.

Cheers.

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