Hello, I’m back. 2008 has been an interesting and challenging year thus far. And it doesn’t look like it’ll ease up anytime soon. C’est la vie.
I spent February, March and much of April back in Brisbane helping nurse my younger sister. She went down with kidney stones. Painful. To say the least. After the morphine kicked in you had to see the funny side. So many good looking, charming paramedics and we got to meet most of them during our multiple ambulance rides to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
I came home in late April with the intention of finding myself a job. Instead I went down with a virus or three, which set off the gastritis again. Nasty. Still recovering. Then winter hit and along came the colds and flu season. Now I’m counting down the days to my specialist appointment. I am just so over this GERD, the pain, the nausea, the severe throat/voice pain not to mention the reflux and regurgitation, the upper abdominal bloating and that slight pain in the middle of my back which comes and goes. Have I missed anything? I’m reconsidering the surgical option. That’s what the appointment with the gastro doc is for. Two weeks. And counting. My throat/voice is killing me, thank goodness for apple juice mixed with slippery elm bark powder (sounds like a tree, smells like tree bark, and tastes … thankfully it’s not too unpleasant).
I try to keep focus on the positives. Like enjoying my cooking. Have started a very small herb and vegetable garden. We’re now eating our own lettuce, baby spinach and assorted herbs. And don’t they all taste so much better than the “fresh” produce from the supermarket!
I find I’m cooking big batches so I don’t have to cook each night. It doesn’t take too much extra effort to ensure there will be plenty of left overs. Recipe from yesterday’s cooking in the next post.
Cheers,
