So as of about 10:30 this morning, I have gone a week without my favorite beverage—diet brown soda. I think the headaches may be mostly over. I'm not having the constant horror that it was anyway.
I'm really tired of water though. I want something that tastes like something. I did get stuff to make decaf iced tea and some juice. The
diet advice for acid reflux says no citris-based juices because they can increase the problem. So I went in for things like apple-cherry, grape, and strawberry-kiwi. Turns out juice wasn't a good idea. It created a fire in my stomach. So I've poured all that down the drain. Then I did more research. Apparently
white grape juice aids digestion. Okay, so it's only been proven in babies and little kids, but I'm willing to give it a try. I used to be able to find white grape-peach and white grape-pear in Texas, but they didn't have it in the grocery store that I usually go to. Maybe I'll try another store—assuming I can drink it.
The iced tea seems okay, but I'm not sure. There were some rumblings, but I'm not sure if it was the tea or something else. I'm not really eating right. I'm sure of it. I'm so confused between what I want to eat and what I am supposed to eat. There's all this info in my head about what's "good" for me to eat, but it's info about dieting to lose weight (which I also need to do as I am bigger than a mama panda). What might be okay to lose weight isn't okay for acid reflux.
One of the benefits of all this is that I now realize that all the burping after I eat lettuce is part of this pattern. It's another part of this complicated mess that is my life. Imagine being on a diet and not being able to have a salad. Go ahead. Think about that. Like what are the options for grabbing a quick lunch at a restaurant if you have to rule out salads. There's not a drive-thru in the world that can help you.
I guess I should try to accomplish something today, not that I'm feeling inspired to write or clean or do the laundry. My, but I have a mixed up world.
Posted Sunday, 24-Aug-2008 15:17:04 PDT
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