It did not hurt.
 

Wow. Ok. I am ok. At least no worse.

I was bad off tonight. I forgot my first stomach pill today. :Doh:

I ate in the afternoon and evening, then started having burning sx and remembered the pill. Alas, it didn't seem to help. Neither did a piece of fennel, and neither did an OTC antacid that usually works well.

As such, I was really, really worried about a whole piece of ginger however "mildened" going down.

Lol, Lara. I so miss the seaside. It's possible that that ginger improved my nausea, but that was intermittent so hard to say.

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Today's food report
 

===== Today's food intake:

4 pm, Meal 1 ... smoothie with
-- 5 oz whole plain yogurt
-- 1 very ripe banana

7 pm Meal 2
-- 4 bites roast chicken breast
-- 3 walnuts
-- hunk o bread, ~equiv of 2 slices
-- 1 slice of apple

I drank regular tea today, so milk and sugar (1/3 tsp), not honey. 4 cups tea ~ total 22 calories in sugar.

That is not a lot of anything. :o

The smoothie was really filling though, and I should have waited longer to eat again. I was not really hungry but felt ok, and the folks were eating. :o Sigh, that patience thing. I can't have anything else "today" as I am still burning, and sub-zero appetite.

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Oh, and the past few days I've been dehydrated. I fixed that, and thought it would bring a few pounds back, but I must have lost more actual weight in the process: I now weigh in 1 lb less, well hydrated.

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Lara and Mari

Thank you both for your support. I felt very scared. And maybe it is illogical but still.

:grouphug:

Waves,

Very sorry that you are going through this.

M

Waves,

'Calories are circa 500.

Staying hydrated tells me that you are paying attention and taking care.
:hug::hug::hug:
M

Whether it was illogical or not is not relevant.

The feeling was very real.:heartthrob:

Mari

Sorry I made a bit of a joke about the sea sickness/nausea when you were so worried.
I thought it might help. :o

Ginger apparently reduces cortisol too.
Can also work as a laxative. It has many uses.

I've eaten almost raw ginger in stir fries. My favourite ginger is crystalized ginger. We used to buy it from China in beautifully coloured round crockery jars with lids. Haven't seen those in years.

I'm just glad it didn't get stuck and/or burn your oesophagus on the way down Waves.

Thank you so much, Mari, again.

You know, it is incomprehensible to me that things can go so far south for one missed pill, or a vitamin, or any small food event. I didn't get this bad even before meds. I had other sx, but could eat.

It really makes me wonder about an emotional contribution. Anxiety. Depression. I usually overeat when depressed, and I tend to eat a little less when anxious. However, just once, I did also have a doozy depression with food aversion. It was set off by a nasty antibiotic for a tick bite, but when the depression hit me on the tail of that treatment, it stuck.

Well, this is kind of similar. There is an existing problem, and the emotional stuff right now is rampant. I had been doing much better, and being good with meds and food. Then that stupid panic attack and Christmas...
:Noooo::Confused:

Oh, and with my cold, and the cold outside, I haven't even smoked this week! So that's one less aggravant! According to logic and modern medicine, things really should improve, not worsen!

:confused:
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Quite alright, came across very well... made me smile. :):hug:
Didn't know about either of those things. Wonder about dosages too though. Often you have to have a certain amount and chronic dosing to achieve such effects. I'm going to read more about this though. Thanks for the info.

Thanks, Lara. I also use it in stir fries, in slivers. I reminded myself, while freaking out, that I've eaten it raw before. (However I'd never do that when having burning feelings to start with.) I will eat ginger powder to treat nausea. I will also suck on a raw slice if I have fresh... and eventually chew it and eat it. Yeah, I was concerned about it being a flat slice and adhering someplace. It had most of its punch drawn out though. It should be ok.

Indian friends introduced me to what they called ginger candy when I was a kid. It sounds like the crystallized ginger you describe. Here we can sometimes find it done sort of that way, but in slices. :) I love that stuff.

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a language aside
 

Interesting that you spelled that with a z! I thought the Aussie preferred variants were mostly "ise" like British... is that not so? Or perhaps we are Americanizing you? :D

Aha. Did not know this (ignorance is limitless :rolleyes:):

http://grammarist.com/spelling/realise-realize/
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