17 September 2023
Drained! Both literally and figuratively. I was doing great yesterday, got to bed around 11 pm after Ole Miss pulled out a victory over Georgia Tech and got some sleep – until 4:30 am when diarrhea hit with a vengeance. I don’t think I have any water left in my system.
I managed to go back to bed and slept until after 8:30 am. I’m dehydrated, wasted, and weak from two episodes so far. I intend to hydrate as much as I can with coconut milk. The dietician also gave me a receipt for Magic Mineral Broth that I’m now cooking. I had everything needed except juniper berries. Publix doesn’t seem to carry them or I didn’t find them. The Magic Mineral Broth is supposed to replace electrolytes like the coconut milk. We’ll see. I’ll put the recipe down below and it takes anywhere from 4-8 hours to “distill.”
One good thing that did happen yesterday was UPS did deliver the new iPad and iPad cover. More importantly, he also delivered a box of 80 Depends. I’ve pretty much gone through the box of adult diapers Melinda brought me and I was gonna run short if I didn’t reorder. The adult diapers have been a life saver (or sheet saver or mattress saver).
I’ll probably spend some time this afternoon getting things transferred over from the old iPad to the new iPad. It’s supposed to be an easy transfer but there are all kinds of things you have to do once it is transferred and you deactivate the old iPad. It’ll take a while and I’m not sure I have the energy for it.
I did manage to get to Publix and do some grocery shopping. I love the rice pudding Barbara brought me and I stocked up on that. More importantly, I re-stocked on Bluebell Ice Cream: vanilla (I’ll make Coke floats) and Coffee. I’ve always eaten ice cream and have been judicious with it. I normally only do two scoops. These days I’m up to four scoops with a drizzle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup and a handful of peanuts. Can you say bloated?
It’s a good day to stay inside. Although the temp isn’t terrible (91°F) the humidity is off the chart and we have a 60% chance of rain today. Yesterday we had a lightning storm and plenty of rain and it looks like that will be the pattern for the week.
I also bought some Metamucil at Publix. The nurses kept saying I needed soluble fiber. It was almost like a mantra with them. I have no idea if it will help but at this point, I’m willing to try anything short of putting a stopper up my behind.
Stay tuned!