Thanks Angie, Janet,
You are both so sweet,
I have cut down to 2.5 days/week for this semester so yes, I am slowing down a bit..hubby is now financing the cleaning lady and picks me up nightly from the tram...Won't let me walk in the dark over cobble stones any more (smart man).
I gave up the back pack because it was throwing off my sense of balance (what sense of balance?) and I was falling more with it than a regular sack...back to wearing army boots or similar with heels...Uggs are out for tendonitis...need heel hight...
Yesterday, for the 1st time in months we went for our walk in the park...2 laps, 5xs up the hill and a bit of air-boxing and stretching...it actually helps the blockages to sort of unkink things...Then a bit of gardening...it was the 1st day that I did not want to crawl under a rock and cry.
I made a huge pot of veggies soup and then blended it...it seems to go through eaiser than anything else (onions, leeks, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, parsley, cilantro...) but still blocks at the site...hands in the air and stretch...I burp, and it gurgles down...I feel like a 1yr old!!!!!!!!!
My weight is up, not down due to the frustration eating of pudding, ice cream and milk chocolat (all low residue )...not good either but will call for the upper g.i appt today...and will see the ethiopath this week...Maybe he can untangle my guts?
My valve is behaving funny enough...the smaller tube helps a lot along with the bullit tip...seems to navigate the 'elbow' better but I cannot eat anything that is too thick because the darn thing takes forever to empty out my pouch...it is like trying to drip mollases out a straw in winter! I irrigate the darned pouch 10xs with each empty (veggies soup !) but at least things are moving more.
I will ice, massage and strap the ankle, go for another test walk and see if it holds...Back to work tomorrow and a 12hr day.
Thanks girls, you are my optimism and hope.
Sharon