Digestion and Swimming

So life has been blah and busy at the same time. My digestion problems...

oh sorry here's the Caveat...

Warning icky biological details may follow. Read at your own Risk!

So as I was saying my digestion system is still acting up and I am going to have to talk to my doctor about it at the next appointment. You see I have been calling it acid reflux because that is the only term I know that fits the description. But I am not sure it is. You see I get the feeling of stuff wanting to come back up my throat as per acid reflux and then having it sit there and not do anything for hours. But the taste or sensation I get from this process is like I have eggs or bread stuck in my throat. Usually stale bread or potatoes that have gone off. Then if I don't drink something acidic like orange juice (even citrus juices help) I will end up throwing up whatever meal I just ate. It tends to be worse in the evening but I have had it where I have woken up one morning where I have had to rush the toilet.

The other half of this equation is I seem to get every single flu or cold bug that calls for diarrhea. So I feel like I'm in a no win situation. If its not one end its the other. I am starting to wonder during that first initial bout of stomach bug with the forced liquid diet due to extreme flushing if perhaps I lost stomach acids and have not been able to replace them. It would explain why the acidic juices help with my "Acid Reflux" problem. Still I am guessing. I won't truly know until I talk to my doctor about it. Also being six months pregnant I am worried about the effect it is having on my unborn child. The baby seems healthy enough and is kicking quite frequently so I will take that as a good indication.

Okay Icky details over!

On other news we walked to the swimming pool that is 7 blocks from our house yesterday and had a good time there. We were late for the public swim but we were early for the community swim. Since the community swim was free (we have a community membership) we decided to wait for that and I got to check out the pool. I must say I prefer the pool that Raven and I go to for swimming because the lap pool was built towards Olympic sizes. Great for when you want to do laps and actually swim with adults. But this pool is great for kids. There are two slides that go into the shallow end of the pool where we spent most of the time swimming and we even came across one of Bear's schoolmates and his mom. I might want to see if Raven wants to come with her kids to this pool since she might have an easier time keeping an eye on them. The shallow end is shallow and long. There's no current for the C-man to play in but they have lots of toys for the kids. And there are the two slides. I did mention the slides right. Since that was Smiles favorite part of the pool and I was her designated watcher I got quite familiar with them. I must admit the pool is very well set up for kids. Or at the very least I thought so. The hot tub on the other hand is not up to the standard that I have gotten used on my weekly swims with Raven.
She won't like it because there are not any strong jets for her. Oh well we can't have everything.

So Star called on Thursday? or was it Friday?. Whatever and set up a playdate between Little S and Smiles for tomorrow. I am quite looking forward to it and Smiles seem to be happy with the thought of it too so I'm happy as well. I am hoping the weather is nice enough of for us to go the playpark at the school. This way Bear may find other kids to play with too. He's been kinda bored lately and I feel bad about that but I can only do so much and I do believe boredom can be a good thing for kids some days. Helps with the imaginative play. Yeah that's it! Anyways that's the synopsis of my life lately. I will just have to make sure the next time I play jungle speed that I have trimmed my nails. Sorry about the scratches Red Necked Rabbit. I can see why Blankshield has been raving about it since last Gencon though. It is a fun and silly game. :)