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Day 103: Liquid Acidophilus is My Super Hero of Choice!


Liquid Acidophilus saved my life years again. It is my super hero!
I ended up not going to sushi last night with my friends. I took a sushi "raincheck".

I had a really good afternoon of practicing at the music center for my concert. But I was having pain in my lower abdomen. I don't know if it was nerves, the hot weather, or something I ate.

I didn't go to my class either.

I stopped off at HoHo, a Cantonese restaurant nearby and had a bowl of rice noodle soup with seafood.  It helped a bit.  I didn't eat the fortune cookie. I read the rest of the "Wheat Belly" book.

I think I am nervous about my concert.

I also think I am eager to get back to my routine.  Maybe I am getting old and boring. But I enjoy getting up and going for a long walk. Then coming back, praying, doing bible study and household chores. Prepping meals and then going to work.

I usually feel really good after a concert. Kind of like a performance high. Then I crash.

So I am going to try to go into this one as if it is just another day. I am prepared.  I have my music and program prepared. I have my outfit picked out. My mom is going to be help collect donations and serve strawberry shortcake and lemonade. I think I am worried about the shortcake. I've decided to pick up regular pound cake and a gluten free option, if possible.

I'm also worried that I will no one in the audience! I always do this. And people always show up. But I was really dragging this summer. And a lot less students than usual. So I'm not sure if I publicized it enough. I don't like publicizing myself.

I remember when I was in college, at PSU.  Chick Korea gave a concert in Lincoln Hall. It had not been publicized. There were maybe seven of us in the audience! He just looked out at us and invited us to move closer to the stage.

So even if I have half a dozen people, I will play my music.

Then I will have GF strawberry shortcake and go back to life.

This morning I feel better. My tummy has settled and looks flatter! I did some yoga stretches. Drank tea. Had a fritatta for breakfast. 

Years ago I had instestinal pain.  But ten times worse. Like I was giving birth. Through my intestines. I know. Gross. I ended up going to the ER. My daughter was just a baby, so she stayed with my mom. All day. I was in the hospital for 8 or 9 hours.  The diagnosis?  Unexplained abdominal pain. They told me a good portion of people who landed in the emergency room received the diagnosis. Argh!

I was working for a chiropracter at the time. He told me to take acidophilus. You know, the good bacteria in yogurt. They fight the bad bacteria in your gut. So on the way back from the hospital, I stopped at Fred Meyer's, bought a bottle of liquid acidophilus and drank it all on the way home. Asked my mom if she would keep my daughter overnight. I went home and lay down. In the morning, I woke up with no intestinal pain!

I went on a follow-up appointment to see my doctor. I told him of my adventure. I asked him what this meant. He looked at my quiet seriously and said, "It sounds like you know how to take care of yourself".


I think there is a war going on in my gut.  And I am about to win this battle.  So I am off to buy some Liquid Acidophilus! 

Happy Thursday!

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