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So since my stomach is messed up again (it was finally not messed up yesterday…) I’ve decided to postpone my three hour road trip to tomorrow.

Part of me wishes I had my Vivosmart before I changed ventilators so I could compare.

I have to do more research to understand what I’m seeing, but I’m confused by how little deep sleep I get. I thought deep sleep is when your body recharges - it doesn’t seem like I get a lot of it yet I feel well rested. A part of why I changed ventilators is because I was no longer feeling rested after a night’s sleep - the settings weren’t working anymore and since the model was so old we decided it was a good time to update.

 Almost choked on steak that I burped up.

It didn’t taste good the second time.

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 Since I was dog sitting over the weekend I decided to skip the gym on Sunday. Not exactly disappointed with myself because I know my limits, but I also want to hold myself accountable.

So this is me holding myself accountable.

 Had an appointment with my gastroenterologist today and he’s thinking I have gastroparesis - basically my stomach doesn’t empty well. I have to go for a gastric emptying test.

He was glad to hear the Prilosec has improved my bloating and appetite. Since it’s not meant to be a long term med, once we get my symptoms under control he’ll be tapering me off it and we’ll manage it in other ways.

He was saying about eating smaller, light meals through out the day. Basically, I need to rebuild my childhood eating habits. Habits that I destroyed when I was in college.

 I did it! I bought a Garmin Vivosmart 4 yesterday!

I wore it last night and was happy with the information I got from it. The only thing I’m not happy with is its stress reader; it keeps saying my level is high when I’m not stressed, but that will probably correct itself as it gathers more data.

Bonus: My RoadID tags fit on it ♡ … they’re not easy to get on, but they’re on so I’m not having to wear two bracelets.

Me in GIFs