Personal Health Reset: Day 9 of 30

A cartoon image of a womaan sitting with a laptop on her lap and a cattle dog asleep in front of her with the words a much needed personal health reset day 9 of 30 above her

I had such an amazing day yesterday (my birthday!) and have still been feeling pretty darn well thanks to my Sea Bands* motion sickness and nausea acupressure bands! I've been waiting for the positive effects of the bands to wear off and for my nausea to come roaring back, but so far, so good!
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Nausea, acid reflux, and hip pain have been the bane of my existence for months on end with myriad other issues also plaguing me for the past two years. The last few days are the best I've felt in soooo long!

All of my nausea and reflux medications have become less and less effective over time, so I guess I'm waiting for the same thing to happen with these bands. . .

Hopefully they will continue to be effective until we figure out what's causing the nausea and reflux--I have a big test in mid-May that should give us some answers. If that doesn't result in answer, there's another test that I'll have over the summer. 

Today, I had another good day, but instead of going out and having fun all over town the way I did yesterday, I stayed home today and did a lot of cleaning, decluttering, and just overall tidying. I love my house and I love spending time at home. 

I also love to declutter--though I don't love to clean! I spent some time focusing on one small area after another and cleaned up, organized, and decluttered each. Because I've felt unwell for so long, the house was a bit in disarray. I took before and after pictures of each area that I tackled so that I could see the work I was getting done. I decluttered 15 items over the course of the day, too! 

I finished off today with a Zoom call with a dear friend and we are going to do another Zoom in a few days, but next time we are going to have an arts and crafts friends date! Unfortunately, as we were chatting, my acid reflux suddenly came on extremely strong and I had to say goodbye--I'm pretty sure I simply ate too much and a little too fast. 

Tomorrow will probably be very similar to today with more decluttering and cleaning up. 
My name, Malea, over a foggy forest scene


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