Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
A Quick Update
We had a hugely busy weekend. On Friday, we took Eli and Spiderman to the veterinary ophthalmologist for a checkup (for Eli) and an exam for Spidey. Eli is doing fine, and Spidey’s story is on Leigh-Ann’s blog. He’s going to have laser surgery as soon as the Wee Paws donations can cover it. Then, hopefully, he & Greg will go to their new adoptive parents.
On Saturday, my brother flew in from Sacramento…and boy were his arms tired. Heh. He did Bio Cranial on us twice, separated by my nephew’s baseball game (for him and my parents) and walking through Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, and Relax the Back for us. Then, on Sunday, we went over to my parents’ house for more Bio Cranial procedures, this time separated by brunch at the Suncoast. We haven’t been miraculously cured…yet. From how we feel, we’re detoxing all the icky stuff out of our bodies, so we’ll wait to update for a little while. We both definitely feel better in the neck area - much looser. I’ve been waking up in less pain than normal, I think. Although, I’ve had a nasty sinus headache that’s been hanging around since thunderstorms rolled in last week. It comes and goes, but I can mostly control it with Sudafed, although this morning I needed two Excedrin to help knock it out.
We’re still off the artificial sweeteners. The Stevia sample bottles came and we realized that the flavors aren’t strong enough to add to plain water. It tastes like really sweet water w/ the tiniest amount of flavor. So, it’ll be better to use the Stevia flavors in other drinks. The plain Stevia has been good in our drinks instead of sugar. Also, we’ve tried some herbal teas from Adagio that we’ve made into iced tea. The Fruit Tea Medley is a hit.
Okay, back to work. More updating within the next couple of days. Oh, and Leigh-Ann just finished Harry Potter, so now it’s my turn to have the book all to myself.
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I thought iced herbal tea might do the trick! Glad you like it! It is sooooo important to get those fluids in…
laurie on 07/31 at 02:17 PM -
Hmmm. I have wonderful iced tea I can send you, but it has caffeine. I’ll check at work tomorrow to see what I can send without caffeine.
I wish you could have a week or two of bio-cranial. It really has helped me. I’ll cross my fingers that your own chiropractor is interested in learning it!
moonandsun03 on 07/31 at 04:06 PM -
Oh, glad your brother could come to you!
I’ll be eager for updates on your progress.
Kari on 07/31 at 04:11 PM -
Laurie - Actually, I thought that we would hate the herbal tea, because in general, we’ve never found one that we liked for hot tea. But Adagio has so many reviews that it helped me pick out one that was perfect, especially with the Stevia. I think I’ll order more of our favorite blueberry decaf too though. We were drinking that every day for a while. Mmmm.
MoonandSun - yeah, the caffeine is the problem, although I didn’t realize until a day or two ago that decaf tea has more caffeine left in it percentage-wise than decaf coffee. We wish we could have a couple of weeks of Bio Cranial too. We feel almost guilty that two days didn’t miraculously cure us, even though it was never expected to. My neck still feels really good though, so that’s something.
Kari - It was nice to have him here for a weekend, but so far it looks like we’ll need him move here for a couple of weeks.
But, even if just our necks feel better, that’s a good start. Plus, it was just nice to talk to him in person, and he got to see our 16 year old nephew play baseball. I’ve been so used to seeing his games since he was little, I had no idea that Craig hadn’t seen any of his games. Kyle has such great natural ability that it’s fun to watch him play. I’ve been feeling so lousy that I haven’t seen many games lately, after going to almost every game of his I could when he was little. I’m looking forward to his high school baseball season next year.
Flippy on 08/01 at 05:00 AM -
I too enjoyed coming out to Vegas. Maybe the shock of having so many Bio Cranials in a short period of time will wear off just in time for a nice birthday present. I need someone to video Kyle playing. It almost seems like I was a neglectful uncle (even to myself), but most of those years I was coaching or watching my kids play. Keep the water intake up (I know it sounds like a broken record). Talk to you all soon!
Craig on 08/01 at 09:03 AM -
Ditto on the water intake. I suffer a lot if I don’t pay attention to how much I drink. I don’t drink much of anything besides water…thankfully I have a good water filter!
moonandsun03 on 08/01 at 10:09 AM -
So…were you able to do anything else once you got sucked into Harry Potter? T. and I caved and bought a second copy in Chicago because I couldn’t wait for him to finish with our copy!
laurie on 08/02 at 10:23 PM
