Easy four miles, and The Mother

RUN 4.1 miles in 40 mins, LP and back

No commute because I drove to therapy. Miss my bike on these days! But I gotta do what I gotta do.

The run felt surprisingly easy, I thought for sure I'd be too run-down after the last weekend. It's going to be hard to let this fitness go after the race. Maintaining a 70 mpw habit doesn't seem like something I'll do though.

I had nothing but positive reports for PT. Minimal if any pain/discomfort. Strength building exercises are getting easier. She notes increased flexibility, but also that more work needs to be done. We mapped out a plan to cover the pre and post race PT appointments, which means I'm seeing Dr M next week.

Another medical follow up -- the CD tests Dr A ordered probably aren't going to happen, the codes and the labs and the tests just don't come together. I figured the test would be a negative anyway, so I'm not disappointed. Just would be nice to rule it out. I had time today for some SIBO research, the symptoms overlap with IBS but they are also vague symptoms that don't point to a specific diagnosis. I'm willing to self-test, but knowing the direction for it would help.

I repeated the baking soda test this morning, a very small burp after one minute, so inconclusive. Then I had bad GI output, again, not sure what caused that. Maybe stress.

On the way home from PT I bought some real ACV, the kind with The Mother, to test how my stomach handles it. I mixed it with lemon green tea in my new Camelbak bottle (1L!) and enjoyed it. Although I didn't mean to drink the entire dose like that. The recommendations are 1-2 tsp/8oz, so I added 4 tsp to the liter to hit the lower and of the range. It didn't taste bad at all, actually it was pleasant. Why am I testing this? For the heartburn-like symptoms, the heavy-in-the-belly post meal symptoms, and the lack of appetite. My Dr Google research (the worst kind, btw) suggested low stomach acid. Which not surprisingly is connected to IBS and SIBO. I think those websites are all in league with each other. Probably update their blogs from adjacent workstations...

Too early to tell effects of ACV, but I have a stress-y feeling in my gut (probably from the phone call I received during PT!) that I just need to wait out. See if the probiotics or apple content sets off FODMAP like symptoms. See if my teeth rot out. haha!

Oh, and I found a special deal online to order kefir grains. Another experiment!