Fire Inside

Forward progress! Yesterday I was able to eat food (very, very bland food) and drink water without curling up on the couch after. My GI system has moved on from pain to fire. Fire I can deal with. I knew I was making progress when I took a shower and put on real pants yesterday. Oh, how the definition of a "win" changes on a daily basis. I also felt well enough to get to the post office. Here I found that I would have fit in fine with my pajama pants and was slightly dressed up in jeans at 2:00 pm on a Friday. This little adventure did wipe me out a little bit, but it was a beautiful day out and it was nice to be upright and out and about. I still have some crazy mouth watering at times (my mouth waters so quickly that I kinda drool, and yes it is absolutely as attractive as it sounds), but even that is improving and the baking soda mouthwashes continue to help. The intense metallic taste has settled in, but hey there are ginger chews for that. For now, it's mostly the fire inside.