Green Machine

I started having reflux day one after surgery when the Dr started Toradol in my IV. I was only allowed one ounce of water/ice an hour at the time so I know it was not that! The nurse had to look up the side effects before she believed me. Needless to say I have had terrible reflux since. I am taking a PPI and just starting yesterday have noticed when I need to take a new one by what time it is rather than the acid in the back of my throat. It now makes me realize that it may be correlated to me introducing herbal tea rather than water. I find the warmth goes down so much better! Even warm water if I did not want tea.. The weather is conductive to warm beverages, thankfully. It makes sense that drinking something warm is easier for the body to handle since it is closer to body temperature and warmer is always less shocking to the healing system than cold. It may also be why I no longer favor those Protein drinks I used pre-surgery...

I"m so glad to see that there are so many others who are anti-artificial sweetener! I am 6 days out now and for a while have been trying to 'do' splenda and stevia. I have mostly been using Agave since it has a low glycemic index and I feel that is the best for me right now. Sometimes I use a very small amount of agave and augment the sweetness with stevia. I hate those chemically aftertastes and using natural sweetener tends to help that.