Sunshine Journal

Here we are again. I don't know if I've ever thought, surely this is the hardest thing I'll go through. I mean challenges will continue to happen in life. But I did however think I might get a wee break, maybe, possibly?! We'll come back to that in a minute. At work we've been focusing on client experience. We've embarked on a multi-session training course about it. In one of our sessions there was a theme that kept popping up, how we make people feel. This is all very valid, but I think I was still a little in awe that in the corporate world we were talking so much about feelings. I personally love talking about feelings! No one is surprised by this. Anyhow, this discussion made me think about the keepsake I recently got after Ginny passed. Several of us ordered something with Ginny's fingerprint embossed on it. On the back we could engrave whatever we wanted, but with only so many lines and characters. When we were planning her service we reflected a lot o...

May 2, 2023 - Met with GI Specialist Was advised to do a SIBO breath test and schedule endoscopy/colonoscopy. June 27, 2023 - Positive SIBO breath test As you can see it's been two months since my visit with the GI doctor. The breath test was on backorder and then it took a week or so to get the result. By this point I was certain I had SIBO based on the symptoms I was experiencing. My gut was essentially just uncomfortable all the time. I chose to go the herbal route as I wasn't seeing improvement with the antibiotic. It did help and a lot of the bloating and belching subsided. Thank goodness! August 1, 2023 I mark this day because it was a big training day at work for the accountants and I assisted in planning the event. The highlight for me was watching the accountants run around the office for the scavenger hunt! And probably laughing with my work bestie as we put together the balloon arch (because why not add in the extra work of a balloon arch! lol) Kerstyn and I out gett...