2021-02-22, Monday - flare after TT 16:00-?22:00
Sleep: 21:30-7:25 9h55-1h20=8h35, OK apart from the hungriness from too eating too late (after the 18:00-19:15 church service, have to watch for that one…).
Nap: 10’ directly after the acupressure.
Work:
**4h10**
8:15-R8-8:25-E-55 (30’cor!)-R8-9:00-Re8-9:20-E-9:40-R7-10:30-all10:40-R8-50. 12:10-R8-12:40-R7-12:45. 17:05-BOL-17:40 18:15-E-18:25 18:35-R8-45-E-19:00. = 8:15-10:50 2h35+1h35=
Activities: Table tennis 5:1, as unstrained as possible, seemed OK, but I’ve had better weeks. The 6th game was again stretching it a bit.
Treatment: Well, felt really oiled directly after the cryo & acupressure, but even cycling home wasn’t full energy, table tennis was good, but sort of strained. She focussed on face, arms, chest and face yesterday, and only a bit for the jaw, and we found that esp. arms & chest needed doing more intensely on Thursday, while my thighs were better.
Hacks: Twist-open-fifth/2nd is not only good for the thighs, but also for the lower back while standing, the effect of even small dancy moves are increased the more I twist. Sometimes I have to watch out that I don’t cramp tho.
Tricks:
Pain: Ache due to/after table tennis 16:00-
Gut: 3:15 hungry - can’t think why. Doubt tofu. Vanilla soy yoghurt (a lot)? Can’t find anything about that. in this overview: Here Are the Top 10 Most Acidic Foods to Avoid | Yuri Elkaim of the foods I sometimes eat only cow dairy is acidic, whilst glutenous grains can be a problem and legumes, nuts and oils are only mildly acidic. But of these I only ate grains , legumes & nuts in the evening, and not much either. Praps not enough and too late. Grains: 3 slices of wholemeal bread, first too dry, causing a small esophagus block for 5’. OK eating glutenless grains - wholemeal oatmeal - now like this suggests: 10 Foods That Can Help Fight Acid Reflux, So Eat These If You Have Heartburn isn’t helping. Can’t get hold of the others at this moment in the middle of the night (OK, beans perhaps): 1) Almond milk, 2) oatmeal, 3) yoghurt, 4) kimchi, 5) ginger, 6) aloe vera juice, 7) fennel, 8) rice, 9) green beans, 10) bananas. (Ginger and fennel don’t work for me, they exacerbate.) So I’ll resort to taking my gastritol or gastricumeel. Why didn’t I think of that earlier… 
Diagnoses: GERD = Gastroesophageal reflux disease, which I do occasionally have. Of what is said to cause acid stomach here, I only use aspirin 100mg in the mormings Stomach burning: Causes, treatments, and home remedies Stomach burning: Causes, treatments, and home remedies.
Whilst here the quick overview of what causes heartburn includes tomatoes, didn’t realize that, but it fits (Common offenders include fatty foods, spicy foods, tomatoes, garlic, milk, coffee, tea, cola, peppermint, and chocolate.) 11 stomach-soothing steps for heartburn - Harvard Health after. What I didn’t do is chew sugarless mintless gum. Interesting to read that amitriptyline loosens the LES (lower esophageal sphincter), so it w’dn’t’ve been surprising getting heartburn and reflux when I was using that last summer. Not eating within three hours of lying I didn’t, it was less than 2 hours, and often is. I’d have to try eating at 6:30 * sigh *.