Restarting on ACV

Late posting again, 3 months later (what's new anyway? Heehee!)

Sometime in April when R and I were in Singapore. I is 76 this year and she is still as fit as a fiddle, slim as always. Was talking to I about health and all when she mentioned that she drinks ACV every day to lower her blood sugar when I mentioned that I'm 90% cautious with adding sugar in my diet now. (I leave 10% for hidden sugars in outside food, in sauces ingredients which I can't control + chocolates) It triggered my memory of that yucky drink 😁

Then ads suddenly appeared in my feed and I saw this Taiso Apple Vinegar. Bought two boxes to try. At the same time while drinking this I was also taking my other supplements (another post another time) so this is very convenient. But still the cheapo me feels that if I had spent that much on this convenience, perhaps I can stretch my dollar by reverting back to drinking the mother drink.

Taiso’s apple vinegar looks so clear. Hmm…

Opened up my "keto box" in bomb shelter and saw an unopen Braggs apple cider vinegar. No idea how long ago I bought this second bottle. (I drank ACV when I was on keto, finished one yucky bottle and bought a second one, then I stopped keto so this is left unopen) Maybe and hopefully by aging this over the years until it becomes a grandmother, it might bring down the tangy-ness? Wishful thinking!   Really hate the taste. One day while I was strolling in Meidi-ya I decided to check if they carry. Perhaps .... since I love japanese cleaning products better, maybe japanese apple cider vinegar will taste better?  Haha! Stupid logic. It's much cleaner looking than Braggs.   

Uchibori Organic Pure Apple Vinegar

Description of this vinegar : Uchibori Brewery Japan Organic Apple Cider Vinegar 360Ml - Mino Pure offers a natural and flavorful addition to your kitchen essentials. Crafted from organic apples grown in Japan, this apple cider vinegar delivers a smooth and tangy taste that enhances a variety of dishes, from fresh salads to marinades.

This organic apple cider vinegar is naturally fermented without additives, ensuring a pure and healthy product. It is gluten-free, vegan, and non-GMO, making it suitable for a wide range of dietary preferences and a great alternative to conventional vinegars.

Additional info about this vinegar, click HERE. 

I bought this. Maybe this is without the お母さん ? Have been drinking this since late May. Japanese or not it still taste as yucky. 

Colour between the mama ACV and Japanese ACV

look at this colour vs Taiso’s 

Then I started having questions. (1) Have I been getting the benefits of my sugar level lowered the last one month? (2) Is it necessary to have the お母さん in ACV? After checking, it is absolutely necessary to have that as that's where the enzymes and probiotics are. Click HERE for video link 

I think I'll just stop this and open up Braggs?

Benefits of drinking ACV before bed, click HERE

Benefits of drinking ACV in the morning, click HERE

I chose to drink in the mornings, I'm afraid of getting gastric reflux when I sleep so avoid drinking in the night.  

Actually I do enjoy drinking kombucha but it doesn’t bring down blood sugar. No choice at this half-century age I need to take care of myself. 

Woke up feeling so 😵‍💫

What the heck is going on? Old age problem? 

First I suddenly had a headache on Saturday, had an early night after that. It was slightly better the next day. Could it be due to the bad interrupted sleeps for the longest time? I scared my hubby wants to harm me 🤣🤣. Those sudden nightmares he had, sudden outburst in the quiet nights shocks me, his long arm reaching out and trying to grab/scratch me. Who is it? Please own up. Who’s the one giving him the nightmares?? Maybe it’s ME 🤨🤔 ??

Then on Monday morning I woke up feeling dizzy, that usual feeling when I get up too fast after looking down, just that it was the whole day!

Sat down for 10mins and took my BP, I didn’t want a false reading (when I was in the clinic) again. Normal leh…. 

On Sunday, I planned to go the gym the next day coz the next few days will be busy, nah…aunty dowan to suddenly faint or die inside the gym. Or maybe aunty just lost too much blood last few days and haven’t topped up with beef? 

Lil’ one kapo came into the room to see what I was doing in the room. I took her BP. Wah! She was screaming “so tight! So tight!”, must be so nervous that her BP shoot up. So funny lah that girl 🤣.

“Doctor, my MC not accepted by 3 bosses”

Aunty dizzy or not still no choice must do housework. Additional task for Mondays - wanted to procrastinate scrubbing floor mats until the next day but cannot tahan to see the mats on the shower stall floor. Stood up after scrubbing the mats and felt even more dizzy. And I wondered how I managed to cook dinner 😂. I didn’t dizzy-ly giddy-ly threw in more oyster sauce or sesame oil right? Anyway I chose to steam two dishes, stir-fry veggies and deep fry chicken - easy dishes so can’t possibly unintentionally poison my family

@ 9.40pm - after cleaning up the kitchen and my shower. Still normal leh…so why keep feeling light headed the whole day? 

Choy! Not vertigo please. I still want to go on roller coaster rides before I grow even older and heart cannot take it anymore. 

Just thinking could it be hypoglycemia? After I stopped keto years ago I still don’t deliberately add sugar in my drinks. And I don’t intentionally stop sugar coz outside food sure will have sugar. Things that is beyond my control, I control. I either drink water or no sugar added drinks now. Just a week ago I ordered a wintermelon chinchow drink from a bubble tea shop, I wanted no sugar but staff said cannot control the sugar level. Ok lah 死不了, body won’t be sensitive to sugar like on keto days, coz I have sugar introduced into my holy body. I was wrong! At home I drank my drink and within half an hour I had a bad headache!!! 这么夸张! Kept telling myself it could be coincidence. Really I don’t know, I’m not going to put myself on the laboratory 🐀 test. So maybe my body now is used to a lower sugar level? Maybe that explains the dizzy spell? Maybe I have excuse to eat up a huge bottle of Nutella 😬? But honestly, I still do sneak in chocolate, or have a small slice of cake once in a blue moon. So I’m no longer holy moly. That sudden headache also made me worry if I’m diabetic or otw to being diabetic. 

My cause for worry about me being diabetic

When I was pregnant with che-che, Dr Teoh says I have gestational diabetes although bro says the numbers are not there yet. Think Dr Teoh being the cautionary Dr Teoh just wanted to control his patients’ health. Seriously I dunno coz I threw those medical reports away to check on it now. Same thing with pregnancy with lil’ one. Studies state that those with gestational diabetes may end up having Type-II next time. 😳. So yah since I’ve learnt to control my sugar intake BUT I STILL LOVE DARK CHOCOLATES! I L❤️VE OPERA CAKES!! Keto days was really healthy. I shouldn’t say it was a dieting method but a way-of-eating. Finally opened me eyes to see what I’ve been feeding my body with. No wonder so many illnesses in the world now with C being the 2nd common disease in the world.  But to maintain this kind of way-of-eating is hard unless I’m a single lady, I don’t have to cook 3 different types of meals to suit 4 people. Talk so much rubbish. So story line is I’m afraid of getting diabetes. 

Conclusion :

Whatever it is, I felt slightly better the today. Not that dizzy anymore, but still not that 100% usual me. 90% maybe. The dizzy spell is a mystery.

Better prepared this time?? Haha

Flying off tonight and doing last minute 想来想去 if I had missed out packing anything. 

Toilet roll! I know it’s dumb I’m not doing a backpacker holiday but … the toilet paper roll is so thin in the hotel, there’s basically no toilet paper in the public toilets. 

Our trip in Jan - hubby told us “don’t need to pack tissues. They have it on the table.” Then lil’ one and I were paperless-shocked when we realised there’s no tissue on the restaurant table. Whatever they had there is not suitable to wipe ourselves after reliving ourselves. But we weren’t so dumb afterall, we did pack a few packs of dry and wet tissues just that it wasn’t enough for our trip. We were in the supermarket anyway, things are cheap there anyway. 

This trip, packed a (1) toilet roll and 省吃俭用吧. When toilet paper is provided in public toilets then we use theirs. If not, at least I have this. Plus if my menses were to come during the hols I’ll definitely need more. Sigh…..why why why? Speaking of which, I remember long time ago I was complaining to my friend that my menses had to come when I was so looking forward to onsens, she said would take something to delay menses when she goes on holidays. Uhh…I don’t like to take things unnecessarily lah. Now I found out it’s called Norethisterone. 

(2) the leg sticker to relief my calf tiredness. I’m not climbing mountains but I’m sure going to walk a lot more than what I would do in SIN. I usually buy these in Japan, use some and bring home the rests + one to two extra boxes. Since I saw these in the drawer, pack lor! 

(3) Oximeter. I should have a blood pressure machine lah but … duh if only I bought the wrist one for travelling. Why oximeter? Coz when I wanted to test hubby’s O2 level in the high altitude places we were in, he couldn’t slip on my Apple Watch 😂. 

Health matters 

Slightly better sleep last night. I don’t know if hubby pinch or tried to scratch/grab me coz I put the pillow standing between us. For HBP - I’m reassured for now. Just hope it continues this way, and holiday will lower my cortisol in some way. Don’t want to rely on medication, hope not heading in the same direction, so now need a proper healthy diet when I’m back. Haha! Actually I will coz I’ll need to go vegetarian for a week after my trip 🪷.

BP monitors + BP

Went to buy a new BP monitor as the one we have at home is spoilt. We haven’t been using it recently until I needed to check on myself, after that high BP recording during my health checkup, to make sure I’m not falling into there and needing 💊. With the trip coming up, I wouldn’t want to suddenly collapse overseas. 

We were using this HEM-7600T blood pressure monitor

I love this coz I didn’t have to deal with the cumbersome tube, just kiap this sleek designed monitor on arm and press the button. It’s so compact that it’s so easy for storage. And most importantly it records into my phone seamlessly together with my Omron body composition weighing scale. 

When I tried to use it, it just wouldn’t inflate after few tries and changing batteries. Dunno where lao huang (漏风), anyway I think it’s time the thing spoil coz hubby bought it quite some time back in 2019 or maybe 2020.该坏了 coz warranty is over 🤣. 

At Guardian - lots of selection with the simple bulky ones that cost less than $100. But I knew what I want, get back the same tubeless monitor. However before I picked that up to the cashier I noticed another machine - HEM 7383T. Afib. WTH is that? Didn’t want to linger around longer as I was googling what is Afib, so walked out of Guardian. (I think that day’s CCTV they will see this suspicious woman walking in and out 3x) Sat down for lunch and made some comparison, I prefer to make a better researched purchase. And of course the cheapskate me had to compare prices in Shoppee and Guardian and Watsons. I can get it $1 cheaper in Shoppee but that is without shipping fees or maybe it’s free shipping. 重点 is I can’t get it the next day, I need to check my BP these days to make sure I’m ok. 

So why are two monitors running a promo at the same price? 

7600T : UP $233 now $169 ($64 cheaper)

7383T : UP $219 now $169 ($50 cheaper)

Why is 7383T UP cheaper? Is this 7383T an older model compared to 7600T? Or is it due to the more intelligent system so more ex? When is manufacturing/ launched date? Lots of questions, so that means researching via Google, reviews in Google and YouTube. 

In the end I settled for 7383T coz of the Afib function. Heck the inconvenience with the tube. We anre old folks liao, so need better detection. Especially so for hubby who has high BP. 

OMRON BP HEM-7383T

Is it necessary to have this measured? 

What is AFib?

To read more, click on this —> What to know about atrial fibrillation? 

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Back home did my measurement. 

Hmmm….. dystolic is considered high? 😮 Tho my BP is not hitting the roof like the other day - that was freaking scary. 

So now I need to relax, too much stress, need to avoid the stress source 😬

Cortisol level up

Just so many things happening around me. I’m too stressed. 

Worried about lil’ one (which is a lot of things), angry with lil’ one not taking care of herself her tonsillitis, worry about something else, my iMovie pressure. I mean it’s suppose to be happy thing right since going another holiday. iMovie pressure is quite silly but I guess I do get aggitated and gancheong easily. Then another stupid thing that add on to my stress and bad mood. 

Then insomnia, my blood pressure went up. 155/122. It’s damn high I thought the machine is spoilt. Doctor said it’s high. It’s not supposed to be that high! My blood pressure is normal so to see these “hitting the roof” numbers is scary. Must be all the insomnia and bad sleep causing the high bp. I choose to think that is the cause and not because of another stupid bor-liao thing that is making me even more stressed.

For the last few weeks my sleep has been interrupted. Tossing and turning but cannot sleep. 2am, 3am, 4am my eyes still big big like owl, brain still alert, ears alert as suddenly hubby will be talking in his sleep. I’ve been doing lots of deep breathing as my lungs seem to be heavy, as if someone is sitting on my chest. Can’t be the pillow right? I’ve already changed my pillow to the cradlesloth pillow. And that was the bestest pillow I ever slept on! Then I don’t know why but hubby has been more aggressive in his sleep now, he’s been fighting with someone in his nightmare. He has talked and then punched me 😂, then scratched and grabbed me when he sleeps on his left side. I hope I’m not the person in his nightmare. When he sleeps on his right side, he has knocked down things from the side table. This has been ongoing for many months, but it has gone worse the past few weeks. So when I’m trying to sleep suddenly he punch or scratch/grab me. For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying hard to sleep. Exhale out slowly thru my mouth wondering if I’d die in my sleep coz I have trouble breathing in the night. Seems an eternity but still can’t sleep. When I am about to doze off, he comes and punch / scratch/grab me. Wah… then I cannot sleep again. Earplugs on to block out his snoring, lavender oil on wrists to coax me to orh orh and now I need to put a pillow behind me. Yet he can push the pillow to my back. Wah…..why he keeps having nightmares? 

My heart heavy my head heavy. Been having headache for past 2 weeks. I probably need to go to a temple and meditate. I actually did play some Buddhist songs just to calm myself down. 

Too stressed until my menses didn’t come. Which is not what I want coz I prefer to go on a holiday without the hassle of having my menses. But yes it means I’m under stress. So leychey! Somemore going china where gotta squat in toilet. I can’t squat properly. No bidet. Wah piang eh. 

Then I have another worry. My health check report came back. I definitely need to monitor and do another mammogram again. Sob sob.. women basically go thru torture to kiap the neh neh. It’s so painful. Just hope it’s nothing serious. Pap smear also not done yet in my health checkup, hopefully I’m healthy. 

Then some bloody nonsense from …. Fuck lah! World so much problem and still gotta add this borliao thing.

Think you may not know what I’m typing, my words are incoherent now. I type as I think, I think with everything jumbled up. Just know that I’m angry, I’m worried, I’m stressed. And I need to get this out.   

Tonsilitis II

Her tonsilitis began when she was in Year 1, in 2023. Then it wasn’t a frequent occurrence and if I’m not wrong her MC record for school was perfect. Then it came to Year 2 and Year 3 the frequencies got more and more. She took so many MCs. Worst was when she was doing her intern. Internship leh! How can leave this kind of bad impression on the boss?

In December when internship is all over and done with. It occured again. No more school; no more work.  

22nd Dec (Mon) 

See the Doctor again. She has been having slight pain for the past week and last night she started sniffing. Oh oh! 

Dr Loh saw her 

ENHANCIN 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB - 

15.00 tabs

$16.50

FEXOFEN (FEXOFENADINE) 180MG TAB - 

10.00 tabs

$10.00

SERRAPTASE 10 (SERRATIOPEPTIDASE) 10MG TAB - 

10.00 tabs

$5.00

SODEN (NAPROXEN) 275MG TAB - 

20.00 tabs

$10.00

CONSULTATION - $32

TOTAL : $80.12

23rd Dec (Tue)

Started the course of antibiotics.

30th Dec (Tue)

She was better but decided to bring her for the follow up. Inflammation is gone. 

Dr Tan saw her today

ENHANCIN 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB - 

15.00 tabs

$16.50

SODEN (NAPROXEN) 275MG TAB - 

20.00 tabs

$10.00

FOLLOW UP CONSULTATION - $24

TOTAL : $55.05

Got some antibiotics from the doctor to standby for the trip. Hopefully there’s no need for it. 

During the holiday, made her drink her 板蓝根 and the tablets I bought from medical hall, hopefully can reduce any heatiness. Then …… I’m so damn frustrated with this whole tonsilitis episodes that she gets so frequent. #%^*! It’s mentally draining for me, I have other things to worry about and she gives me this. 

24th Feb 

Was supposed to see Dr Chong, scheduled for 3.30pm, but we cancelled. Coz she doesn’t want to do the surgery so why keep seeing him. 

Previously two or three appointments we waited so long in the holding area, just to hear the “so will she want to do the surgery?” “No? Ok so we will review again after next few months.” Consultation only less than 10mins. Wasted time, petrol, parking, money. Just coz she’s afraid of pain. No choice right? She suffer for that surgery then after that will be ok.  

26th Feb 

F#%^*!!!!! Had pain past few days. Today she was so tired. Been scolding her since her tonsilitis started to SLEEP EARLY. Been telling her to drink the 版烂梗 then keep saying need my boiled chrysanthemum drink. Oi! How to keep boiling and boiling for her? We have lots of prepacked chrysanthemum sachets also what?! So what if her mother die? Nobody to boil for her then she forever don’t have to drink?! What kind of stupid excuses? Also been telling her to eat the tablets I bought from medical hall. I don’t bring it to her she won’t eat. Come on lah! How old is she?! Need me to feed her or not?! I’m damn freaking angry with her. 这么大了还要一直要 baby her? Told her so many times that to see whether a TCM medication works she needs to eat it on a daily basis. 吃一天五天不吃 how to see the efficacy? Then whatever tablets she’s eaten so far is deemed useless already. Those tablets are free huh? Waste my money. Link on product, click HERE. Then also told her how is she supposed to convince me that she will adhere to sleeping early if I brought her to the sinseh? You know to see sinseh is not just a once time visit, so many visits to 调身体。Once a week at least, so much time and money wasted to send her there and she sleeps late waste the whole bloody effort. 

It’s her life, she wants to suffer in pain forever (and she’s only 19 going 20 now, she’s gotta live till 70,80 or 90) I fucking don’t dare about her anymore! Don’t she ever dare to come and complain to me it’s painful. And yah! Coz I was so damn pissed with her for spending all her late nights on watching stupid things on Instagram, whatever fuck social media, whatever stupid aunty dramas. I should just confiscate her phone away. And she’s not even a student anymore for now. Can’t even take care of herself. I’m so bloody done with her. 

I was just so angry with her, I told her she can just jolly well walk to the clinic opposite us and see the doctor herself. 

Female doctor, Dr Ang saw her. 

Description

CURAM SANDOZ 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB

15 tabs  $18

CURAM SANDOZ 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB

15 tabs $18   [for holiday]

SODEN (NAPROXEN) 275MG TAB

20 tabs $20

CONSULTATION $32

TOTAL : $86.11

I think for future consultations I should just make her pay herself. See whether she feels the pinch to spend her own money or not. Maybe she’ll wise up a little? Or maybe not? She’s so stubborn. Coz I’ve spent so many years and months to keep nagging at her until I 气到自己不能睡. Heart palpitating so hard. Who knows maybe know I have high blood pressure because of her. Why other people’s kids 讲一两次都会听话、她不会？

I need to meditate and drink my Rose essential oil. Cannot apply coz small quantity applied on wrist probably won’t help me reduce the anger inside me. 太大的火气了。

Unexplained heel pain

On Tuesday (14/10) evening I felt a slight pain on my left heel. Visibly there was nothing, it was like the knuckle pain I had no obvious swelling or whatever. I lightly massage my heel. 

The next day it was more painful and I was limping around the house. Massaged and put ice pack on it a few times. Then used the eye mask gel which I had left in fridge. It’s flexible so I can Velcro it securely. Didn’t really help tho and it cooled down so fast. 

What kind of pain is this? After the knuckles pain I wonder if this is related to arthritis or whatever as well. I mean this also came out of the blue 

Checked podiatry website. Is it heel spur? But not the correct spot leh! 

Hint hint to hubby - your wife cannot use her hands to do housework. She also cannot walk around end house to do housework. I NEED MC!!!!!!

Treatment : Rest, ICE. Elevate 

Hubby asked me if it’s gout. I doubt so coz altho I’ve never had it before to know how it feels like but when I read the symptoms, doesn’t sound like it is. 

So I haven’t left the house since Tuesday after I reached home from picking lil’ one up from work, all the way until Sunday (19th). Oh! I forgot I walked across to the clinic on Sat with lil’ one. Didn’t want to walk too much the other days, skipped FightDo coz no way this right knee bai-kar left feet pain person can even do a kick or move feet so much. My left leg definitely can’t stand and support my right knee when I need to do a kick or whatever. Just guai guai stay at home. I can slowly limp around the house doing houseworks. 

Photos taken on 16/10 (Thu). More painful.

I didn’t go out with them on Sat for dinner. Beginning to feel less painful so I’m resting at home eating and clearing whatever we have in the freezer for dinner. 

Anyway happened to be at bro’s place to visit mom on Sunday. Was talking to him about what sis said, he mentioned about fire pain for arthritis. But no leh.. I don’t have so it’s not arthritis. Then he describe the pain for gout, it’s not gout for my feet. So what is it? I really don’t know. Haiyah! Just a BIG HINT I shouldn’t do any houseworks lah! 

photo dump here just incase I need them next time