Nancy, you are making good use of your weather for some activity. Our two climates are no longer the same! We are freezing here! My ddad has reduced his outdoor walks to a little time at about 2:00 in the afternoon, and then he really bundles up. It occurs to me that a good thick corduroy coat would make him a nice present.
As you guys have had to hear already, I've been forced to become an expert on acid reflux. I was delighted to find this excellent series of illustrated articlesthat cut right to the chase of things I had to learn through lots of research. I especially think the articles, "Cooking Tips" and "Lifestyle Changes" are helpful. This series mostly uses the word, "heartburn", which has the same meaning as GERD and acid reflux, but fell out of favor with med pros because it seemed to relate the problem to the heart. I had heard most of this discussion before, but never all in the same place, plus this is just clear as a bell on some things I had only read about as anecdotes or personal tips.
The stuff about the wedge I had to figure out for myself. I would add: one solution is to use the wedge for the first part of the night until you waken at some point realizing your last meal is likely well away from the stomach, and then switch to a regular pillow so you can sleep in different positions comfortably. You don't want to constantly sleep in the same position all the time.
I've continued to do 30 mins of the Arms video every day for three days. The site for the food diary has continued to be helpful to keep me on target with eating, which has been excellent, and I've gotten in more water. The vitamin tracker has jogged my memory about pills a couple times! I'm very pleased with this particular week. Now if I can just shake this bronchitis thing, a lot will be off my mind. The prednisone is definitely making me jumpy (and I think irritable) and my hands make mistakes at the keyboard by themselves. Just another day or two.