20220325: my pilgrimage
Some days back, in the afternoon, I felt a bit uneasy in my abdomen area. I can't feel much there, so couldn't make out if it was my stomach or intestine or liver or something else. Anyway, I wanted to be cautious so asked my nurses to reduce my feed volume. My wife also suggested I avoid the usual feed and have gangi (boile rice water) till i fell better. I normally sit out on the wheelchair at 4pm and sit till 8pm. Sometimes even 9pm. My bladder can hold a max of ~300ml. By 7pm, it is usual to have passed urine twice. Not that day, it was 7pm and not even once. I was also feeling very tired and couldn't sit longer. I thought if that much fluid (I had had full feeds till 2;30pm) had made it into my metabolic system surely the bladder world have given way. If the intestine had absorbed it, and the kidneys had not filtered, i would be bloating - especially at the ankles. That was not the case. I had also felt a bit gassy in the abdomen, but if it was stomach gas, it would h