Saturday, April 21, 2007

Well it's been a couple of days since I blogged. Not doing so good at frequency of the posts!

Healing continues on a daily basis and I have been trying to get out a bit more. Only did fluids 3 days this past week and we do not have anything scheduled for the weekend or next week. I am keeping hydrated well enough at this point to avoid more needle pokes. Andrea and I went to the office this past week for a little bit; it was really nice to see everyone again! Even though I am getting out more it doesn't take too long before I am wiped out. Not much endurance at this point; I think the body is sending the message to take it easy and let if focus on the healing.

The throat and mouth are getting better every day. The throat is still a bit sore but liquids are going down fine. The mouth sores are down to only one left this morning. My neck still has a pretty good burn spot going on the left side but when Andrea is cleaning it she is seeing a lot of new skin growing so it is healing. None of it is as fast as I would like but I can be a bit impatient!

Last night we decided to try some food via the mouth. We went with vanilla ice cream to take it easy on the throat. I was actually able to taste the vanilla ice cream and put some chocolate syrup on it because I can taste it too! This was the first time in a very long time that I have eaten like a normal person! It was great! The best is that I could taste what I was eating; not a full taste like before but the flavor was there. I guess my taste buds didn't get to destroyed in the process of radiation. I'll be trying more foods as the days go by.

Once I am back on a full diet through the mouth and maintaining my weight I can get rid of the feeding tube! I can't wait!