Sunday, April 22, 2007

Two days in a row! Amazing!

We have been experimenting with foods and drinks the past couple of days, see what my taste level is like. Most of the things I have tried are about 40% to 50% of what I remember them to be, so not to bad. I tried some coffee yesterday evening...man has it been a long time! The coffee is about 70% taste wise and was really enjoyable! I limited it to half a cup as the Erbitux still has me a bit on the dry side and we are doing liquids orally at this point. We came up with a cup of water for every half cup of coffee. Sure beats another needle stick at this point!

I have been trying little bites of things like Salisbury Steak, whip cream, banana, what ever may be out. The soft things go down a lot easier than things I have to chew up real good; the throat is still a bit on the sore side. I did eat some scrambled eggs this morning, three bites, not a full breakfast but its a start. They are a bit dry at this point until I start making more saliva. I tried some orange juice - tasted real good - but still have a mucositous sore on the tongue that didn't really appreciate the citrus acid!

Been trying to get out more as the cabin is still closing in! Yesterday went to my buddies house for his son's 21st birthday party. It was nice to get out and see non-medical people. Today we went to see the folks for awhile and have a cup of coffee (drinking my water while I blog!). Andrea just gave me a spoon of tapioca pudding, it is amazing, this is the one item that I never lost the taste of while I went through all of this...it still tastes the same as it did before we ever started.

Tonight I am sitting at the dinner table with the family to eat dinner for the first time in months. Noodles and gravy should go down fairly smoothly and I can taste the gravy as I have already tried. We'll see how it goes and I'll post it in the blog tomorrow. Dinner is almost ready so that's it for today.