Update…Things are Improving!

Update…Things are Improving!

The heading says it all. It has been a very good week with lots of small, but important gains. On Tuesday I woke up with some energy so after my feed I got in the SUV in my morphine loaded state, and headed to Home Depot and bought 8-10 flats of flowers for the pots and the garden. Doesn’t sound like much but I hadn’t driven in 7 weeks! Have since been back for more.

Wednesday and Friday had vitamin infusion at Naturopathic College. Everyone has commented on how the skin on my neck has improved dramatically and how different I look…I hope so… I have looked like one of the Munsters for the last few weeks. On Thursday came a biggy. My stomach/abdomen area has been sore/upset for weeks…always aware of it. Sometimes seemed to be nausea and others just unsettled. I woke up at 5 AM Thursday and had the realization that it might also be hunger. The tube that feeds me doesn’t end in the stomach. It actually put the feed in the upper intestine, which is why it has to go in so slowly.

I got up drank a small 3-ounce shake of rice milk and Pro Gain (protein powder and vitamins) that normal put in with the syringe and felt almost instant relief. I’m not saying it goes down easy but I had 3 more that day and have carried on since. I have cut back to 4 tube feedings a day. On Friday I even had about 1 ounce of cooked carrot…can a burger be far off?

However, especially because I am much more active now my weight continues to fall. Am now down to 144 from 170 but apparently it will do so a few more weeks… that is according to the medical people we saw Thursday at PMH. They checked out the Parotid grand and declared it healthy… and me looking surprisingly good.

Weather matters. It has been so beautiful and getting out for short stints in my garden, which looks amazing I must say, has been extremely therapeutic. Long weekend is here. We actually debated going to the cottage for a day but saner heads prevailed as we saw all the logistics, tubes etc. and didn’t want to jeopardize the progress being made.

Now I have the twins coming over on Sunday to help with the garden. That will be stress free…especially them learning the weed/flower distinction. I’m sure they’ll get it… they are very bright… by the time they are in high school! They are boys after all.

Hope you all have a great May long weekend. Love to all…

Peter (a work in progress) Jensen