I realize dear reader you deserve a more optimistic blog given the past few whiners. If I am fair and level headed, which I am not being optimistic and expectant, things are progressing...probably as they should. I have not used the tube in a week and am trying to get 2500+ calories in a day. I have done so for the most part but none of them are enjoyable...I feel like a fois Gras goose...being forcer feed!
Tracy Wilson is now at the cottage with Sandra and so I now have 2 people badgering me, or coaching depending on your outlook. She had arrived with tubs of Isogenics I now drink at various times.
The good/bad news is that without needing to use the tube I have more time to do things, calorie burning things, like cutting down a tree, digging out the root, and building the kids a sandbox where the tree used to be...then there's the matter of a load of sand to wheelbarrow downhill. In short I continue to be a slow learner and my weight is even lower in spite of the calorie intake. Maybe you can' t teach an old dog new tricks. Things are better. I do get a pain in my side near the tube entry point which we are hopeful will leave with the tube. We hope to make arrangements for that very soon.
All and all an improvement. Sleeping medication is working. Starting to reduce that slowly. Looking forward to twins, guests and all others I love dearly leaving today so I get a week of relative solitude. Warm regards to each and every one of you.
Peter
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Hi Peter, Hello from Calgary. We think of you often and read your blog each week.
ReplyDeleteGlad things are progressing positively, even if not as quickly as you'd like. We do suggest a new career direction for you as "Supervisor". Don't be cheap - pay someone to do this work for you! You can supervise them! Our love to Sandra. Dennis and Kathy
Hi Peter I was showering at Glendon this morning and heard a gentleman weighing himself. The scales were not adjusted back to zero (tsk tsk), and registered 285 lbs. I thought 'that's two Peter Jensens in one body'. Would it be possible for you to be sedentary for just a little while longer? I guess not.
ReplyDeleteWe look forward to your news every week, and wish you well. Cheers brian
Thanks Peter for your weekly blog. I look forward to reading how you are doing. The battle to put weight on sounds harder than it is to take it off. (Although I am having no luck with getting it off). I have a sister-in-law that has been diagnosed with ALS and she is fighting the same fight as you - keeping and putting weight on. She has the same spirit as you and you both are such an inspiration to me. I hope when all the family get there you can sit on your porch and just watch the little ones and put the big ones to work. Madelyn at least is happy when just being read to - maybe that duty can be yours. Anyways - keep up the fight. Hi to Sandra. Have fun with everyone in August. Jill
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