Fighting Weight

Well, today the next stage of the fight begins in earnest......daily radiation and chemo meds that could choke a horse. And of course all of these things have to be timed appropriately with six meals a day, fluid but NOT TO MUCH fluids, exercise but NOT TO MUCH exercise, lots of rest BUT NO LAYING DOWN with food in your stomach, on and on.

One thing we have to make sure of, that he gets enough good nutrition because he probably won't feel like eating much. So it means kind of switching gears with what Mary Anne has been doing the last two weeks, which is basically feeding him good food constantly, as much as he wants. He's put on about 10 pounds. We hope to keep as much of that weight on him as possible throughout his treatment.

It's amazing how strong he's gotten since coming home from the care home. His balance is almost 100%, he can walk comfortably around the house on his own, even take the doggies out for "pee breaks" and yesterday when I got to the house he has scooping poop in the yard with a shovel...no problem. He even walks the dogs with Mary Anne.

He's really enjoyed getting phone calls from so many of you. I set up an icon on the computer so he can get to his own e-mails now. He's very interested in reading them. He's not much for typing, he says he hits the keys way too hard (like an old manual typewriter). I imagine he might give it a try again some day on his own without all of us clustered around him watching his every move.

Please keep praying that the Temodar and radiation kicks the cancer cells' butts so Daddy can enjoy a remission, he's still got a lot of things he wants to do!