Much to Tony's consternation, his radiation oncologist mandated that he is to have a minimum of four nutritional supplement shakes each day. We should probably buy stock in the Carnation Instant Breakfast line of products. Of course, he is growing very tired of these and it is probably safe to say he will never touch them again after this.
I am so very proud of him, though, for keeping a positive outlook and putting up with my incessant nagging to drink a shake. ;) We were concerned at the beginning of radiation that he might require a feeding tube, as many patients with this type of treatment do. But it looks like we may get away without it! However, we still have to keep his nutrition in mind, so when you see him out and about, feel free to ask him how many shakes he's had that day (muhahaha!)
We still have crappy days and days when we both get bummed by the monotony of going to the Cancer Center and getting painful treatments every single day, but it seems like God always sends encouragement right when we need it. For example, this past Monday...the weather was gross, we were in a "going-to-treatment" funk, and I thought I was going to have to drag Tony into the Cancer Center by the collar (or he'd have to drag me). We got a message from our all-time favorite CT tech, Lynne, that she wanted us to drop by when we had a chance. We stopped by to see her, and Tony got the coolest, most unexpected gift ever: a framed picture of the Navy's Blue Angels flight team, signed by the pilots and crew! And it had Tony's name on it!

So we'll just keep on keepin' on...at least we're on the downhill slide. Thanks for taking the time to read this or to say a little prayer - we appreciate you all! Hope you have a good weekend; we certainly plan to. :)
That picture is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWe are praying for the entire family.
God Bless,
Brian, Carol and Patrick
Tony:
ReplyDeleteJust a comment about nutritious shakes....Boost makes a very palatable drink, especially the chocolate and butter pecan. I continue to pray for you and Jessica and am glad to hear of your continued progress thus far. God is good and faithful! Cinda