Surgery--Again

Poifect!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Jes... you are a brilliant Atookaia hamStar!

Scribe BrilliJes, what a marvellous tale you spin.



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I love when Jespah busts out a tale. Loved it.

Thinking of Roberta. Always.

Oh my, it's just the Cheerios talking.

Bravo, jes!! Loved that story. So says the princess.

Seshat! Brilliant, ehBeth! That's our Roberta!

I was looking for something else and found the DASH diet, which among its pros ...



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I might be able to eat the stuff on the diet in a month or so. Maybe six weeks. Don't know if the problem will exist once the radiation is over.

Thanks for investigating, Beth.

Great story, jes!

Brilliant storytelling, jes.

You're in my thoughts (still), Boida.

Gotta be less zaps now, yes?

Not sure I understand the question, Deb. I get zapped five days a week. Even if the doses are smaller (and I don't think they are), the side effects are still the same.

Still, a bit closer to the finish line, though.

Less than two weeks of zaps left, I hope.

Seven zaps, I think.

We need to be planning a birthday thread.

Yep, osso. Seven zaps remaining.

I was told at the outset that radiation to the larynx would be horrible--one of the most difficult of all the radiation treatments. No one tried to minimize the effects. I knew what to expect. Still you can't be totally prepared for how truly awful this is.

Increasing pain with every swallow. Also gagging, choking, and retching. Unable to eat hot or cold, any spice except for a little salt, meat (beef, pork, lamb, veal), any citrus in any form, most bread, veggies (other than pureed), any carbonated drink. I also can't swallow most pills. I grind them up and put them in something--pudding, apple sauce, whatever.

It hurts to talk, which is just as well because I've become almost inaudible. Sometimes nothing but a squeak comes out.

I was told that I would lose a lot of weight. So far 14 pounds. Not as much as expected. I attribute that to being in the hospital for 13 days. Hospitals have "soft" menus, so I ate more in the hospital than I do at home.

Don't know how long it will take for the effects to wear off. I look forward to swallowing without tears welling up in my eyes. I look forward to a Pepsi and an egg cream. I look forward to meat.

Came back to edit but was too late. I also can't have chocolate!! Or most things with sugar. Looking forward to chocolate again too.

The only thing to be said about all that is damn....and thank heavens it will be over sooner rather than later.

I only meant less zaps to go through, not that the zaps would be less in themselves, by the way.

Is there any advice on how long it takes for your poor throat to settle?