Food!

Finally! I've managed to do three meals in a day! First time since early January. We're not talking about anything exciting here, but a boiled egg and yoghurt for breakfast, soup and bread for lunch, then some ravioli for dinner. All very soft food and not very large serves. On top of this, I'm still having three of the Ensure nutrition drinks a day (which I hate).

It's amazing how much we take the ability to swallow for granted. According to my dietician and speech pathologist, there are over 30 muscles that have to work flawlessly to be able to swallow, and mine are way out of practice, and there is still a healing wound in my throat, and on my neck from the radiation.

I'm so happy to be eating food again, albeit in soft and small quantities. I'm still not putting on any weight and continue to hover around the 65kg mark. A little bit of taste and smell is starting to return, some of it accurate, but most often not. I am very optimistic that it's coming back soon! 

I've got my first oncology review next Tuesday; the first since I was discharged from hospital. I'm not sure what to expect, but I do know I've gone from a shirt neck size of 44 down to 36 so I think the two tumours have been vapourised. That's certainly what I'm keeping everything crossed for.

 

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