More than halfway through the radiation treatment! OK now I know this is a one way blog, however, I also know many of you know me so please feel free to email your thoughts... radiation can cause problems in the intestinal area and yet, the medical professionals performing the procedures tell the patients not to use fiber. When I brought it up, they said "oh no...stick to mash potatoes and can food so you don't scratch the lining of the intestings..." They basically are instructing folks to eat crap with no nutritional value. Does this make sense to anyone else?
Mom still has pain in her joints and has a great deal of sweats and chills. But each day she seems to wake up with slightly less pain. Since radiation continues to work even after the treatments are done, the goal is that once it's effectiveness is complete the pain will be gone. Keep fingers crossed, prayers flowing and kharma good! These are all we have to go on since the pain killers that the doctors keep prescribing mom make her react poorly. We have yet to find a medicine she can take without breaking out in a rash or getting more violently sick.
Fortunately, mom has been eating better the last few days. At the start of treatment she had lost several pounds Each day she seems to eat a little more and crave more food. Of course she can't keep up with her kids! They eat like little pot belllie pigs. More about mom's adopted kids coming soon.
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