Update
It’s becoming very hard to eat food, especially food that is not in a near liquid form or extremely soft. My mouth is causing me a great deal of pain each day. It seems much worse in the morning or after a nap when I haven’t been talking or moving my mouth for a while. I’ve been taking the Aleve to combat the pain and the swish and swallow so I can eat when I can. I was able to eat some scrambled eggs though this morning and tonight, which was a bit surprising. I seem to have some skin burns around my neck too and lips, which I’m sure will get more pronounced as we go along. I feel very run down and fatigued most of the time. I’m doing my best to take care of my skin with lotions and moisture balms from Denise’s collection and I’m able to sleep very well. I’m still able to work pretty well from home, since it involves generally nothing more than typing and participating in phone conferences.
Tomorrow is a chemo and radiation day. Not looking forward to that at all.
Hey, Guyle – my mom had breast cancer over 5 years ago ( no reoccurence whoo hoo) anyway, she drank those ENSURE brand drinks that are loaded with vitamins and minerals because she couldn’t keep anything else down …so you might give those a try as a meal replacement.
hang in there and tell Denise Hi for me!
@laura loustaunau
Thanks Laura. We’re trying the Ensure now too to maintain calories. I’ll be sure to let Denise know you said hi too!