Vorlon Whispers

March 31 Condition Update

As a second day after my chemo, I’m hanging in there – as best I can. I did some work from home.

I’m able to get some food down not too badly today. I have changed my breakfast regime in recent weeks. Instead of my normal drink breakfast, I have taken to cutting up a banana into a bowl, cutting a fresh pear into the bowl. I love fresh ripe Bartlet pears. I spoon in two scoops of low fat cottage cheese and then add some crushed pineapple to it. I stir it up into a soupy mixture and shovel it down.

To my surprise, I was able to get it past my tongue this morning.

At lunch, I went through a can of split pea soup. That too went down surprisingly well. I’ve tried a couple of things that did not go down well.

I do pretty well for a while, then I just kind of poop out for a bit and need to just vegetate.

I don’t have too much body pain except the back of my neck where the muscles attach to the base of my skull. That seems common experience for me with the Neulasta shot.

So far, though I haven’t needed any Kytrils. I find that when my stomach does not feel well, food in it actually seems to settle it down.

I am finding I seem to go to different food cravings from time to time. Now, after my taste buds have completely recovered, I’d like to have a bologna sandwich on spongy white bread, with Kraft Miracle Whip, sweet bread and butter pickles and fresh crunchy lettuce.

I have no idea where these food cravings come from. Perhaps my brain relates them to some long past pleasurable experience that I can no longer remember.

Posted by The Vorlon at March 31, 2006 3:27 PM