I'm feeling better!

THANK YOU ALL .  .  .  for all the kind words of encouragement over the past week.  Sorry to have been such a whiner. I really am feeling better, both emotionally :) and physically. Well, not better exactly, but not worse.  It seems that we are at the bottom of the bell curve and ready to climb up the other side----yay!!  

I have a follow-up appointment with the surgeon on Tuesday the eighth and then with the radiation oncologist on the 17th -- after that, I should be able to get the feeding tube out! Everything still tastes awful but there are a fair number of things that I can eat and swallow now and my weight has remained constant for the last week without pouring any calories through the tube.  I've lost right at 20 pounds since the surgery and can fit into my size 4 clothes again!  Unfortunately, I don't own any size 4 clothes anymore . . . darn . . . shopping . . .!  

(Not much shopping though) I can't wait until I can really taste again and when that happens I'm sure I won't stay this size for long--and that is totally OK with me!

I promise to write again soon, just wanted to give you a quick update for today . . . Happy Labor Day.