Three to go! - October 2

Twenty seven down, three to go.  Yessss!!!!

Had the weekly visit with Dr. McFavorite today - won't see him for a whole month now!  He said if all Beverly wants to eat is ensure, ice cream, and peanut butter - well, so be it! The goal is to get at least 1100 calories into that body and we don't much care how they get there just so long as they do.  Well, Beverly was most relieved and delighted to hear that and let me know that I can quit trying to find foods that she'll eat - she'll do just fine on her shakes and peanut butter, thankyouverymuch. :-)  He did say that within just a few weeks after radiation ends, her taste buds will start coming back and they will get better and better pretty quickly after that.  So, milkshakes it is!

He also discussed the fatigue that she can expect to experience for the next few weeks.  He wants her to rest, but he does not want her to just stay in bed - his words were "you just have to stay active and push through this until it starts getting better".  She took those words to heart - as soon as we got home, she took her milkshake and went for a nice walk around her property.  Hopefully the Africa hot weather has subsided for the year and it won't be so miserable outside so she can get out a wee bit more and move around!

On the way home from Emory, Beverly treated herself to an iPod and tonight we're going to load it up with books and music for her listening pleasure.  (Now is when you picture Beverly rockin' out with her earbuds in!)

So, that's the news for today - all good, all in order, and all moving in the right direction!!