My husband and I now have 22 out of 35 radiation sessions behind us and two out of three scheduled chemos. He has virtually no taste buds and a horrible mouth but is still swallowing some foods and Ensure. We just ordered Carnation Breakfast VHC thanks to all the recommendations from this forum. Thanks all of you because we never would have known about it. Using the tube to supplement but he is determined to keep swallowing. There is fatigue but no pain killers at all at this time. We do not know what the next 13 treatments and final chemo will bring but I plan to stay home (been working through this) for the first two weeks after treatment. Again I would not have known how important that is unless I had heard from all of you. We do not know what will be next but with all of his determination, I know that he will do his best to "come back." I am a little concerned about what his recovery will be like but that is just me looking too far into the future. I want to thank all of you for the ideas, thoughts, adventures, candidness and inspiration. You are all thoroughly amazing. I get a great deal of strength from you.
My husband wants to try to get back to his therapy practice by January. How long has it been for some of you to return to your "life". That will be about 5 months. Does that seem possible?
Best to every one of you. I will continue to stay on this forum. It is really a great support