Thank you all for responding! I printed everyone's replies for my husband and he was overwhelmed! He is thankful I found you all; he'd never have gone looking. Karen, your post is really awesome! We don't know if we are kidding ourselves, but we both think his tumor has already shrunk! Can that happen after one IV of cisplatin and 3 days worth of Xeloda??? It was measuring 6+ c last week....just seems smaller tonight
We believe strongly in prayer, and can't help but think maybe that is working, too!
Anita and Darrel, Tom's radiation doctor told him up front that he would not do the radiation without the feeding tube, so we are mentally preparing for that. Funny thing about this is that in May 2003, I went on Atkins to lose my extra weight (I could be called 'cuddly,' too!)Tom was preparing for a karate promotion
at the time and felt he would be faster with a few less pounds. Naturally, he lost quicker than I, and he has kept it all off.....although he had a great promotion, I wish he had those extra 20 pounds today!
I will look into the archive here tomorrow to see if I can find any good tips.....I got him to eat a bit of a pot pie tonight, so I am happy.
Good night, all.