| OP   "OCF Canuck" Contributing Member (25+ posts) 
 Joined:  Nov 2013 Posts: 33 |  Greetings Newbies if you are following me.  This time I want to mention food stuff.  If you've been surfing around you likely have found the food list.  For those with their first biopsy/surgery the calorie requirements are not so critical.  Basically you want a near liquid diet to get over the first week or two.  The hospital juice, Jello, and tea will get old fast.
 To digress a bit, my "last supper" was on Monday night, Dec.30/2013 at the Raga up Broadway from the Holiday Inn where we stayed on a nice medical rate. I recommend them.  Supper was Prawns Vindaloo with rice and lots of cold water.  It was great, really sets your face on fire.  They do have less zippy fare; it's a great place to eat.  Anyway, my surgery was on Tuesday, New Year's Eve.  Supper that night and breakfast Jan.1 morning was juice, Jello, and tea.  Ugggghhhhh.  I got discharged shortly thereafter and we went back to the Holiday Inn to regroup and prepare to stay a couple more days.  I did not want to fly back immediately for two reasons.  One was germs etc., but the other was aircraft cabin pressure.  I find that if I can't swallow well, and with force, my ears do not pop properly.  Who needs a painful flight just to save a few bucks?  Next we went food shopping.  (I'm not sure why, but on long posts this thing slows down making typing a chore.  Need new post.)
   Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain
 Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign
 Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd
 Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab
 No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd
 No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT
 No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer
 De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT
 De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords
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