Hi, Everyone.

This thread certainly struck home. Tom has been living almost exclusively on Jevity and Two-Cal since September; the doc ordered it through the Home Health dept of the hospital. We figured it was being run through the insurance company as we never heard a thing about it...until last week. We got a bill to the tune of some $4,000....covering all the deliveries from Sept through April. Needless to say, I'm no a happy camper. I appreciate the encouraging information...and how dare they hold off billing until it amounted to enough to choke a horse?!

Hope everyone is enjoying Springtime! Tom is improving...getting back to his old ornery self! He's up to 147 lbs, but still not eating much by mouth. I do insist he try every day, however. He's really unhappy because all the calories he injests are settling in the mid-section...and he's never had a problem with that because he was so active. I told him to just keep putting on the weight and he can 'redistribute' as he gains strength! He's working out with light weights now and is going to join his dojo in a weekend training session....he'll go slow, of course, but just getting back inot his sport will be great for the mind! A positive outlook is everything in this fight, yes? I might say that the Walk held in VA Beach was a GREAT morale booster AND confidence builder for him. By pushing himself even more than he thought he would, he realized that the 'mind over matter' attitude he always held was going to be a big help at this stage of the game!
Love you all
Nicki