Hi all,

As a lot of you know I was in the hospital a few weeks ago and they got me to feeling better with all of the fluids and all. I was feeling great when I got home but it seemed like after a few days I started feeling worse and worse. Well, I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday of this past week and ,sure enough, I was dehydrated. They asked me to come back the next day for fluids and I told the doctor that I couldnt hardly walk across the room without passing out.

He ended up admitting me and I stayed overnight. When they decided to let me let me go home the next day I told them that I was still as weak as I was the day before but they released me anyway.While I was there though I they brought me some ground pork and collard greens by mistake. It has been awhile since I have eaten anything by mouth but the more I sat there and stared at that good food, the more I had to try it.... LOL

I ended up eating a good bit of it but my throat hurt like crazy the next day so I am just trying a bowl of soup as I am typing this. I know I can eat jellos and stuff like that. I think the mucous may be letting up also but Im not sure so Im really leary of dairy products that may make the mucous thicker.

Anyway, I just wanted to know any suggestions to get my strenght back up or if anyone has been in this perdicament and what did you do. Dont get me wrong here, If I get too weak I will march my butt right back to the hospital but we all know that the hospital is the easiest place to catch something.

Thanks in advance yall,
Billy


Dx Mar 07 with Base Of Tongue Stage IV. IMRT 35x with 3 doses Cysplatin ran concurrent. Tx ended May 31,07. Left and right node involved. Radical neck disection 7/18/07