Hi folks,
Just home from our consult with the GI Dr. Hubby's appt to get the PEG put in is for Friday. And YAY!!!! he gets to take Friday off from radiation. He isn't suppose to eat or drink for 6 hours prior to the procedure and that sets him up for not being properly hydrated for his shot (ethyol) and radiation. Of coarse he'll have to make up the missed day at the end of treatment. ~shrug~ still happy to have a long weekend to buff him up and get him ready for the next week. I'm hoping it will also help the ulcers on his tongue to have that extra day to heal before we start all over again. ~am I sounding too optimistic?...naaah, it's always good to look for the bright side~ Thank you, for all the advice and comments. Yes we have read all the PEG posts and hope we'll be ready for this. Hubby is not intending on using it any more then absolutely necessary but he does agree it will be needed to make sure he keeps the best possible nutrition thru all of this as possible. Right now his calorie intake is good. I just find that getting enough hydration seems to be the biggest problem right now. Just never seems to be enough wake hours to get all the fluid necessary. He sips and drinks at every turn and seems still to fall short by the end of the week. Since he is up in Chemo every day to get his ethyol shot they let us know that if he is not getting enough hydration just come in early and they'll give him some by IV. That is a big relief to know he has that as back up. I feel like all I do is push fluids, push fluids and he has to get frustrated with me but never snaps back. I have to give him all the credit he is a very good patient and I doubt I could be as good tempered as he. BIG KUDOS! to all of you that have had to go thru this. Being the caregiver might be worrisome and stressful. But being the cancer patient is such a tremendous challenge. You are all HEROES in my book!