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April 29 JUST AN UPDATEWe both are hanging in there. Stacey is doing well on weight watchers and I am maintaining by just watching what I eat. I haven't exercised for quite some time now. Dad has not been real good like before. He has gotten dehydrated twice in the past week and we are having a very hard time getting him to eat. He does have his real good days when he actually eats, mows the lawn, and stays awake all day with no pain meds. However, it is usually from Saturday thru Tuesdays when he is at his worst. We are just hoping the bad days aren't discouraging enough for him to want to give up. The radiation doc. says after today he will be getting 10 more treatments. This also means he will be getting 3 more chemo treatments in this regiman. Then he will get a 3 wk. break and get another chemo but doing this for 3 more times with the breaks in between.
We hope all of you are doing well in your journeys, we will keep in touch and get in high gear when it is feesible. Have a Blessed Day.
~ Wendy April 14 HOW TIME DOES FLYWOW, it has really been a long time since either of us have blogged. I am sure you are all wondering how we are doing and to be honest, not so good. The weight loss journey has taken a back burner in our lives. We are still trying to eat healthy, and it would seem what our bodies are telling us now is that we will just maintain our weight until we can get a handle on our emotions concerning our dad. As for dad, he has had 14 radiation treatments so far and 3 chemo treatments. He is starting to show the side effects that come with the chemo. Dad has been switching between Jack and myself for the time during the week for treatments and then going home on the weekends. He has been extremely tired the past 4 days. I surprised him yesterday by bringing his 80 yr. old sister to his house to visit...he politely excused himself and went back to bed. ( Very unlike dad ) Stacey, Jack, and I have been going up to his house each weekend that we can...there is always at least one of us there. This past weekend, Jack and Stacey were there and worked in his yard for him and then I came up on Sunday with my Aunt. We have been trying to keep dads weight up and it has been quite a challenge. For example, on a Thurs. he was weighed at his radiation appt. - 168 - and then just 4 days later on Monday they weighed him again - 161 ! That is a HUGE loss in such a short time. We were able to get him back up to 165 last week but this morn at the radiation he was down to 159. He seems to lose weight when he has had the chemo in his system for a couple of days. We have also done some research on chemo and the effects that herbs can do to help. We have him on Ginsing, Astragalus, Vitamin C, Iron, and Muscle Milk for protein. They all have seemed to be helping.
We do THANK all of you for your thoughts and prayers! We believe the prayers and good wishes are working in a powerful way. Even dad has commented about everyones prayers working miracles because he feels much better then he thought he would. We will keep in touch as much as we can to keep you all up to date. Until then, God Bless and keep up the great work on your journeys.
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