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George’s
week off of work is going pretty well so far.
He has figured out ways to manage his time during the day so that he is
not sitting around and thinking…
Today he
spent time, again, with friend Keith.
They ran a couple of errands after George finished filing his State
Disability paperwork. Included in the
errands was a stop at a place called Cancer CarePoint. We had found out about this organization from
Sara some weeks ago. I had initially
looked at what they have to offer via online browsing. We then came across their brochure at the
oncologist’s office and the palliative care team spoke of them. This past weekend I made an inquiry to them
resulting in a phone conversation with one of their MSW staff. She had said that they are open 8-5 and
people can just stop in… so today George did.
They offer many supportive, non-medical services including support
groups for cancer patients/survivors and caregivers, massages for patients and
their families, guided meditations, counseling, nutrition advice, etc. All of this is free which impressed
George. I believe that they are probably
a heavily supported organization.
George and
Keith also stopped by my workplace and got a chance to talk to a couple of my
co-workers. Then, after an exhaustive
day (LOL!) George came home and took a
very sound nap.
Today he started on a heavy duty nutritional
supplement that the surgeon requested him to take. It is called Impact Recovery supplement. Calorie-wise it is not super high but it is
high in other nutrients that the surgeon says will greatly aid George
post-surgery. He says that it takes like
household lint (I am not sure how he knows what that tastes like?!?!) so he
adds chocolate sauce and ice to it and/or a banana and it is more
palatable.
One week
from today George should be on his way out of the ICU and into the regular area
of the hospital. The surgery will be one
day behind us!
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