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The main
“complaints” I have had recently were that George was still having signs of
edema – mainly in his feet. He also was
having continued problems with his breathing.
The other major complaint was getting enough calories in his system to
help him build energy. I was lucky if he
ate 400-500 calories a day. Most days I
would estimate it to be under 400!
I contacted
the oncologist via George’s online messaging system and told him about the
eating issue. He recommended an appetite
stimulant which we finally got prescribed yesterday.
For the
edema I made George contact his surgeon to discuss the issue and, on the
surgeon’s request, called their office to get a medication to help with
that. s
So we have
added two medications in the past day and a half… and they appear to be
working. The edema in George’s feet
appears to be lessening (not only from the medication but from the “physical
therapy” I have him doing). His
breathing is still labored – and he tires just walking from one room to the
next. We see the surgeon on Friday and
will get that checked out a little further.
The
medication for the appetite is working as George did spend some time
“scrounging” for food. He snacked on
crackers in between meals. He ate a
rather good dinner tonight. Every little
bit helps.
I asked
George about how much time he spent out of his chair today and he replied “five
minutes”. I told him he should be doing
more than that in a day. I encouraged
him to walk around outside tomorrow as the weather has been very nice (and it
is supposed to rain on Friday). He needs
to get on his feet and get his muscles working!! I know he had a big surgery but it has been a
month now (can you believe it) – and feel that five minutes of getting up and
moving around is not very much for this point in recovery. I wonder if the surgeon will agree.
Tomorrow
evening we get labs done for the Friday appointment. It will be interesting to see how different
they are from last week’s. We should see
some good improvement.
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