We had been planning on getting away for a few days to our house in LaGrande.
A few days before we intended to leave I developed a mouth sore. This didn’t particularly concern me because I often get mouth sores after eating a lot of pineapple and oranges, which I had recently done.
The folks at Pacific Oncology weren’t particularly concerned either, at first. Though severe mouth sores are a potential side effect of chemo, they thought it was OK since I get these sores all the time.
The next day, when I got a second sore, they became very concerned.
So concerned that they DISCONNECTED ME FROM PICARD.
Now to anyone else this might be like “Oh, that must be nice for Gary”. For me it was like “OH MY GOD!!! I’M FREE FROM PICARD FOR SIX DAYS!!! IN LAGRANDE!!! FOR SIX DAYS!!! I’M FREE!!! HOORAY!!!”.
In other words, I was quite pleased.
They set me up with two kinds of super duper mouth wash in case I had any further problems, then sent us on our way.
We just got back yesterday. It was a wonderful vacation.
Well, as wonderful as it can get when you have the cancer cloud hovering over your head. But it was wonderful none-the-less.
On Wednesday I will get reconnected to Picard. I’ll be at Pacific Oncology all day since this is my day for the next super duper treatment.
Since my symptoms from the last super duper chemo blast seem to have stemmed from dehydration, I will be going back in on Friday to get additional IV fluids. With luck, this will eliminate the problems I had last time with swallowing.
It’s amazing how many calories chemo burns. To keep from losing too much weight it is necessary to dramatically boost calorie intake. This has the effect of converting eating lots of ice cream from being a vice to a virtue.
I am being very virtuous. I am planning on being even more virtuous in the near future.
So glad you got over to eastern Oregon for a break. I hope the house there was all you expected and more. But gee, you must really miss Picard! Good luck with the refill tomorrow! Picard will be so pleased.
I think that your ice cream should probably include
toppings. Considering the fact that this guy is the coauthor of a book on Wisconsin’s master cheesemakers, his recommendations must be good.
http://www.chow.com/stories/11912
Hi Gary,
I am glad you got a vacation. Try Lambs butter cream cakes too. I certainly add weight with them, unfortunately.
I put Clarence and Verna on aplane today for Sweden, where they will be for 2.5 weeks.They are excited!
All is well at the pool. Foster asked about you.
JOHN
Linda – The La Grande visit was wonderful. It’s too bad all of the woodwork wasn’t installed when we got there, but it should be all finished by our next visit. As you may have seen by my latest post, Picard is sitting in a drawer at Pacific Oncology. I hope he isn’t too sad, but I’m sure he’ll get over it.
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Marcia – I watched the video. I’m going to stick with fresh Oregon strawberries for my ice cream topping. They can’t be beat.
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John – Tell Foster I am doing extremely well, all things considered. I am confident Sweden will eventually recover from Clarence’s visit. Perhaps he’ll straighten them out about the errors of their ways in having a socialist medical system. He will no doubt explain to them how superior Medicare is to a system run by the government.