Hi all, Marcia here with an update.
After two months of needing to be hooked up to bags, bottles, tubes, and any number of other devices, Gary is officially unhooked. No more TPN. This means he is on his own when it comes to meeting his nutritional needs. Tube feeding is still available as a backup, but it would require replacing his tube as the “wire thing” (obviously a highly sophisticated medical device) needed to repair his existing one was not available when they visited Dr. Tseng’s office today.
All of this means that Gary is one step closer to starting chemo again. He starts next Wednesday. Between now and then he will concentrate on eating as much as his appetite and stomach will allow, and on maintaining, if not increasing, his weight. Go Gary go!
I’m doing the no more TPN dance!!!
What Marcia said! Go, Gary, go! Rah, rah, sis boom ba! More feeling good and no more feeling icky.
So am I. I think I’m done with TPN for good. Or at least I hope so.
I’m sure feeling good today. I think being off the TPN is making a significant difference.
Wonderful news!