I'm in Idaho! Arrived last night to stay with Dorene for the week while Matt makes a business trip. It is great to be here again and have time with Dorene. :-)
Because Dorene's inability to eat had continued to only get worse (she was down to 95 lbs), I on the advice and guidance of a good friend, Elise, contacted a couple of people to ask more questions. One was a very kind lady in Alaska who works for the palliative care unit at Providence, the other is a woman in the Nutrition Department of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Gretchen, from Fred Hutch arranged a conference call with she, myself and Dorene last Monday. We had questions to ask about appetite stimulants and foods to help Dorene. With her guidance and a little research on our own to aleve us of bad side effect concerns Dorene decided to try Megace. She received her prescription started taking it last Thursday and by Friday night Dorene was calling me crying because she was eating! Not only eating but the food tasted good to her and she wanted it!
This is monumental news!! Dorene has been wasting away these last few months. It has been torturous for her to go through and torturous to watch. She has had to force every bite down with it tasting like she was eating a chemical and after that she was throwing up much of what little she could get down. Megace is a God Send!!
This afternoon, after dropping Matt off at the airport Dorene even wanted to go to Red Robin where she promptly inhaled a Teriyaki Burger! :-) She ate every bite and they are BIG burgers. She said it tasted wonderful to her and she felt like she couldn't eat it fast enough... like she hadn't eaten in a year (which was practically true). It was a wonderful experience. Made us both very happy! We thanked God for the meal.
Dorene is sitting here next to me on the couch while I'm typing this and I asked her how she felt and she said FULL, she said her bellie hurts and I asked if it was good hurt or bad hurt... she said it is like Thanksgiving Full Hurt. :-) She said that with a smile. :-)
Dorene is very grateful for this improvement as we all are. She is eating and taking her vitamins and doesn't have to drink slimy Ensures every night! :-) We even brought home some of Red Robin's cupcake deserts for a snack later. :-)
Here is a photo of Dorene waiting for her Monster Burger... :-)
Because Dorene's inability to eat had continued to only get worse (she was down to 95 lbs), I on the advice and guidance of a good friend, Elise, contacted a couple of people to ask more questions. One was a very kind lady in Alaska who works for the palliative care unit at Providence, the other is a woman in the Nutrition Department of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Gretchen, from Fred Hutch arranged a conference call with she, myself and Dorene last Monday. We had questions to ask about appetite stimulants and foods to help Dorene. With her guidance and a little research on our own to aleve us of bad side effect concerns Dorene decided to try Megace. She received her prescription started taking it last Thursday and by Friday night Dorene was calling me crying because she was eating! Not only eating but the food tasted good to her and she wanted it!
This is monumental news!! Dorene has been wasting away these last few months. It has been torturous for her to go through and torturous to watch. She has had to force every bite down with it tasting like she was eating a chemical and after that she was throwing up much of what little she could get down. Megace is a God Send!!
This afternoon, after dropping Matt off at the airport Dorene even wanted to go to Red Robin where she promptly inhaled a Teriyaki Burger! :-) She ate every bite and they are BIG burgers. She said it tasted wonderful to her and she felt like she couldn't eat it fast enough... like she hadn't eaten in a year (which was practically true). It was a wonderful experience. Made us both very happy! We thanked God for the meal.
Dorene is sitting here next to me on the couch while I'm typing this and I asked her how she felt and she said FULL, she said her bellie hurts and I asked if it was good hurt or bad hurt... she said it is like Thanksgiving Full Hurt. :-) She said that with a smile. :-)
Dorene is very grateful for this improvement as we all are. She is eating and taking her vitamins and doesn't have to drink slimy Ensures every night! :-) We even brought home some of Red Robin's cupcake deserts for a snack later. :-)
Here is a photo of Dorene waiting for her Monster Burger... :-)
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