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Who takes care of the caretaker?
Suu (parody account):
He's home now.
Diagnoses:
-Neutropenia among other crashed blood counts. Needed 3 bags of B+.
-Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance because of hypermotility, was basically on banana bags the entire week.
-Malnutrition and extreme weight loss, because fuck listening to your wife when she said Campbell's chicken and rice isn't enough. He started hallucinating when his brain ran out of fats.
His hip is causing a lot of pain again, so we're moving forward with planning for the replacement. He's now on very high calorie Boost shakes on top of good bulking foods like rice, and now has at-home physical therapy starting today, PLUS prednisone to make him gain weight rapidly.
Anna Mae Bollocks:
Campbell's chicken and rice is basically salty water with bits of crap floating here and there. :eek:
Good to hear he's on the shakes, anyway.
Suu (parody account):
--- Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on December 30, 2022, 11:34:30 pm ---Campbell's chicken and rice is basically salty water with bits of crap floating here and there. :eek:
Good to hear he's on the shakes, anyway.
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It tastes like wanting to feel better as a child. I get it, but it's not nutrient dense. He consumed enough calories for the day at breakfast and lunch, not including snacks and dinner. I am no longer fucking around and he is no longer allowed to complain.
Anna Mae Bollocks:
--- Quote from: Suu (parody account) on December 31, 2022, 04:32:19 am ---It tastes like wanting to feel better as a child.
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Ah, yeah. For me that would be metallic Hawaiian Punch from a can. It's all "I don't have to go to school and Mom will fetch me anything I need." It's just sugar water and dye and fake flavoring. Quite possibly worse than Campbell's. But if they still put it in cans I'd probably keep some on hand for sick days.
--- Quote ---I get it, but it's not nutrient dense. He consumed enough calories for the day at breakfast and lunch, not including snacks and dinner. I am no longer fucking around and he is no longer allowed to complain.
--- End quote ---
It sounds like nobody's at "Let him do what he wants." So there's that. It's not much but it's something.
Suu (parody account):
--- Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on December 31, 2022, 02:23:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: Suu (parody account) on December 31, 2022, 04:32:19 am ---It tastes like wanting to feel better as a child.
--- End quote ---
Ah, yeah. For me that would be metallic Hawaiian Punch from a can. It's all "I don't have to go to school and Mom will fetch me anything I need." It's just sugar water and dye and fake flavoring. Quite possibly worse than Campbell's. But if they still put it in cans I'd probably keep some on hand for sick days.
--- Quote ---I get it, but it's not nutrient dense. He consumed enough calories for the day at breakfast and lunch, not including snacks and dinner. I am no longer fucking around and he is no longer allowed to complain.
--- End quote ---
It sounds like nobody's at "Let him do what he wants." So there's that. It's not much but it's something.
--- End quote ---
Honestly I seriously thought he was starting to give up this go. When he told me he was starting to see things and that he no longer had a center or bearings of "up" and "down", I was fucking terrified it was in his brain. This type of cancer very rarely metastasizes to the brain but it would be my overachieving husband to pull it off. All scans were clear, and nutrition was like, 'TOLD YOU SO'. I wasn't read the riot act or anything, but now he's learning the importance of calories. I make sure he has his daily intake by lunch, anything after that is to gain weight.
This chemo is a fucking cruel beast, though, so while he got to skip this round, he still needs more. That was only round 3 of this new line. Round 3. Out of a potential 12. He should have finished his first line by now but it stopped working. This one is working, it's just far, far more toxic.
This is going to be a fucking ride.
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