Paul and Steph headed back to Rochester after a quick trip home to Larimore.
An odd piece of gastronomical news: Paul's abdomen fills up with fluid, which makes quite a dent in his appetite. He knows he needs to eat to keep up his strength, however. He's discovered that Ensure/Ice Cream shakes go down, he also discovered that White Castle burgers hit the spot. So, he's doing the senior citizen/Harold & Kumar food plan. Whatever works!
At Paul's appointment today, he learned that the primary source of his cancer is the lung. Fortunately, they were able to get Paul into a pulmonary oncologist tomorrow morning. This is hopefully where a treatment plan will get hammered out.
He and Steph took home several pounds of informational literature about cancer, chemotherapy, and other medical "stuff." That will make for some light reading tonight.
Paul feels quite certain that he has a lot of praying going on for him. I am certain he's right. Please keep Paul Daniel, Steph, Emma, and Sarah in your prayers. Pray for those doctors too. We want those doctors to be at the very top of their games when dealing with Paul!
We are all praying for you. My friends are and they have put you and your family on their prayer lists. There is no doubt in my mind that you are going to beat this!
ReplyDeleteNever sell short the healing power of the slider. Buy them by the sack. Our prayers are with you today as always.
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I send you a little more energy and a smile. x x
ReplyDeleteStephanie, If you're trying different smoothies a rice-milk based one may an alternative to dairy. Dairy in the diet is an area of research to follow regarding cancer recovery, there might be some negatives - same for soy, I don't touch any processed soy anymore after doing my own research. I add rice protein powder from non-GMNO sprouted brown rice to my rice milk smoothies. The only dairy that I do is adding sweet dairy whey to my smoothies, which is mostly a sugar and has little "dairy" in it - intestinal flora love it (they also love inulin). Consider downing 3-4 of a variety of probiotic bacteria capsules with smoothies, good healthy gut flora is essential to a strong immune system.
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