I was diagnosed with incurable rectal cancer in July 2008. This is my diary of the battle against the cancer.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Family visiting
Again, lots of thanks to my loving wife for taking care of me and the blog. Times have been pretty tough lately but I am definitely doing better now. Appetite is improving though my weight is still under 70 kg and I need to focus on eating as often as I can. At the moment the biggest challenges are insomnia (just can fall asleep at night) and constipation that I'm getting from pain killers and anti-nausea medicine I'm taking. There is a medicine for that as well so at the moment there are lots of various drugs I keep taking. I also tend to get fever and chills during afternoons and evenings but it goes away after a few hours. I've felt quite well during the days though so that's something positive.
Today I grabbed the car and went for a hamburger lunch with a friend. I managed to eat half of it and brought the other half with me home to Marjo. Then I dropped by in some stores and did a little bit of shopping before returning home to rest on the couch.
My parents and my youngest sister visited for a few days this week. We kept the kids home from daycare and had a good time at home talking a lot of Norwegian. It was great to see them all again and equally sad when they left. I was luckily in quite a good shape and able to socialize. Well at least a bit I think.
I do admit I feel grumpier nowadays with all these issues going on for so long so you'll have to excuse me if I don't pick up the phone or return your messages. I still very much appreciate all you support and comforting messages and there's been so many of them.
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I am really really happy to know that you feel a bit better !!!
Half a burger! that's impressive! I can't eat a whole one myself even today :)
And don't ever worry about returning phone calls or messages, I may not know all your friends, but I am pretty sure that I can speak for them that there is "no conditions" of our friendship!
As long as you keep getting better everyday, we are all happy aboout that!
Still praying for you :)
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