A very different week

Tom is having a very good week. He has more energy, much less nausea. We met with the Naturopath this week and Tom was very excited to hear her list all of his chemo side effects and offer a potential solution for each of them. We spent the rest of that day running around finding strange potions and powders, some of which poor Tom finds pretty nasty.

At this point the biggest daily problem is food, his taste buds are way out of whack. He has eaten so little over the last two months, that even when he finds something that tastes good to him he doesn't have much capacity. Tubby Tom has lost more than forty pounds. Two and a half months ago Tom was on Weight Watchers, now I'm pushing ice cream, cheese, pudding, oil, butter. Come on Tom, have some Tater Tots with ranch! Can I bring you home a milkshake?

Tom is even sticking a toe in the water of work. Monday we stopped by his office to visit the guys, hugs all around! It was great for him to see them and hear what was going on. Last night Tom had a long phone conversation with his new boss Kirk, they talked about Tom beginning to work on some projects.

More chemo next Tuesday.