Yes Azz, as a Type I Diabetic for 42 years I eat sensible anyway, in fact exactly what is on the Paleo diet, but sometimes my sugar levels go up very high if I eat fresh fruit, especially bananas.
1 Like
Well, we have enjoyed different kinds of foods, maybe more variety than than others have. You have tried Alligator ?
1 Like
Time is precious now, for you and Mrs Mart together. Enjoy it the best you can Mart. My mum was terminal, the same … and she had another 8 months with her family. Precious time for us. Enjoy each other and love to be with the ones you love.
X
4 Likes
That’s good Susie 
And you’re right, bananas can be quite high in sugar content, I think maybe because they are sprayed and dipped and not really like ‘natural’ bananas anymore : /
I’ve not Mac… but eating a variety of foods is really good. Not like our modern diets now which are not very varied at all…
To be honest if you have a terminal diagnosis you should eat whatever you have an appetite for and enjoy yourself as much as you can.
1 Like
So happy you have caught us up on your illness, but sad news that you aren’t able to do much. Know we are all thinking of you, and wishing we could help in some way.
Great big hugs to you and Mrs. Mart.
2 Likes
I carry on. The most painful part of hospital last week was the necessity for a Nephrostomy tube change. Normally done while laying on my front but I couldn’t do that this time. I could only lay on my side, making it really painful to get that way and very difficult for the medical team doing the job. My back pain being the problem. The cancer has set in on the pelvic bone so I’m told. Probably the reason why.
I actually wasn’t too bad on the day of discharge. The blockage in my intestine had been solved by way of much liquid laxative but is still being a problem. A liquid diet was fed to me at the hospital. I’m trying to keep that up to a degree now I’m home by having food liquidised. Still a painful business though. I have a good appetite but shouldn’t keep shovelling food in while the digestive system isn’t working well.
Getting up in the morning is very groan-worthy, although just laying in bed is fairly comfortable. It’s when I come to sit up that the pain starts and it takes a while to straighten up. I don’t know why that has set in so badly. I was OK enough in the hospital to walk around the ward a bit. It may have been the trip home when the damage occurred. Getting dressed and the journey in the car maybe. Then getting bedded down at home. Our son helped me with getting shoes and sock on and off so I didn’t especially need to bend around all that much. Anyway, it has become my severest problem at present whatever the reason.
I have taken 3ml of Oxycodol to get comfortable enough to get to the computer. Wrapped up in blankets like a real old man …but it’s just so boring keeping on laying down and I know I need to keep moving as much as I can. Our daughter will be arriving from Spain come mid-week. She will be staying on an open ticket and be a big help in relieving the burden I’m placing on Mrs mart. Thanks for putting up with my ramblings. 
4 Likes
ref the back pain at home, perhaps they need to get you a hospital bed with a hoist, as could simply be that your mattress may be too soft or the bed too low with insuficient support.
Hope your good friends are still making you the delicious soup Mart. It’s good that you have an appetite.
3 Likes
Not sure if it’d help you Mart but an enema is usually consider a very safe alternative to a laxative - pharmaceutical laxatives come with all sorts of potential and serious side effects. Enemas go back to the ancient Egyptians… apparently Cleopatra was a fan of them 
I hope you feel better soon Mart 
I did have an enema. It all helps. I’ve managed to get upright this morning and ‘been’ twice. Still painful but the returns were worth it.
I think the time has come to stop worrying about what’s good or bad for me. It could all be a little late for that. Just and try and concentrate on any pain relief I can get. That was the opinion of the Phyllis Tuckwell nurse.
Phyllis Tuckwell are discussing putting together a precautionary emergency pack of drugs to keep in hand because the bad times often happen at awkward times like the weekends when no immediate help is at hand. They can come out and administer the drugs according to instructions but not prescribe them.
I’m going to try and stay up for some time and settle into the back pain.
4 Likes
@mart Pain management has to be your priority now Mart … sounds a good idea to get an emergency pack together.
Getting up and about a bit each day is good too. Doesn’t matter if you don’t go far … How’s your appetite?
1 Like