Oh, So Much Better!

What a difference a week makes.

I have been feeling so much better these past few days, I can't even tell you -- but I'll try. My mouth pain has subsided to almost nothing. Free of the constipating qualities of any painkillers, my guts have returned to their regular and painless functionality. Thank you all for enduring last week's unpleasantly graphic post.

With my pain all but gone, I have even ventured outside for two big walks this weekend. The cherry on the cake (or the star on the tree) is that Jeanette and I travelled across the street (literally) to little Garden Court Nurseries and purchased a Christmas tree. I was beginning to worry that I'd miss out on any Christmas cheer this year, but a festive little tree in our living room is helping to turn that around. It's also pleasing to have that pine smell replace the odour of my plastic feeding bag and the Nutren stuff I pour into it.

Feeling better is fantastic, but I'm also trying to keep my expectations in check. My medical team has told me repeatedly that I'll need to be patient during this time. So I'm not even thinking about how long it'll be before I'm free of goop in my mouth, before that patch of hair on the back of my head returns, before the radiation-burned skin on my neck clears up, or how long before the triumphant return of my taste buds. Nope. Not thinking about that at all...