With the stent fitted eating is definitely becoming easier. The diet is still soft but the food is going down without retching over a sink every few mouthfuls. Believe me that is a huge improvement and exerts much less of a day to day toll on the body.
The stent will take a while to settle into the body though, so I have the spin-off pain to deal with. 1 gram of dissolvable paracetamol four times a day doesn't even come close. To put that in perspective, Lemsip flu strength is 650mg. I have been advised that, even though I am not keen on the oral morphine, I should take a little before bed every evening to have a fighting chance of a good night sleep.
Overall the experience is positive and it is early days yet.
A definite positive over the last day is that one of our neighbours kindly brought over some homemade soup for me last night. Said lady is French and fits the stereotype of being a very good cook. Suffice to say that I have been thoroughly enjoying the soup and there is another batch on the way.
I am looking forward to the mash challenge tonight. In days of old that might have been eighteen hours in Ibiza non-stop with Notoplip. Now that means that I will be attempting to eat some mashed potato.
How the mighty have fallen!
The Crazy Frog is actually gratefull that someone is appreciative of her soup...nice change from Frogleg 1 & Froleg 2 complaing throughout the whole eating of theirs!!
ReplyDeleteSince I have now got myself a happy customer your main risk is to get a daily batch...Could I interet you in my famous Courgette flan??? x
Crazy Frog, I am a VERY satisfield customer with the soup but I am afraid that a flan is too much to ask of the stent.
ReplyDeleteI am just a big old softie at the moment whether in spirit or in foods :-)
Can't compete with the Crazy Frog but marmite stirred into the mashed potato... well I suppose it depends on whether you like marmite?
ReplyDeleteMaybe a Jewish mam with chicken soup would be more beneficial than a Welsh mam with cawl at the moment, but I am sure that French soup will taste like nectar and will do you just as good. Love from Cymraes X
ReplyDeleteKitten and the children like marmite, but I really can't stand it.
ReplyDeleteEvery man has the duty to eye his Mrs food up when he has finished his plate and I was once guilty of casting sideways glances at Kitten's sandwich.
She offered it to me perhaps a little too readily and I accepted without thinking. I took a big bite and realised that it was marmite.
How she laughed and how I rinsed my mouth for the next ten minutes.
Something we definitely have in common! I HATE Marmite. Maybe it is because we didn't have it as kids?
ReplyDeleteLove from TC
xxx
tee hee hee
ReplyDeleteYou either love it or hate it.
And I love that you ate it but hate it!!!! xxx