Wednesday we had an appointment with the nutritionist and one of the gastro doctors. Everything went really well. They had originally scheduled those appointments because for a short time Bob had a feeding tube down his nose to his stomach. But that came out after only a week when they put the stint in his throat. But also, since this is a cancer of the gastric system, they wanted to follow up as well. Bob was having a lot of trouble eating at first, and had lost around 35 pounds.
So at yesterday's appointment everything was greatly improved though. Bob has gained 8 pounds, and we were really glad for that. One of the most important things for someone who is undergoing chemo to do is to get proper nutrition and keep their weight up. When he had dropped the 35 pounds, I was getting very worried. Now that he's headed the other way, I feel a lot better.
They were also happy that he has been eating so well. They even told us that we don't have to schedule another appointment with them unless something changes or we want to. So that's at least one doctor we don't have to see for awhile. Anyway, we were really happy that there have been some improvements.
Tomorrow we see the oncologist for a checkup. I'll try to post tomorrow sometime about how that went.
Later, Carol
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