Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

[JustJo]

Hello everyone,

Just a quick Mom update....she's actually doing a bit better. We got her off the morphine and on lortabs (think that's right) and it seems to have helped. The fatigue and dizziness is diminishing and her appetite is much improved. We mix her drinks with half Pedialyte, and the dehydration is also much improved as a result.

She still gets (and needs) 12 hours of TPN each night, but we're managing to get about 1,000 - 1,200 calories of real food into her every day, and of a wide variety of things. The nausea is 90% gone....and she's very very slowly beginning to gain a little weight.

She still could not live alone at this point (and probably never again), but she is far more comfortable than she was....which makes us both feel better.

She actually got up this morning, made herself some hot chocolate, and was enjoying it out on the patio.

[Countyfem]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Hello everyone,

Just a quick Mom update....she's actually doing a bit better. We got her off the morphine and on lortabs (think that's right) and it seems to have helped. The fatigue and dizziness is diminishing and her appetite is much improved. We mix her drinks with half Pedialyte, and the dehydration is also much improved as a result.

She still gets (and needs) 12 hours of TPN each night, but we're managing to get about 1,000 - 1,200 calories of real food into her every day, and of a wide variety of things. The nausea is 90% gone....and she's very very slowly beginning to gain a little weight.

She still could not live alone at this point (and probably never again), but she is far more comfortable than she was....which makes us both feel better.

She actually got up this morning, made herself some hot chocolate, and was enjoying it out on the patio.

That's great news Jo, I hope you both can enjoy this time together.