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Season's Greetings, one and all
for now we have said goodbye to Fall
Well....we have all learned that life is about waiting....yuk...
at least Mary had her test, I was thinking of her...
I remember being "daffy" from the meds given to me for that tset.
Maybe it won't be too long before you hear a report...
how is she doing?
Thank you Shirley Sis'
I have told-her several times
~that
"no news is good news"
~that
"we worry most, regarding the unknown and so-many possibilities"
~and that
"once we know what the problem is
we can discover some way to control it's ability, to affect her so"
Mary is learning to CHOOSE, what [?] is LESS-LIKELY
to stimulate the horrible symptoms
The Technician asked Mary, which food item seemed to affect her MOST
and before Mary could reply
he proffered.... "Bread, Potatoes, Cake" ?
to which, Mary was very-quick, to agree these were WORST offenders
Mary seems to cope okay with soups and some rice meals and, I will
on the 'next occasion'
suggest the inclusion of some croutons [home made]
Because, I feel it is 'wrong' for her to change her diet, so-completely
ie: to completely remove these starches from her diet
and might, do better to find some other way to include them [back-in]
eg. Mary could [I believe]
include potatoes within the soup
via mashed potato [as a 'thickener' or, included without bulk]
and also bread as dispersed 'breadcrumbs'
Perhaps, with these HIDDEN [in such a way] ...we can 'get around'
any adopted psychosomatic BLOCKS [?] that may prevent her 'TRYING'
~If you know a foodstuff will make you retch ...
then, you will be loathe to attempt to swallow it
and could be sick anyway [just by thinking.. about past episodes]
We have these things, to work on
In our search to find a way 'back' [to 'normal']
dave
We have another appointment 'booked' ~for 'next week'
Mary is to have a CT Scan of the same area
Perhaps, they saw little or nothing remarkable inside her tubes /stomach
and are now going to look
inside the 'meat', of those parts they examined [yesterday]
Yes. we will see [learn]
dave
add:
Perhaps, having suffered so violently
from the gagging and vomiting of those SPECIFIC ITEMS
Mary is truly fretting further-engagements [with these 'foes' to comfort]
Not 'everything' will go down the pipe [?]
Yes, Mary describes it, as:
" When I swallow, it seems as if I have taken too large of a 'bite'
and, swallowed it unchewed, and it gets 'caught' "
[*Mary eats slowly and, chews everything well]
"If then, I take a sip of liquid,
it does not pass the blockage, but simply continues to fill up the pipe
breaking wind is not possible
and the only route to recovery follows regurgitation
which is, almost always 'spontaneous' "
For 'that' she is grateful....
On the other hand, I am conversant with the 'Heimlich Maneuvre'
and CPR, my having trained with St. John's Ambulance Brigade
It is of-course, a difficult situation to have-to witness
Thus far, Mary has been coping quite well
PTL
dave
Yes, Mary describes it, as:
" When I swallow, it seems as if I have taken too large of a 'bite'
and, swallowed it unchewed, and it gets 'caught' "
[*Mary eats slowly and, chews everything well]
"If then, I take a sip of liquid,
it does not pass the blockage, but simply continues to fill up the pipe
breaking wind is not possible
and the only route to recovery follows regurgitation
which is, almost always 'spontaneous' "
For 'that' she is grateful....
On the other hand, I am conversant with the 'Heimlich Maneuvre'
and CPR, my having trained with St. John's Ambulance Brigade
It is of-course, a difficult situation to have-to witness
Thus far, Mary has been coping quite well
PTL
dave
Yep....it sounds unpleasant for sure.
I was able to get food down and it stayed down...
just was slow moving along the esophagus.
I had a friend get her esophagus "stretched"....
a common procedure I guess. :o
Hi all.
Dave, I pray the doctors find an answer soon to Mary's problems.
I imagine it's not very pleasant for her.
David and I were at a Christmas dinner last night for volunteers and others involved with the charity shop I volunteer at as well as the directors of the shop. The shop is called Girassol and you can find out about it here: www.girassolcharityshop.weebly.com . The Kellys' whom you'll see on a short video on the website have now welcomed their 4th child. They were telling us about the projects which the money from the shop has funded. It's such a blessing to be involved.
Doing a bit of taxiing today- picked up son from Asda earlier and will be doing the same from the sports forum later, then heading to KFC for takeaway tea.
Have a great day!
Gillian
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