The thin me

To the left is the new thin me!

I am sorry to inform everyone that my Mom passed away on June 11, 2006. She was a wonderful and loving mother and even better grandmother. She is truely missed.

On the brighter side of things: I am supposed to have my feeding tube removed June 28th. I have not used it for about 2 weeks now. My taste buds are still playing tricks on me but more foods are having some sort of good taste. I have had a full slice of pizza that tasted better than cardboard with topping. I am on a protein powder to help me gain and/or maintain my weight. I mix the powder with milk and add strawberry syrup to make it taste good. Strawberry and berry foods still taste the best to me. I now weigh 172 pounds. I think I look great but Weasle says I am too thin. No one has ever told me I was too thin !!! It has always been the opposite.

My swallowing seems to be becoming more difficult again, so the doctors are thinking about stretching my esophagus once more. I am setting up for some tests to have this checked out. I still have sores in my mouth and throat and have problems with hoarseness until around 12:00 noon. My doctor says that this is to be expected (as he says about everything).

Thanks to everyone for their prayers and support

Randy (cancer free boy)