This will be a brief update. I will have more to tell tomorrow. Things are still going ok here.
About a week ago I had a few days with no nausea and thought my appetite was coming back. This week was a bit of a setback. Nausea returned in a big way. Some new meds seem to be helping with managing the need to spew, but my appetite is gone again. My intake consists of watermelon, cucumbers and carnation instant breakfast (milk chocolate) drinks.
I would like to tell the folks at Carnation that if not for your drinks... I'd be in rough shape now.
It is possible this nausea is a symptom of graft vs host. So tomorrow they are going to scope my upper GI and biopsy if needed. It will be good to have answers. I don't quite understand why they have to go in rectaly, but it is probably Mayo just doing a thorough job like always. (ok... So maybe it is not done that way)
I'm down to 235 pounds.... If anyone is keeping track. I've stopped taking the magnesium pills. I tried to tell everyone that I'm just not absorbing those pills. Now that I am on the self infusions, my magnesium is stable. Now, if only we had done that a month earlier.
I'll add more tomorrow if anything comes up. Good night all.
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