So, the news from Portland seems to be fairly positive. Cheryl got both an endoscopy and a CAT scan today ("so what kind of cat do they use for that, har har"), and the results were, at the very least, not negative: the tumors in her stomach are not blocking the exit to her stomach, and the CAT scan revealed no blockage in her small intestine, as possibly feared.
What the gastroenterologist thinks might be happening is the tummy tumors are causing the muscles responsible for moving food down into the small intestine to spasm at inappropriate times, and that's causing the problems with nausea and vomiting.
Cheryl is, last time I talked to her, feeling much better, getting an IV full of fluids and nutrition, and they'll be trying yet another anti-nauseal which may relax those cranky tummy muscles, although she won't be home for another few days yet.
I finally got tired of eating popcorn and canned chili for dinner and decided to utilize my once vaunted cooking skills, thawing out some frozen fish that needed to be used up and improvising a tilipia piccata (with capers, no less) which was surprisingly tasty. I'll probably make me a monster pot of chorizo-and-black-bean chili for tomorrow to last me the upcoming week - I really do need to be cutting down on all the pizza for breakfast/lunch/dinner/midnight snack I've been chowing down on lately...
Dave
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Dave,
You and I haven't met. I met and worked with Cheryl in Jemez Springs, NM. I've been following your saga and just want to say, I'm thinking about you both and sending all the good thoughts I have your way. Tell Cheryl I said hi and that I never looked at groundstone the same after meeting her.
Teresa
Good, time to hide those pizza boxes and start eating some good meals. Tilipa is really easy to make, it goes with just about anything, lemon, salsa, or just dill.
Mike and I are sending our positive thoughts, and trying to teach the cats, sheep, one pigeon, one turtle, and bees the art of positive mediation. I'll keep you updated on our progress.
Cheers, and good weather,
Yvonne and Micheal.
Oy! Stop eating the Pizza (send any leftovers to me).
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