Last week, I was humming along steadily with my body feeling positively electric: numerous wires, tubes and devices were attached in various places to transport the good stuff in and the bad stuff out.
This week, I’ve gradually been going unplugged: dropping two drain tubes & bottles, the airhose (phew), the Swedish Nose, and today 3 more plugs plus a round of stitches out. That leaves just one tube to go (the one going through my Real Nose). It is currently employed to feed me Fortisip, my “High Energy, Nutritionally Complete Dietary Supplement”. I am fed it overnight and in between my puree (main) meals. As I write this I’m being fed a round of Fortisip Banana, which could only be described as ‘relatively delicious’.
Eating is a bit laborious for me due to the nose/throat tube and the still-healing throat. It’s not really painful; just painfully slow. Today’s puree lunch took me about 60 minutes to consume in full, despite feeling hungry!
So, I’m feeling well nourished, but I am looking forward to Thursday when we expect to go Unplugged…
Nick
p.s. thanks all for your messages – I’m sorry I’m out of time today to reply to you all, but rest assured they are coming through loud & clear and are much appreciated!