Originally published 3/5/13
Not sure what to make of today, its been a odd sort of day. Tiredness has gotten at me again, not sure why, I was ok this morning – but this afternoon I have felt shattered. I’ve not done a massive amount, but nonetheless I have felt really tired.
This is one of those times that I hate having this damned cancer, I’m not in control. I do wonder if I am missing something from my diet – given the limited scope on the kinds of foods I can eat it wouldn’t surprise me, especially whilst I am still adjusting. The hospital dietician has given me a prescription for fortified drinks – they use these to supplement your diet when, for any reason, you can’t eat normally. I was given these at whilst at the hospital, usually three or four a day, which I thought was excessive – in fact I was surprised that the dietician was trying to get three thousand calories a day into me whilst I was there, if I had eaten that amount before the cancer then I would have piled on the weight massively. Here I am, three weeks after the operation, trying to increase my calorie intake because I seem to be getting overtired on a daily basis.
Anyway, the smoothie seems to help and I now have a new supply of the fortified drinks from the dietician, in fact I have something like 150 of the darned things stacked up in the garage, so I’m hopeful that making use of them is going to help.
I am looking forward to meeting up with friends this weekend, a chance to go to the cinema with a mate, some more normality.
