Day #34 34 Down and 1 To Go

Day #34 Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 34 Down and only 1 TO GO.
I had another bad night sleep and it was a bad evening leading up to that. Again, it is the buikd up of mucus that is putting a strian on me. Since my saliva gland that produce the thin water arr damaged and not working, all I am getting is this thick heavy mucus. It needs the water saliva to attach to it and lead down your throat to be swallowed. It's gross but, no one said this blog was going to be reprinted in Mother Goose. This is real stuff here. Sorta like COPS for cancer patients.I have had fun writing this but now I what to give you a good feel for whats happening at the end of my traetments. As I said in yesterdays blog, this should clear up in a couple of weeks. I have to see my Speech Therapist in the next week or so. I have to get help with some exercises to help me with my speech. I also lost 1 more lbs this week. I am at 164 lbs. Dr. Holland said thats fine and I should be able to start putting on a few lbs. in the next few weeks. One of his patients lost 8 lbs in one week! Just because the RT will be finished doesn't mean that this whole ordeal is done. Now I must - learn to talk, eat, drink, and brush my teeth all over again. Remember, I only have 1/4 of my tongue left. There is something there but it's not a tongue. at this time my mouth will only open just enough to get my index finger between my teeth. I have to exercise my jaw to get that baby opening wide enough to put a fork or spoon in it. This will be very important over the next couple of months. If I let scare tissue build up in these areas, I will never be able to regain use of those muscles. So, I will have to focus on: jaw, neck ( from side to side) and tongue. I have to exercise my tongue by sicking it out as far as I can. Funny thing is that my tongue will never even be able to go past my lips. But , I must keep exercising it to build up the muslces. Okay , That's it for today. I juts tried to have a sip of chocolate milk and I almost chocked on my laptop. I am going to go see if I can have some water. I did drink about 6 oz. of water today on the way to RT. I need to get about 8 oz more before bedtime.
Oh By The Way 34 DOWN AND ONLY 1 TO GO