That's music to my ears Trev.

Thank you SO MUCH.

I think mum's NG tube is beginning to annoy her too - which I'm quite pleased about in a funny way. It means she is ready both physically and psychologically to have the thing removed.

Keep the news coming please !!

Hi! Winnie
Well things were going along swimmingly when Deb served up a beautiful Roast Lamb with Roast Potatoes, Carrot, Onion and Beans with gravy, it was absolutely yummy WELL it would have been BUT everything that was roasted just stuck to the inside of my mouth(the beans were OK) and even with copious water it stayed put. Well Deb had a big meal "Lucky Deb", so I had to resort to cold meat and salad but with that aside I am getting more down every day so thats cool.
Tell your Mum to hang in there as all good things come to us good ones, give her my love
TREV

Hi Debbie,
Kindly stop Trev from making life difficult for me with giving all the details of the great food you are cooking up for him. On the other hand- I feel great that he can eat normal food once again and he deserves his success.

Lets see my date with the doctors is day after tomorrow and I have made it an issue that I do not have time to waste and if I am given a time, I expect to be looked after at that time and not just wait around. They will check on how much damage the cancer has already created and possibly a time slot which no other doctor has given me so far ( or do not want to - guess they want it to be a surprise - like a surprise birthday party?? ). I am already living a beautiful life - full to its brim and enjoying it ever so much with so much family and friends here in Barcelona. Sonya and the boys - to who I speak to everyday are still on the cruise and will dock in Mumbai only around the 20th. after celebrating new years on board the ship. They are enjoying their time on the cruise as they manage to see things which even I have not seen till date! I am really not sure as to when I will return to India and at the moment I do not want to even think about it. I have never felt more at home here then ever in India and it has more to do with the way things and the pace at which they move. In India the system is -what can be done right now -leave it for later and the later becomes tomorrow and tomorrow becomes a week and carries on. I feel sorry for the people after all I too am an Indian by birth but thats life and culture for you.

Love you Deb. Take care Trev and keep your weight in check and enjoy every bit of food that you had missed out for so long. Get Deb to make the sxtra special dishes that you may have missed out on and stay away from the TV meals.

Lots of kisses and bear hugs to both of you and I am still kicking myself for having missed the golden opportunity of not having been able to meet you Down Under. Who knows - if soemthing has to be taken care off - you may find me down there again but not in the same way, I am at the moment.
Ananth

Hi Ananth
Whatever makes you think I can stop Trevor from doing anything he wants to????? Sadly for Trevor (and the rest of us!) I'm no whizz in the kitchen so that adds to the surprise at his delight and excitement at eating!! That just shows the depths of his despair at having been denied his calling in life ~ eating. It is great to see him with some spark though and I guess it's just going to be trial and error as to what will and what won't go down the hatch.
I'm nervous for you in regard to your dr's appt. As you said, your life is beautiful at present and I guess anything the dr may tell you will rock the rhythm. We'll be thinking of you.
Take care Ananth
Love
Deborah

Dearest Deb,
I was not born yesterday but almost forty nine years and six months ago - so you dont have to be so modest about your cooking skills.Trev - just carry on and keep all of us upto date on each time a special goody goes right in.I am not sure about others, but it feels I can do it too (dreams come true at times).
Today is my meeting with the doctors - which now include the oncologist, the ENT and plastic surgeon. I have no idea what they want to do but if it means hospitalization and sking grafting or radiation or chemo - they are not in luck. There is no way, I plan to spend even one more day on a hospital bed - wearing that stupid gown ( I rememeber the time I had to wear a candy striped one!! I looked like something straight out of the circus and you should have seen all who came to see me laugh- I have not got over that shock till date!!). I am only going to the doctors because of a promise I made that I will see them - but no hospitalization.
Strangely enough, I should have been getting symptoms of my body degenerating and the pains started but nothing, nada, nil so far. I am still at woking my butt off at the gym in the house and running as hard as I can. I found that if I remove my stoma button - I can run even faster and have a lot more oxygen intake. I called up my doctor in India and he told me to go ahead and work out without the stoma as the stoma has formed very well and after seven years - there were not too many chances of it closing down in the event I spend an hour or two without it everyday.

So Debbie - dont be nervous - just think of it as another visit to make my families happy.
Trev - take care of that belly or start working out - age is no bar for doing the same.

With lots and lots and lots of love to both of you, some big bear hugs and the kisses for Deb.
Ananth

Hi Ananth,I admire you for your outlook on your situation. Well done mate,keep up the good work. Hagg.

Hi! All,
Well to continue on with my eating saga I am slowly finding out what I can and can-not eat,I think I mentioned about a Roast well on second attempt Deb and I went to a friend of hers and friends husband is a real mean cook and knocked up a roast you wouldn't believe could be done, however after leaving their place I was having great difficulty swollowing anything as my throat was coated in fat and it would not dislodge. The next day after my usual breakfast we were having 2 of my sisters for lunch and so Deb knocked up a delicious lunch of Tommy Ruffs(Fish), Mild Chicken pieces, Portugese Chicken and Salad and Cheeses, Yummoh. Unfortunately the fish I couldn't eat but the chicken (cut small)I managed well, the Portugese Chicken was very HOT and I couldn't eat any of the Cheeses but all in all I had a lovelly meal. That evening I had Fresh Tomatoes,Continental Cucumber,Fresh Beetroot,Gherkin and Mild Chicken with a bottle of Soda Water. So as you can read things are getting better by the day and I see my Dentist this coming Friday to fit my Fluride Trays & then the ENT pecialist for a Endoscopy on the 20th and hopfully they will remove my PEG for XMAS.
Take care Guys and Galls I will keep in touch with my progress
Love TREV

Fantastic Trev.

Mum's still only on soup (with no bits in)porridge, weetabix, etc. She had some egg and a small piece of bread the other day. (It's really not cold salad weather here at the moment) She's doing yoghurts, and the fortified pudding things (Ensure), but the tube became blocked the other night and woke her and dad up. So losing another nights sleep hasn't helped.

Well done Trev keep it up you seem to have found i new passion food its good no matter what people can or cant any food is good great progress
Dave and Sue

Trev,

I'm really enjoying reading your food diaries. Get some of those baked beans down you

Lorraine

Hi Trev

Great up-beat posting!

I've been back to reasonable eating for almost a year now, but there are still some things that give me trouble due to lack of saliva. These are large chunks of meat - a sliced roast can be managed,steak and whole fish tricky.

Chips are awkward as well - to dry.

All vegetables are good due to the high moisture content. Pasta with sauce = good news.

Traditional Christmas lunch worked out OK for me as well. I found gravy helps, although I notice that you found the opposite. Just shows that we aren't all the same...

Hi! 200 Minutes,
It has been very exciting trying different foods, I was visiting my Dad and had a cup of coffee and out came the biscuits so I thought I'll give it a go FAIL even with it dunked I couldn't get it off my teeth or inside of my mouth (Damm I do love my bickys) well we headed of to the "House of the Red Dragon" again and I ordered combination fish and oyster sauce(with extra sauce)we also had our customarry Dim Sims and soy sauce(another FAIL) as the salt went straight to the roof of my mouth and blisterd it, damn, anyway apart from being served up to much food(theysupply Doggy Bags) it all went down well so thats something else to add to my Menu, triple shot coffees from "Gloria Jeans" was nice but again too much, tonight I am going to embark on a drinkig spree and tuck into some of my Brandy stash. I have also been able to eat plenty of vegetables hot and cold however roasts are no chop as the fats coat the inside of my mouth and it takes a very hot drink to clear it and I do not like my drinks tooo hot, I went to Fasta Pasta the other night and had a nice meal but the baby spinach was not possible to eat and again they made too much and I had to let Deb finish it of for me.
Anyway its great getting feed back from the forum and you so keep up the good work and keep trying different meals.
Love TREV

Mum told me with great glee that she ate half a doughnut at the cafe in the supermarket after she had done her shopping yesterday !!

Ummm... 200...
I think, unless you were a pelican... anyone would struggle to swallow a WHOLE fish

Woohoo, go Winnie's Mum