A friend of ours, Gillian, well our cousin in fact recently said...
'we have steep hills to climb... but the view at the top will be magical'.
So true and such a lovely analogy :-)
First up, Dave wanted you all to know that he has updated the original blog "Initial Findings & Diagnosis" with sample images of his PET scans. If you know Dave.. you can now say you know him on the inside too!!
Since our last post we have been trying to stay fit and healthy, and not catch any bugs that have been doing the rounds. So far so good!! Though we did go to the Doctors as Dave was feeling a bit uncomfortable in his mouth and felt that he had a bit of an infection going on... the Dr said there was a slight infection so prescribed him with some antibiotics. So far the ABs have really helped and Dave is now feeling much healthier in his mouth.
We've been out walking for an hour everyday in the fresh air... with my walking group on Saturday, Monday and Wednesdays too... its always great to catch up with the group as they are all so positive and great to be around.
It was great to catch up with Deanna & Steve again too... Deanna treated us to her delicious homemade scones, lemon butter, cream and jam... naughty I know but totally scrumptious.
I have also been creating lots of yummy green juices to try and get lots of good nutrients into us both along with making lots of delicious healthy high protein/vegetable meals.
We have also been back to our dentist and had moulds made of our teeth for mouth splints to be created. Our next visit is in two weeks time.
We had a great chat too with my naturopath in Sydney, Elizabeth Cowley. I've had sessions with Elizabeth in the past and found what Elizabeth has done for me has really helped. So thought she would be great to help support Dave through his journey too. Initially Elizabeth advised us to go and buy a really good protein powder, the one she finds most benefit from is Nuzest - clean lean protein... its comes in different flavours, so we bought the natural and chocolate ones. The other advise was to buy a liver support supplement, the one she recommended was Legalon by Flordis, so have ordered this off our local pharmacists as no one had it stocked in our region.
We are also mentally preparing ourselves too!!
Dave's treatment starts this coming Monday, 15th August 2016. First up we have to be a the Mater Hospital at 9.00am for Dave's first Radiotherapy treatment. Once this has been administered we then have to drive over to Newcastle Private Hospital to check in for Dave's Chemotherapy session. The chemo will be administered intravenously overnight. As Dave will be in his own private room I am also able to stay with him too, to keep him company. The team have reserved me a put me up bed so we can have a sleep over and PJ party together!!!
Thank you once again to everyone for all your messages of support, prayers, positive vibes, those of you who have made frozen meals for us and the wonderful gifts from Dave's ex work colleagues/team/friends in NZ.
Our next update will be after Week 1 of Dave's treatment.
Love n Hugs to you all.....
Quote of the day from my Love is All you Need book is...
'True love stories never have endings'...
by Richard Bach
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