Hello all! I am so happy April is finally here! That means it's getting close to the time that I will be dragging out my little grill and cooking up some yummy chicken, steak, and veggies! This makes Jamie very happy! I could probably grill every night and often find myself licking my lips in jealousy when I get a whiff of neighborhood grill fumes wafting over in front of my nose..mmmmm I can smell it now!
As you can see I haven't posted much recently. The reason for this is due to the fact that once again....I am on my beloved liquid diet! Sooo happy about it too! Not! :/
The surgery I had in November for my esophageal cancer was essentially successful as it removed the cancer, however, there are a few minor complications that still need to be tweaked. My pylorus, which is the muscle that helps to move your food from your stomach to the intestine has tightened up on me into a teeny weenie opening and not allowing my food to pass through. The food thus stays in my stomach and makes me nauseous. Not fun either. My surgeon has to go in my stomach down through the esophagus (which also occasionally needs to be stretched as well) and stretch the pylorus. The time before last I even got botox so my pylorus should be rather good looking lol. It didn't work very long however and I ended up back in the operating room a week ago for another stretch. Along with the stretch comes a liquid diet for a couple weeks.
I am quite eager to get to eating food that doesn't have to be blended! Since last summer was ruined by being in St. Louis to undergo chemo and radiation treatments, I didn't get a chance to do any grilling or enjoying anything really. This summer I have vowed to do lots of grilling and cooking and checking out some new restaurants.
I shall now mosey on to the kitchen and find something liquidy to fill my cantankerous belly!
Until next time!
God Bless!
