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Saturday, September 16, 2017

EXPERIMENTING WITH FOOD

I tried several different things today to see if I could begin to eat soft foods.  First tried some chocolate milk.  It tasted good.  I took several sips at two different times and enjoyed it.

Then I tried some cut up peaches in juice.  It was ok but I didn't want to eat too much of it afraid it would nauseate me.  I ate three small pieces and had enough.

Then I tried a baked potato with lots of butter.  Put a little dab on my tongue and it was awful.  I had read on the cancer forum that potatoes and meat would be the hardest to tolerate after radiation.  I spit it out and rinsed my mouth out and gagged a lot.

Later in the day I tried another popsicle - this time orange flavored.  I actually took several small bites of it and swallowed with no problems.  It didn't taste bad.

Then I tried a tiny piece of tuna in oil.  Big mistake.  It was terrible.  I gave it to the cats.

So three out of four ain't bad, I guess.

Today I ingested through my PEG tube 1116 calories, 84 grams of protein, and 18 ounces of water.




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