Get Well Card from Marty

And eat well!  Here is a shopper's guide to pesticides (PDF and iPhone app) from my oncologist's nurse.
http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php

Time flies: Phase Three

Can't believe it's been a month since I left the hospital.  I got my last drain removed today.  Wow now I can wear jeans again ... ahh the freedom of denim.  How I loathed those sweat pants!  I've been off the anti-biotic for over a week and there have been no signs of infection.  My appetite has returned to normal.  But it's a gradual process of building back my muscle mass.  I lost twenty pounds or more in the hospital.  Hence the high caloric diet or what I call my donut prescription.

Next week I start phase three: post-operative chemo.  I will be getting a combination of chemo drugs used to treat colon cancer called Folfox.  It consists of the drugs 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin (FA, LV), and oxaliplatin (Eloxatin).  I will be receiving the Folfox over 2 days every two weeks for 4-6 months.