Hi Ian

Ditto re John n Fiona tough love LOL. 

Lets hope me and saliva  you and sleep resolve soon. 

Ps saved by the rain  back hedges will have to wait ! Willp m yiu soon off for a nap as I’ve also done supermarket shop this morning !

Your grateful mate  H 

ps remeber the early days !!!       look how far weve come,

ppps Get tissues ready ! Toy story 4 may scar you for lifeboat just like Avengers Endgame did for me !

H x let’s never grow up !

Thanks for posting a reply Dave and quite well put to be honest.

You seem to have a good balance and pretty much back to normal drinking habits even though you can manage a proper binge session as well. I would be on floor ill with 8 pints beer but could sink vokda for 12 hrs ok.

Your also not called SuperDave for nothing.....your plan was to play a full game of football then onto a presentation..itself impressive.. but you managed to have a 12 hours drinking session plus eating lots of what you like. So we can take it your eating and drinking is fine and trouble free.
I think even your cheery wee soul of a consultant might even stretch to give you a wry smile and say well done on your recovery. I would say that througout the thread and other posts etc on the site that you have probably been the best example of showing that in some cases its possible to bounce back reasonably quickly after treatment and back to as normal a lifestyle as before.
I may be wrong but just as I'm convinced that my heath and condition going into treatment has played a part in a somewhat longer recovery period, I'm equally convinced that the fact you were reasonably fit by all accounts going into treatment, has contributed and had a big part in how well you have done since treatment finished.

I think it's a good balance you have as it's pretty much what you did before so thats a mental plus and also great you still enjoy your pint(s) with your mates as and when you choose.Let's face it , you aint going to get 20+ lads popping out for tea and scones in a wee cafe.

Ian.
 

Hi Dave

well done I think I would still be in bed a week later lightweight that I am. Lol.

The suoerdave mantle still applies ,agree on let’s get back to living our life’s.

Enjoy Greece next week you both deserve it !

H xx 

Thanks Ian and Hazel, it’s also true that I wasn’t as bad as both of you at the beginning from what I can gather which shouldn’t be ignored and caught my situation very early which helped from day one, we are all different in that respect. Eating and drinking is pretty normal for me now and no problems swallowing, My tongue is very sensitive still so nothing spicy yet,

 Iv gone off red meat  and prefer fish as an option. Not sure if it’s related to what’s happened with the treatment ?As for being resilient to alcohol I think drinking so much water helps buffer the effects, I always drank plenty of water but obviously drink even more now.

Dave

16 weeks post radio now........To  Ian here on the "alcohol" question,( but great to see all these positives, and nicknames!! ) Im managing a few pints, and a few wines, nothing like before, maybe a good thing! Happy to just drink a little, gradually may increase, if not then that is ok. 

My saliva is identical to Dave, mouth near throat. Breakthrough with night dryness, thanks Hazel, xylimelts really help, buying more. I too have the niggly doubts awaiting scan results, keep you all posted, also im near normal on food, even sweet chilli, mild curry,dry at back of  but peppery things not so good! 

Hi Graeme,

Thanks for responding as I was just a little curious re where others were on alcohol before and after.

Rooting for you re your scan and although understand the agnst that goes with the waiting and results therafter, no reason to suspect you will not be another success story on here and have had a good response to treatment. All is going to be good.

Your doing great after treatment and good that your able to pretty much eat what you want and enjoying a few pints wine.

Also remember you are only 16 weeks post treatment so fab signs.
Defo all good for you and keep us posted on scan results.

Onwards & Upwards

ian

Hi Hazel,

Hope all went well with bloods n thyroid and still all good on saliva situ.

Only a few days till your back in the sun on your bikes and up ,mountains again  enjoy

chat laters

ian x

THi ian

was going to message you this morning you beat me to it. 

Yep all ok surprisingly given Hiw much dairybeggs n cream things we have eaten in last year cholesterols were within parameters. Same with thyroid ,but will keep getting it checked. Had a bad saliva day yesterday on Tuesday did a mild veg curry OMG did my mouth know about it saliva went like gunk again serve s men eight my own fault ! Curry n rice deffo off the menu wouldn’t mind was onky mild. 

So note to everyone try things but be prepare dinner to have a standby ready in my case  poached eggs on toast .

today it’s not too  bad not as good as it was so simple thing so for next few days for me .ps raspberries are niw good for me so fruit slowly returning. 

Not long now for Buzz.  Hope you’ve been a good boy and filled charts in 

onwards and upwards to infinity and beyond 

ps nearly a 1000 post session 

H x

Hi Hazel

charts are postponed until Monday. I have eaten a full large sized bag of crisps and although can stick a bit sometimes, wonderful. I put it down to the stress of impending Buzz movie.

Thats good re saliva/ bloods but understand that it can vary from day to day.
I had a bacon roll with crusy roll last week and was fab but this morning I couldnt eat. Strange how ok to eat one day but not the next.

Onwards & Upwards to Spain

Ian x