The visit with my brother Forrest and his wife Barbara and their girls is going very well. They have done a little sight seeing and visited some relatives while here. They have also enjoyed meeting with and visiting some of my friends that have stopped in to visit me. They are right now at the mall on a Christmas shopping expedition with our boys that came as a welcome surprise to them! We will return the fun exchange with their girls tomorrow. Colby and Spencer went Christmas tree cutting with the Lyter and Griffith families today and brought home a nice one. We will get it ready to bring in the house tomorrow. I would have went but with my current condition that was a little too far to travel from home. Today was not a good day and I needed to stay low and rest most of the day. I am still having pain issues with eating and regularity. All of this pain medication causes the regularity problem. My struggle with eating is causing me to lose weight and I am trying hard to come up with different ways to keep the weight on. Soups, yogurts, and soft vegetables are easiest to eat but don't pack the most calories. I am trying to drink 2 to 3 cans of Ensure a day to supplement. The problem is that I barely eat anything and with the tumor pressing against my stomach I feel Thanksgiving full and uncomfortable. Then it takes a while to get past that pain hurdle. We will start 10 rounds of radiation on Monday to try to shrink that tumor along with that in my esophagus so that I can hopefully be a bit more comfortable eating and get my weight up a little. This is in God's hands and we are hoping for the best outcome with the radiation and then will see if more chemo is in store for the liver. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend and we will keep you updated as to how the radiation goes.
Love, Dave, Donna and Boys
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