Dear all!
Just a quick update on my post hoping it may help other anxious carers (and ultimately the MM sufferers) post the transplant.
It has been a few days now since my last post. Hubby has been rapidly improving. The solution to the issue of food and fluid intake was in me making a conclusion that he needed to eat and drink to survive. In his state he was too weak to look after himself. However, he was also too week to constantly refuse. So the solution was in offering food and drink (constantly) and nagging (constantly). Perhaps even sneaking… constantly.
Initially Hubby could not manage to keep in anything but a crushed ice milkshake and squash drinks. I added full ream ice cream and the same flavour protein supplements into his milkshake and diluted multivitamins into his squash. When Hubby asked what was the strange taste? Lied it must have been his damaged taste buds :).
From the shakes he progressed to yoghurt and cheese. Then to smoothies (banana, mango, strawberry, etc). Then he could eat kids pods with mushed fruit. Then managed milky coffee. Then a chicken breast curry I made using the "from 6-month old" kids range mild curry paste.
This progressed to him having a full plate of fish and chips and a cake yesterday and a big breakfast today.
He is still weak but is now able to concentrate on TV and IT which I see as him truly returning to his old self.
I know that every person is different and every sufferer's recovery is different. However, I have now read numerous postings about post transplant recovery and they are all the same regarding one thing: it gradually gets better. It does…
