Well, after yesterdays appointment with the Palliative Care Dr. who loaded me up with 5 prescriptions, which haven't been filled yet, I returned to work today which ironically was also my anniversary date of hire with Piedmont Airlines. So today I began my 29th year in the airline industry.
It was a tiring day, not so much because of the workload but more because of the pain medications I am currently on. There were spouts throughout the day that I was so fatigued I could hardly keep my head up, but I made it through it. Tomorrow I will try again and I hope that the more I do it the more I'll get accustomed to the 8 hour work day.
Tomorrow I have to go have lab work done before my appointment on Thursday with the Palliative Oncologist and then next Tuesday I have a consultation about the peg tube at 1:00 p.m. So I hope to work Thursday thru Saturday and then take Sunday and Monday off to continue to build up my strength.
My tongue and the back right side of my throat is still sore and problematic when it comes to talking and swallowing, but hopefully the new prescriptions that I'm waiting to have filled will bring me some relief in the very near future.
That's it for now, we'll see what the Oncologist has to say and I'll probably post again on Friday.
Til then!
Tom
In Memory of Thomas Kokoski
November 2005 Cruise
A sweet memory of Tom with Dad
A rose from Tom's garden this year
Tom's Favorite Pasttime
Golfing in Phoenix but never a picture of Tom's swing!
Steelers Plane
Another from Tom's collection
Piedmont Airlines
Tom's start in the airline business
Stanley Cup Pre-Game 4
The Start of the comeback
May 14, 2009
"Good Luck" Get Together
June 2008
Riding the Silverton Durango Narrow Gauge Railroad
Sunday, Feb 17th. Cathys Home
1 week before my 3rd Birthday
Kindergarten
Tom
3 comments:
Tom, every once in a while I check out your blog as I did today and was updated on your journey. God Bless you for going to work! Wow! Please know you are thought of often and lots of prayers are being sent your way. Your strength is absolutely incredible......
Jenny Cleland
Tom:
Greetings from Southern California. I am a friend of Janet Wysong's at First Christian Church here in Torrance. I am also a survivor of head and neck cancer with just about seven years under my belt now. I want to applaud you for your courageous battle and the fact that you shared this with everyone. I know all of us recover in different ways but I am hopeful that you will see some of those unexpected benefits from the treatments as I did. Foods I didn't like before, I now like. I am really fond of anything with gravy now! I lost a bunch of weight from the radiation treatments but am now healthier than I was pre-cancer.
If you want to chat, I'd love to talk about how you are doing and support one another.
Warmest Regards,
Don Zukas
donald.zukas@gmail.com
Tom....Today is National Prayer Day...PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE ON THE VERY TOP OF MY LIST!!! May God strengthen you more each and every day~Love~kathy feher
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