It's only been a month...

Hello everyone! It's only been a month since the last update. Sorry about that. Been a little busy "standing up next to a mountain and chopping it down with the edge of my hand". (First person to tell me where that sentence comes from wins a prize.)

Anyway, it's been a busy month. And busy in a good way. The 'revolution' (my recovery) has been in full force. I am getting better everyday. I haven't had to use my feeding tube in almost a month. YAY! I am technically supposed to only eat 'soft foods' like cream soup, noodles, mashed potatoes, etc, etc. I have, however, been slowly adding 'regular food' into the regimen. In fact, I was able to achieve a goal today. I was able to sit with the family and have a regular Thanksgiving dinner with them. It was awesome to be able to eat what they were eating. I had to take in slow and eat in small bites, but it was a goal and I got it with no real issues to speak of! It was an awesome dinner, by the way. Katie did an OUTSTANDING job. Can't wait to dig into the leftovers. ;-)

I have also started to gain my weight back. When I went to the doctor in October, I weighed 168 lbs. When I went last week, I weighed in @ 174 lbs. I can also talk again! It is great to have my voice back. It still needs some work. I have periods where I sound very phlemy and periods where I am hard to understand, but I am able to talk to people again. (Emily & Lilli think it is great to, except when they get in trouble and I have to yell at them. Then I think they wish I would go back to the whiteboard. lol...)

Now before people get all happy and think that things are back to normal (i.e. going back to work, etc), let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet. My energy and strength levels are nowhere close to where they need to be for me to be considered 'normal' just yet. I still have weakness in my legs (rubber legs) and there are other things I have to get under control and take care of before I can head back out into the work force. They will, however, be taken care of my the end of the year. The goal is to head back to work at the beginning of January. If I can hit my goal of eating Thanksgiving dinner, I think I can hit this one as well.

Well, that's pretty much it. I have made much progress in the last few weeks, but there is still a ways to go, but we're gonna get there. I just love bringing order to the chaos....