Concrete issue

Gilly has a strong taste of concrete in his mouth, and cannot shake it no matter what he eats. The most palatable food to him right now is a smoothie; I create a different mélange of fruit each time and he claims they’re tasty and satisfying. Now that I’ve managed to get him hooked on smoothies, I must continue to seek answers to the appetite issue; he still requires meals and / or snacks in between. He does taste, albeit differently than before. In fact he has a strong distaste for certain flavours at the moment, but that horrible concrete taste won’t quit; it is always there, underlying whatever he eats.

For the last few days, he’s been troubled by the taste and smell problem even more so than his vision. All of his senses have been affected through this whole ordeal. I wonder if the taste and smell changes are related to the tumour and / or the Temodal??? It stands to reason that a bit of both could be at play.

Gilly had some work to do this morning; he rerouted the water from the well directly out of the house through a hose, so as to drain the chorine from the water system without it emptying into the septic tank (for technical reasons that I do not entirely understand, but the well guy suggested it, so Gilly dutifully followed instructions). This task may have drained his energy along with the chlorine; he’s having an afternoon nap and he’s not slept by day for quite some time now.

We took a short walk this morning, and I am packing up for our return trip home. The computer goes in the car next, so I have to sign off until next time.

Tomorrow morning is the first physiotherapy session, scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Making this appointment will be a challenge, but Gilly is not stranger to challenges; not now, nor ever before.