I realized that today it seems that I have been eating less. Mel wonders if it is because I went from a soft diet to eating things that are more solid now. I am not 100% sure, but it could be a factor. I have been eating things today a bit closer than I normally do as well. I normally will eat, then hydrate for an hour and then eat again, but today I skipped out on some of the hydration and ate every hour, small amounts. Mel suggested I try a more softer diet tomorrow so we will see. The difference was that I was eating soup or soft textured things like that a couple of times a day. I am going to try some soup tomorrow and see how things go with that. Mel had purchased a lentil and split pea soup that I was looking forward to, but it was just thick and was not super smooth at all. It was not super enjoyable to eat so I am not sure if I will eat it again as it was bland. I am starting to get my taste buds back, but the texture of the food still bothers me for some things and it makes it hard to enjoy some of the food. Luckily there is a lot of food that I like that is softer.
My blood pressure in the last couple of days has now been in the 90’s which is nice. I think I am going to take the pills still to see if they help out or not but it is promising with those numbers. I was quite fatigued today mainly because i had to get up every hour all night long to go to the washroom. I need to figure out a way to cut down on how many times I get up in the middle of night having to go to the washroom. It is not super comfortable for me. I have been more mobile and moving around is not too bad. I spent 90 minutes peeling garlic to make a jar of garlic confit and I was tired after that, but managed ok. I will start trying to do more things so that I can make sure I maintain some sort of muscle mass. Tonight we are going to have a fire in the backyard, I need to chop some wood for kindling so we will see how this goes. I appreciate that I have been able to live my life fairly normally with some minor adjustments and the kids do not see me in too bad of a condition most of the time. I wanted to do something fun, so in a couple of weeks we will go to Toronto and I had asked my parents if they are going to come along. They said they need to check their schedule. We are going Saturday to Sunday. I am not sure exactly what they need to check in order to go. If they do not go then that is fine, we have some things that we want to do and I think it will be enjoyable. I also want to get our steam shower fixed. I miss it dearly.
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