When I was at lymphedema therapy last week, I told my therapist I was feeling pretty discouraged and quipped, “Maybe I’ll be able to eat by next Christmas!”
“Pfft,” she responded. “You’ll be eating long before then.”
I can’t say I totally believe her, but she’s been doing this work with folks in my situation far longer than I’ve been in this situation, and if nothing else, I appreciate her positivity.
On a totally different note, also last week morbid curiosity drove me to look for photos of the type of surgery I went through in September. (Google “split-lip mandibulotomy” if you like seeing raw hamburger.) Sure, I’d been shown drawings and diagrams prior to the surgery but I wasn’t prepared for the actual photos. After seeing them, I have two thoughts:
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- It’s amazing they got me put back together at all, and it’s fucking incredible that four months out, I actually look as good as I do.
- I can’t stress how lucky I am that a numb left jaw and lower lip—and apparently transient swallowing problems are all I walked away with from this.
So for all my bitching, I am thankful that it’s gone as well as it has. Things could’ve been worse. Much worse.
I’m glad you’re one of the ‘fast-mending’ ones.
I’ll take your words as to this procedure and rather not look up pictures of it.
Instead I’ll stick to the succulent pictures above 🙂
Did the macaroni cake come with a recipe? It has me salivating!
Go on getting better,
Laurent
No recipes on any of this stuff, unfortunately. But it doesn’t look like it would be that hard to make without one. Don’t know if you’d need to boil the pasta first, but it looks like you’d just have to arrange everything (pasta, sauce, cheese, protein) in a spring pan and bake at 350F for however long it takes to reach 165 internally and the cheese browns and bubbles.
I’m glad you’re mending, albeit slowly.
Definitely The Sesame Noodles and The Pot Stickers! You are writing all these suggestions down, right Mark? When you’re Doctor announces ‘All Clear’, you’re going to have a Feast!