So, its the day before the tests/procedure. I'd be lying if I didn't confess that we're both (ok ME) a little nervous/anxious. Its hard to deal with the conflicted emotions of wanting to find out what's what and at the same time trying to stay ignorant (sticking your head in the sand sounds awfully appealing). I don't believe there is such a thing as blissfully ignorant anymore - but maybe just plain ol' ignorant wouldn't be so bad.

As part of our "new normal", we are going to be modifying our diet...especially for the next few months. The upside is that we both will probably lose some weight. I'm looking for ideas/recipes for "soft foods"(creamed soups, custard, pudding, mac&cheese, milkshakes, soft cooked/scrambled eggs, pasta dishes). Although, maybe we WON'T be losing any weight when you look back at the list of "OK" food. If you have ideas, please send them my way. Things that we have to AVOID aside from course, rough, dry foods, include spicy/hot foods, gassy foods (cabbage, beans, corn, onions, chocolate), raw veggies, and acidic foods (citrus fruits/juices and tomato products). Baby food is a viable option, however Prince Picky is none-too-happy about this option. I have a feeling that I'll need to exhaust all the different ways to cook eggs, soups, etc before he'll even consider trying baby food ~ not that I blame him. There has to be a reason babys make faces when they eat the stuff.

As an aside - an extreme contradiction to the above diet - we went out for dinner last night...to the State Fair. I'm happy to report that we supported the pork industry, beef industry AND poultry industry. Now, we DID share most of everything...the pork burger, the ribeye sandwich, the corn-dog... we both might have had to have two ears of roasted corn on the cob each. Happily we managed to avoid the fried twinkies, fried cookie dough, fried peanut butter cups, and the new biggie this year, the chocolate dipped bacon sprinkled with powdered sugar (yuk). So, we consider the dinner a win and almost down right healthy since we avoided all the fried food. :-)

The procedure is 8:00 am tomorrow. Again, its out-patient, so we should be home by early afternoon at the latest. We should know a lot more after the tests (stage of the cancer, treatment options, etc). I'll post an update as soon as possible. Please think good positive thoughts.