First Test Results

I talked to my mom and dad just now. My mom said the visit to the cancer specialist went well. The specialist told my dad that his blood test results showed that he had improved a lot. And he also told him that eating is necessary to help speed his recovery. He had lost 4 pounds from last week's checkup!

So the doctor prescribed some new meds to help him get his appetite back:

PROMETIN - counteracts nausea and vomiting symptoms
FARLUTAL - increases appetite, but is also a cancer drug

It seems to be working already. This morning, he had two bowls of rice porridge and a fried egg. For lunch, he had 4 pieces of Inari sushi and some other street food!

With the new pills, he said, he hasn't gotten dizzy or nauseous. Today, he's feeling much better, for lunch he stopped by a food stall to eat some fish cake tempura (even though he's not supposed to eat stuff like that).

"Before, when I walked by those stalls," he said, "I wouldn't even lift up my head. Today, mom went into this small restaurant and I didn't have any problem with it. I used to get nauseous just from the smell."

My dad said jokingly that I did a better job taking care of him than my mom (My dad is the king of sweet talk). And he acknowledged that it's not easy: walking slow with him, talking slow with him.

Tonight, my mom said, they will go eat hot pot. And on the apartment front, she made some calls today and they're planning on seeing some apartments tomorrow.