Tennis On TV - Not Nearly As Fun As Actually Playing

And hello! Not much is going on in the Bradley household at the moment. I am watching the US Open and waiting for my brother to show up to hang out today and the dogs are sleeping. We are going out to lunch and then to Whole Foods. After that I am going to pack for our trip to Tulsa! Not that I really need to pack much - we have a house full of stuff waiting for us to show up - but I do have to figure out what I am going to bring from the apartment to leave at the house (we have tons of stuff here at the apartment just taking up space). 

I had my last speech therapy appointment yesterday - she said I was too much of a slacker and she never wanted to see me again - no really, she said I was doing really well and basically it's up to me if I want to improve anymore because she's told me everything to do - she just wants me to check in and say hi whenever I'm down the hall with Dr. Pou. She was impressed that I'm eating pretty much everything - I had Raisin Caines last night (fried chicken fingers - I ate about three (with the sauce), some french fries - WITH ketchup! and a quarter of a piece of Texas Toast - have I mentioned how much I love bread???). I've also had Olive Garden a good bit - I can eat the salad with the salad dressing and I can eat a breadstick if it has marinara on it. Today Charlie and I are going to Qdoba - it's a burrito bar (I'll get one without the tortilla) so hopefully it isn't too spicy, but I think I'm okay with spice for the most part - I guess we will find out soon enough. Let's see, I'm also eating oatmeal, lots of fish, pasta, I bought cookies to try on our road trip, I can drink juice without watering it down now, some soup (though not as much as I was eating at first), and baked potatoes (there's more stuff, but that is all the main stuff I guess). So, basically I'm trying everything. I do get these little water blisters that show up at the back of my throat on my soft palate when I eat something that irritates my throat, but they go away after a little bit. 

I have to wait about two and a half more weeks to have my feeding tube taken out. Mell (my speech therapist) said they usually wait about a month (once you stop using it) to make sure you can keep your weight up without it. So far I've only lost 3 pounds and I think that was at the beginning when I first stopped using the tube and I wasn't able to eat that well. I'm pretty sure I'm holding steady now. We are going to ask Dr. Fields about having it taken out at my appointment next week (maybe I'll put the weight back on over the weekend in Tulsa). 

I have four more weeks of physical therapy (or maybe less if I improve too fast!). Hopefully I'll be going back to work soon - I need something to do other than watch tv all day long! It drives me crazy to just sit around (granted, I sit at a desk all day at work so I guess it's not much different). 

Okay, that's all I've got for now and Charlie should be here soon (good thing, because I'm getting hungry, that oatmeal I ate 30 minutes ago didn't last very long!).