I just got off work, a little early tonight. We were slow so that was good! Regarding the weight loss, two weeks before Thanksgiving I had read an article that said that cancer feeds off sugar, well since I was a sugar addict and loved anything sweet especially chocolate, and since most of my diet contained sugar and since my leukemia was my third cancer I began to wonder if there was something to this, so I just made up my mind to not eat any sugar. For two weeks I suffered terrible headaches and was in a terrible state of mind. That just goes to prove what sugar was doing to my old body. I have not had a candy bar, cookie, cake or anything sweet since then. Now I know there is some sugar in processed food that I just can't get away from but I really look at what I'm eating. I also cut out bread and pasta. I do eat toast for breakfast about once a week and sometimes I eat pasta but not very much. I don't eat hardly any red meat and never any pork. I haven't been able to eat pork since I received a "pigs" valve. Weird isn't it but it did something to my mind to think a pig had to die for me to live. I eat chicken once in a while. My cancer doctor doesn't want me to eat any meat at all. In fact I once told him that his theory was not to eat anything with a face. He told me last week at my appointment that he has used what I said many times with his patients! I do walk a lot in my new job so I'm sure that helps. The hospital halls are very long and I go up and down them many times during the night. In fact when it's very slow I make it point to walk the halls. The nurses can't believe I do that but I have to do something to keep me awak and I feel better walking than just sitting there chatting.
Al my "pigs" valve was a mosaic porcine (whatever that is!) It was only 19mm which I was told was small for my body. My surgeon said my internal organs was very small. Like I said before on here I always knew there was a small person trying to get out of this body. He tried putting a larger size valve in but it wouldn't beat, so he had to take it out. When he put the smaller one in, it picked right up and never missed a beat. My cardio said this time they would make the opening larger and put in a larger valve. I dont' know why they didn't do that the first time. Who knows, maybe they were on a tight schedule, although I was the first surgery of the day. When the time comes I will be sure and ask him about the "Bovine Pericardial Tissue Valve." Is that a pigs valve? I do know the reason they didn't put in a mechanial valve was because of my age and also because I would have to be on Coumadin and it wouldn't mix with my Gleevec I have to take for CML.
Sorry everyone I wrote a book. I always have to wind down a bit before I go to bed after I get off work this late. Talk to you all later!
Still love steak even with the cow valve. 
