Every Cloud

 

Shopping for the "Big C"

Having been diagnosed with head and neck cancer and with radiotherapy about to blast my hubby’s throat we embarked on our first supermarket shop knowing that he was eventually going to lose his taste, find it hard to swallow and on top of all that, the medication he would be taking would affect his regular visits to the loo.

We knew it would be a couple of weeks before all that kicked in, so we were also taking the advice of our dietician. She advised us that he needed to eat like it was Christmas every day and enjoy best butter, sweet treats, sugary drinks and as many fatty foods as he liked!

So off we went to discover aisles we had not ventured down since we joined slimming world nearly 10 years ago! Our trolley is usually full of fat free yogurts, semi skimmed milk and wholemeal breads. 

So, we strolled down the dairy aisle and added full fat milk, yogurt and best butter to our trolley. Then came the biscuits and cakes, the sweets and the snacks, the frozen ice creams, the ready meals and the pastries. Not forgetting the need to get those taste buds going and foods that would be easy to swallow, we added tangy haribo’s and tins of macaroni cheese and spaghetti, Oh and some prunes figs and dates to help with that “medication.”

With a trolley full of provisions that we had not bought for over 10 years we headed for the checkout, we smiled at each other and simply said “Every cloud….”