Just a quick post as finally it looks like things are improving. I had a CT scan a couple of days ago that showed my bowel has reduced in size and it's all looking more normal. So now I am into "gut challenge" phase day 3. I started with jelly on day1, had a cruskit yesterday and a cruskit and some jelly, not together, ha ha, today. I have had abdominal cramping after each attempt but I figure that I am going to get some reaction no matter how long I wait, as it's been 5 weeks pretty much without eating. So, depending on how my gut copes with digesting food, I'll gradually introduce other food until I am getting enough nutrition without the TPN (fake food). If it doesn't cope then I'll have to have a break and give it more time to heal. But at least there is some improvement - felt very very good about that.

So here's to 2009. One of the nurses said today that 2009 is going to be a good year, based on the Chinese calender, I think - goes in 7 year cycles?  or was it 9. 2008 was the last year of a cycle and that is the worst year, and the 1st year of the next cycle is a good one ...