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Morning ladies, I haven't had any news on the last couple of day didn't know there is unpleasant weather coming for many. Sending safe vibes to all here that will be impacted by bad weather. Fingers crossed that doesn't cause damage.

@mkestrel Sending strength your way as I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with progression. May the next line of treatment kick cancers butt!!! Hugs❤️

Hi to all here , may today be a quiet Sunday for all🙏🌺

Uggghhh just lost my whole post to @mkestrel , @mara51506 @irishlove & @keywestfan ……. Sooo well, I wont repeat everything just well wishes to you all here . Ihave been really a lazybones yesterday and today. So I’m going to get off my butt and go get ready to meet my DD & SILat their restaurant to have a nice dinner celebration of my sweet DH’s birthday. He’s 75 today and healthy as a horse, God Bless him♥️🥰

@candy-678 Oh no Candy I'm deeply sorry for the loss of your dearest friend. I can only image the overwhelming grief you are dealing with right now. Know that we are all here for you to vent, scream and unload your emotions . Wrapping you in the biggest , tightest comfort hug❣️

@candy-678 - So very sorry about the loss of your best friend ever. I cannot imagine. My best friend ever has been dealing with stage 4 lung cancer for a few years now and one of us is going to go before the other, and I can't bear to think about what you are living right now. Sending, sincere condolences, warm thoughts and wishes, along with gentle hugs 🤗. Please take care and feel better, knowing that so many of us here are thinking of you.

@mkestrel Glad to be of some help to you.

Going to try to tighten things up in posts. I deleted some as way too long.

I had a good sleep, nothing on the agenda but possible shop for delivery, unsure yet. Got lots of food but would like more yogurt and extra cheese as there is no extra cheese. I will be doing laundry, like the dryer sheets Bounce I got, cut it in half and laundry was not stuck together. GEtting wool balls from amazon, they were free owing to the games I play for a bit of money. As far as the stuff being done with Bounce 1/2 sheet, soap not going to build up because I do a softening cycle that is mostly vinegar so any build up will go away.

Meals will involve some sort of lentil and hot dog, pulled those bad boys out to finish them, air fry them as always. Not sure about eggs, no issue with making an egg sandwich in one of my mini griddles, could even pull both out. I will post what I get to eat later.

EDIT Planning to tear up a couple of hot dogs to throw in the air fryer, adding 1/2 cup beans and 1/2 cup chick peas, just crisp everything up nicely and possibly add some sort of either burger sauce and a bit of mayo to use as a binder, I will see.

I do hope everyone has a good day, pockets for everyone. I did not wind up writing down a schedule, I can get the stuff done I wish to do.

Thank you all for the welcome and the friendship. Bone Mets in July were a surprise since it had been 6 years from IDC stage 1, grade 2 dx in 2019and I was just beginning to see my wonderful onc only once a year. Now it’s once a month. First line of letrozole failed, am now on Ibrance and Faslodex. They do make me tired and hard to walk my 10k steps a day. Down to 7k. And onc at only 67 is retiring. But says he has set me up with a Star for continuation of care. Her name is Mia Levy.I googled and she does seem starlike, but losing him feels like another of the losses that age brings.

mkestrel - so very sorry to read about your progression☹️. I hope the new treatment will stop progression in its tracks and even make it go away!🙏🏻🙏🏻 Cancer is a bitch.

Irish - hoping your DH doesn’t need chemo🙏🏻🙏🏻.

Here for pocket duty for all in need. Mother Nature is causing trouble again. Horrible winds today and forecast for freezing rain and blizzard conditions with a storm arriving late Saturday through Monday. I’ll take that over a tornado. Stay safe!

@mkestrel Here's to great success with your new treatment. May it be kind to you and do it's job for years to come. Don't you think it's rather shameful that your pain medication barely touched your biopsy liver pain. I can't understand why they can't or won't listen to what your body is telling you and in turn you are telling them. No excuse, IMHO.

@threetree Prayers said that may your scans be stable. Thinking of you and so glad you do not have to wait so long.

@intolight Kudos to a wonderful MO that adjusts her time to fit patients into empty space. Sure doesn't occur at my center. DH oftentimes drops me off early so he can run errands. Not once do I get a bump up, but than again never late either. So many patients in the center and so many are younger than I am (70).

@keywestfan Well hello and welcome to our little part of the porch sitting and chit chatting. So nice to meet you and happy to know you are strong willed to keep on keeping on. Oh you will enjoy more years and memories to come.

@shanagirl Well hi there Jersey girl. Hope that the winter breaks for you and you can walk that boardwalk. Have you been having success with pain management? @micmel I recall your new MO wants to cut pain management and generally screw up the plan that's be working for you. Have you been able to find a way forward and still keep your doctor.? I think I told you this, but I have a pallative care nurse and she evaluates and orders the RX for hydrocodeine. The gabapentin is primarily for MS and the Neuro orders that.

@cookie54 I take claritain daily. Fortunately haven't had a problem. But at bedtime I dry out terribly and become stuffy. So I use vicks vapor rub. One dab at the base of each nostril, one dab at temple area on each side of the head and small amount on my chest. It really works and I stole the ideas from medical hacks from Grandma's day. Temple area relieves sinusy headache. Flonaise is great if you are really dried out.

@mara51506 Hi sweetheart. I'm so happy to see you go about like an energizer bunny. Lasagna is a favorite of ours. We also like lamb for shepherds pie, until I fried chops that turned out to be bad. I could smell they were off, but DH said I was crazy. So I fried them and the smell in the house, well let's just say I won the arguement and the chops were trashed. Now I have a dislike for lamb due to this misadventure. So shepherds pie is now ground beef with minimal grease.

All is ok in our home. With the exception of DH's blood test. The WBC count went from 32,000 to 43,000. We will see if his MO pushes for chemo with those numbers. Despite the fact this is a slow growing NHL or CLL (still not sure due to the fact he refuses another biopsy), it worries me. He doesn't even want to discuss the future plans and will not take me with his visits. Just have to trust in everyone's wisdom and God's plan for the future.

Irishlove