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In pockets for intolight, threetree for scans, and mkestrel for starting a new medication. None of this gets any easier. I'll be in your pocket, munching on dry toast (sorry for the crumbs).

Sondraf, so good to hear that you're slowly building up stamina, and that the evening walks help you sleep better.

Emac, thinking of you.

Mel, I'm with you - if someone could go hide the cancer in the woods (and also snag some of Irish's morning glories at the same time) that would be great.

Had something hit my system, headache and diarrhea, thought it could be covid but tests were negative. So am eating dry toast, rice, bananas... the usual boring bland stuff that makes me long for a pizza! But it's working so I'll stick with that for today at least.

Good Morning and Happy Sunday my Lady (and Gent?) friends here in Mels Livingroom.I’m here with my coffee. So after. The many weeks of feeling painful and low I decided, after talking a lot with God, in daily prayers, I decided to buy myself an new soft cover Lavender Bible and a Grace for Today one minute daily devotions soft cover leather little book. This little book is delightful to read a page in the morning with my coffee

I skimmed through the Fasoldex SE’s along with the other 2 drugs. I saw that I have each one, and the last 2 days flu like soar throat and headache along with the bone pain, and all the other side effects. There’s nothing I can do about this but continue these medications and push through the painful effects.

Wishing you all a blessed day of comfort and peace.🩵

Intolight - Thanks and absolutely wishing you all the best with your MRI. I like your storm analogy. I will have both. The "scan scare" plus the "pineapple express" that will be hitting us here in the PNW starting tomorrow.

@threetree and others who have scans on Monday, I will be thinking of you all as I go for an MRI of my liver on Monday. We shall see what the future holds. Praying everyone stays safe from the storms both from weather and just from life.

Im with you @micmel about a big tall ice-filled glass of water and how it quenches like almost nothing else. I crave ice water usually in the afternoons, sometimes Ill do half lemonade and half water. I also keep a litre bottle of cold filtered water in the fridge at all times. I can still do carbonation so in our crappy fridge that freezes anything towards the back, its lined with Coke. Oh man, nothing but nothing can beat an icy cold sip of Coke from the bottle (500ml not like a giant 2l). I can't drink a whole bottle in one sitting so it takes a few days to finish, but its just such an enjoyable hit to my crappy chemo-ravaged palate. Gotta be ice cold from the fridge though, warm in glass with ice not the same.

I got a bag of blood on Thursday so I have some get up and go today but I got nowhere to go and the weather is terrible so Im planning our trip home in late July and a trip to Madeira in late September. Walking in the evenings to work up stamina (I got a lot further in 10 minutes yesterday than last week) and also to improve sleep - my fancy watch tells me I actually enter deep sleep on the days I walk just 10-15 mins in the evening, so thats a good incentive too. And Im doing light arm weights and the 12 minute routine on Senior Shape Fitness to work the arms. Hip is stiff but definitely improving, so Im hoping in two weeks we can maybe go to a movie or go somewhere on public transport. So tired of taking Ubers to and from the hospital - it took an hour and 20 minutes on Thursday evening to go 8 miles due to London weekend traffic leaving the city!

We are considering a side trip from just seeing my parents, and I was wondering if any folks on here know of a good beach stop (clean,not overbuilt, kinda classy, maybe national beach front) between Washington DC and Williamsburg? My sister is moving to W'burg next week and Ive never been to that part of the country outside DC, a five day side trip would change things up a bit and hubs loves a bit of roadtrip. I dunno, might be a bit much but Im improving so quickly it could be ok, especially with 10 days to rest after at parents.

I hope everyone is doing much better and improving, thinking of you especially @emac877 - you deserve it!

Happy Friday ladies. No different for me really. But DH needs the days off. He’s tired. I’m feeling that heavy grief feeling about my mom and just overall my life and who I used to be. I think it’s another reason I don’t join Facebook. Putting aside I’m convinced people don’t like seeing other people happy In life. But I don’t want to see everyone I’ve known enjoying vacations and having time to travel or new mothers enjoying giving their parents a grandchild. My kids are no where near giving me grandchildren and I’m ok with that. I’d rather them be ready in every way. I just worry I won’t live to see my daughter have a child. Same with my son. He doesn’t even have a girlfriend. He’s very picky and he thinks people his age are artificial. Not that he’s perfect in anyway. He’s got things to work on In the housekeeping area. He’s not eager to grab a vacuum let’s just say. So I always worry about them. now a days things are disgustingly expensive and three income's are needed to rent a three bedroom townhome with Rooms on the small side. It’s just crazy! I wonder how my kids are going to get their first homes. When I die I have money coming to each of them. I hope they are able to use it for that. I want them to be happy and have that home everyone wants at some point. Living life is so difficult and then throwing in cancer. It just becomes heavier to do anything. I’d like to hide the cancer in the woods. Someplace where it can’t find anyone. Sigh. Going to try to sleep. Hope all have a good weekend.

Mel, I think when I go for a mall walk and we sit for a bit, I just need to bring the usual water and a snack as well instead of buying stuff I do not finish, wasteful to do that if not intending to bring them home.

Not sure what today holds for me beyond the usual meal planning, laundry, been lazy about that and with a tiny washer it looks overloaded. Going to start it all over, wash cloths, handwash shirts, pants and undergarments, use a rack to dry, might use my heated rack, don't want clothes to get pilled up like others have done, liking my new clothes, I will see what I feel like doing. Tv playing ads is doing well, need to plan some light gaming to add to my money, I want the next cat food 1/2 off or free if possible. Not because I need it really but because then I can put more in my own budget. Only other thing to think of is that if I want a particular restaurant meal, maybe go to the restaurant to pickup and bring home myself vs all the service charges

Anyway as always, hope good days are had by all, still thinking about our struggling family and hoping things lighten up or get relieved, in pockets for everyone and for myself to organize my day better, debating making lists and times of getting stuff done as well time to be complete. When I actually do stuff, I can manage quickly doing a daily clean and weekly telescopic dust of ceilings etc. I can also fit in exercise with the bed workouts, chair workout and standing workout. PT and OT are the bomb and lots of it are done in bed, do my arm pulls from laying to sitting, need to learn I do not have to do it all first thing, just make a list for the day and follow it.