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@shanagirl , Thank you for remembering me. Like @candy-678 , I read often but I find it difficult to respond to so many.

@mara51506 relaying your daily routines reminds me of my new normal life. Cancer is just a part of it.

Keeping dépression at bay isn't always easy. My best tip is to live in the moment. Try to teach that to my autistic/adhd/depressed daughter that dealt with abusive man for 17 yrs.

Always washing everyone an easy time of it.

I did not sleep at all last night but I do not mind, I should be able to go to bed earlier. Was just up doing stuff til the day ran out. I have new shirts coming today which will either be washed in mesh bags for the protection OR in my small washers as they are more gentle. I also saw a quesadilla maker on sale for cheap on amazon for 11 bucks. I know it is a refurb but could not resist, would be an easy way to make the quesadillas. It won't come til Wed, hid that in the cat food and litter purchase as I use a shopping plan for those. Cat food and litter is just so expensive, not even sure why. Not a new thing either, both can be unreasonable and it has been that way for years, not just recent times.

Started on Laundry, did a quick sweep and cleanup of the cat area. Pulling out my sweeper vacuum and deciding where to keep it in the living room as it will get more use out here in the living room, same with my regular broom. My robot vac is used but fairly useless as it always gets stuck some where but I do not mind letting it do its thing

My first meal was simple, just a frozen stirfry from Walmart, heated as normal for the package, added some butter to a frypan and added the cooked stirfy, added cooking spray, melted butter and garlic salt and stirred around for a minute. The stir fry has peppers and broccoli in it so thought that was fine, also added some bean juice I made up in the magic bullet. Used rest of my beans, put in the magic bullet with a bit of water and blended a bean juice to stir into everything in the pan and allow for some extra fiber. I had heated the stirfry in the fridge. When it was finished cooling in the frypan, put into a bowl and added some taco strips I had purchased before. It was very good. Later will have a couple of eggs, add all my seasonings and microwave them, seem to like doing that and suck at making eggs with cooked whites and runny yolks. Adding all the ingredients together is good. I may also try the magic bullet, put eggs and cornbread mix together, add the seasonings or dressing in before the microwave, I will have to see. The bit of cornbread mix causes a different layer in the eggs themselves. I am also looking forward to my quesadilla maker coming, mostly because it slices them itself and can make pull apart stuff.

I got my prescription, did some bills and waiting on the Amazon stuff, most of it coming today. Also setting my budget as well, I have a credit on Walmart for streaming I did not sign up for, nets me 30 bucks and the rewards from my Walmart card is allowing for a free delivery later on. No room right now in the fridge so will wait until I use some of the stuff up.

I do hope everyone has a good day and in pockets for anyone who needs me.

Hi all. I read along every day to see how everyone is doing. I may "Like" some of your posts, but I don't comment much. Sorry.

I have my scans next week. Getting nervous. I know at some time I will have progression. Will this be the time?!

Not doing much here. Go to church services, the usual errands around town, etc, but not really much else going on in my life. I miss my old life so much- work, feeling good, being healthy. Things are so different now. I feel older than my 54 years. My Pastor told us that he is taking on a part-time job (outside the church). He will now have 2 jobs + his family life. He is 57 years old. Boy, how I miss that energy. I have to nap every day- maybe just 30-45 minutes, but nap anyway. And my arthritis- hands, feet, shoulders, hip, and back- prevents me from doing so much anymore. I think the lack of estrogen from the cancer meds (Lupron and the AI I was on with the Ibrance) has really sped up arthritis in me. I may have been the type to have arthritis as I got older and went thru natural menopause, but the cancer meds caused it to come on earlier. I have been told I need a hip replacement, but I have not done that. The cancer may be stable, but I would have a tough time working with the arthritis now. I have to really concentrate on not getting too depressed.

Wish Mel's Living Room was a real place. I would love to go there right now and sit and visit with you all.

@mara51506 - I'm glad you decided against taking a break. You are a constant in this thread.

@micmel - your daughter is blessed to have you to help her through this. I hope you C can make it back to us soon.

@mkestrel ‐ I love your photos, as usual. The bowl of tomatoes at the end was just fun.

I keep up with reading, and I feel like you are all part of my extended family, even if I don’t have much to say. I need to make more of an effort to contribute.

I spent the last two weeks getting our house and yard ready for company, and dh worked even harder on the yard and finishing the game/guest room in the shop. All the kids and grandkids were here for the 4th, and everyone had a great time, so it was worth it. I got some extra special time with my 7 week old grandson. There's nothing like snuggling a little baby. I thought I'd have a ton of leftovers, but it's surprising manageable...except for the fruit. My dh doesn't eat it, and as much as I love it, I have to be careful how much I eat or it exacerbates the Verzenio side effect. I think I can freeze the grapes and some cubed watermelon, and then just focus on the cherries. We'll see.