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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Well, did wind up putting an order in a McDonalds, this time for two deluxe cheeseburgers as I can get more put on, two tomatoes and other stuff like mayo. Plan to eat one now, put other in container and use the different ingredients for other meals. Can likely turn it all into different stuff. I like the fact that this is the only burger that is not charging for extra veggies. It came out of left over bills budget for august which is great. If I want more meals, do the budget boosting stuff though goal is honestly 35 dollars for paypal for a free grocery haul.
It was so good, sloppy too. Lots of tomato, onion and letttuce with mayo sauce and I loved it. Planning some different meals with the second burger as well. Can take one tomato at a time and make the KD type stuff at dinner. It was yummy and used left over rent and bills budget as well.
EDIT, will have the burger tomorrow as well, use the tomato for something else or an egg meal, maybe scrape off the buns and toast them up with some peanut butter or put garlic on for an egg sandwich, I will see tomorrow. I also am in love with the jumbo beef hotdog, it is delicious and had another one today, no need to grind it up, just eat after it cools and I boil them as I have no grill. Like it when the dog starts splitting apart.
Re: Zoom Meet-up for Those With MBC: Place to keep chatting
@Rosebessie It looks like a wonderful holiday!
aj
Re: Zoom Meet-up for Those With MBC: Place to keep chatting
Rose, looks like a lovely vacation, so happy you were able to get away for a bit.
illimae
Re: Are you currently (or have you been) in a Clinical Trial?
Wow @cure-ious !
They were going to pull you from the trial that's working so well for you? How awful! Were they trying to manipulate the data? Even more awful. Glad you're still on it! I hear you about the no alcohol…not that I was a big drinker at all—the hangover from even 2 beers was brutal—but every now and then I crave (and sometimes indulge) in 1/2 a beer. But that's been a while, like maybe two years or so.
I'd heard of liver numbers fluctuating because of drug toxicity, I just didn't know it could be that extreme. I asked the doctor how high can it get before I start panicking and turning yellow. He said he doesn't really look at it until it hits 1000, and I'm a ways from that. So I'm good for now.
And yes, it is a huge relief to still be on Datroway. I could do without the surprises, but if it's working, I'll suck it up.
Thanks for the support and your story—hope you can stay on the trial for many more months to come!
CBL
Re: Zoom Meet-up for Those With MBC: Place to keep chatting
Hallo Monday group, Im back from my vacation in Zanzibar amd Arusha. It was indescribably 💯perfect. and I had a wonderful time.
While I was away, Kris (kbl), passed. I feel the pain in my heart because she leaves a huge gap in that space where her love, knowledge, wisdom occupied. She was a shining example of how to manage MBC. And her decision to put quality over quantity remains embedded in my memory as a demonstration of courage and self empowerment. Rest in peace until we meet again dear Kris. We love you and miss you.
Re: Do I need a 2nd opinion?
Hi @mrsfish, Sorry you had to join us here but this is a good place for information and support. Second opinions are useful once you have a diagnosis and are unsure whether the proposed treatment is appropriate. Definitely wait for the FISH result which can take a while since the test is often sent out to a larger hospital. If it is positive you will likely be treated as having HER2+ breast cancer. If it is negative the dilemma is whether you should be treated as triple negative since the ER/PR is very low. If you are not happy with the rationale for a proposed treatment it is a good idea to seek a second opinion.
Ordering the CT and bone scan is not standard of care in your situation so it seems like the group treating you is going above and beyond to be helpful. An oncologist you like who understands your anxiety is a big plus.
I hope things fall into place when you get your test results. Let us know how it goes. All the best.
maggie15
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
I slept a long while, almost nine hours. This was mostly due to not going to bed the night before. Feels better to have slept.
Laundry, sink, floors, always the floors need doing. Decided to use regular kitchen garbage bags for the litter genie, cheaper and works the same. Love the trowel to pick up anything cemented to the pan, not filling so full either. Makes it easier to wipe down the sides with enzymatic cleaner. Smell is down 90 per cent, especially given I am right next to it.
I am planning something like I have posted repeatedly, take some of the red pepper, rest of the beans and an egg. Take a hot dog, chop it up with some cheese. Steps needed would be some KD noodles, probably a 1/4 cup and make those up first and then boil up one of the giant hotdogs, they are really good, let cool, chop with the cheese and then put all in a frypan or steel pot with plenty of spray and adding the egg to the steel pot first. I prefer the steel pots lately as they do not chip or anything and heat faster. I like the partial box of KD since I can add other stuff like the ground up hot dog and cheese.
Really liking the idea of stretching stuff to have while it tastes good, I have mexican rice packages that I could make up and add other rice or the ramen noodles, I usually break those up as I really am not fond of long slurpy noodles. I will see.
Paying off some bills ahead of tomorrow which always feels good to do. Only thing this month is to stick mostly to cat food and litter on the Amazon and stay close to 35.00 on the Walmart and if out with DB, 20.00 limit since I always pick stuff up with him too. I also have a card that handles groceries for free as well since it pays my rent, internet and phone, gives a lot of rewards for those items and is paid in full on the first. I usually make 45 dollars rewards which goes to my groceries as well and if not used can save the credit for the next month.
Anyway, laundry, meal prep and breaking down of the boxes that brought in my cat food and litter order and putting outside til Tuesday when recycle goes over.
Tigger is supervising the washing and rinsing cycles of the cloths and towels, used them mostly to clean up dust so they were heavily dirty. Used extra oxy clean white revive powder, tide detergent, just a drop and the tide spray as well. Needless to say, even with the small amounts of detergent causes some suds but that is OK. Mid cycle on the water rinse, last cycle is the vinegar rinse to keep everything soft.
Enough from me, hope all have a good weekend, in pockets for anyone who needs me. Only thing I am in my own pocket for is to earn more paypal by playing some fun games since walmart takes paypal. That would come in clutch on my next order of groceries.
