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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@seeq Oh no! So happy about the good scan results but so frustrated at the broken ankle and cruise loss. I pray your healing is quick.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@seeq Wow how awesome to have a great PET report!!! I am thrilled for you but bummed at the same time. Oh nooo ugh I can't believe your break/dislocation needed surgery! I can only imagine your disappointment, gosh why is it always something?? Thank God you did pay for the trip insurance and I pray you will reschedule it in the future. Yes and order the large roll of bubble wrap lol.In the meantime I am sending you hugs and strength for recovery❤️
cookie54
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@cookie54 You are completely correct, no need to worry so much anyway, the marching is great for me when I get it done. I did not see DB this week though did mention I had Herceptin so that may have kept them away.
@shanagirl Glad the bronch went well and that your husband is doing well too.
I watched a few things including Peacemaker, a violent but fun show. I also watched a movie called Weapons. Kids go running off in the night and basically disappear and the story goes all over the place but in the end, somwhat gory but interesting plot.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@shanagirl So so happy to hear bronch went well and results are good! It's so comforting to feel you are in expert hands. I hope the steroids start to really knock it back quickly🙏
@threetree Thinking of you and praying for good results.
@mara51506 Sound like a good plan to sit back and let things unfold themselves. In the meantime you have your indoor walking to build your stamina.
Wishing all here a peaceful evening.
cookie54
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@threetree In pocket for your scans and any SE coming from the fulvestrant shots.
Just woke up, slept well too. No dreams but that is also OK.
Been reflecting on my treadmill obsession, deciding to just let it work how it will since it would be years away and not berating DB all the time. I need to get the corner ready anyway by moving the containers over to another part of the room. Need to stop pricing new ones too. Need to pay off all the stuff purchased stupidly first. I am not severely in debt by any stretch but need to pay stuff off first and save money for myself. A good paced step on the spot with arms pumping is enough for me.
Next week we go back hot 30c or 86f. Not humid but definitely hot. Will not complain about that since no humidity. Debating walks but much shorter like around a short block, talking next street over to home. Drink water before during and after. Have a CT scan coming up as well. That will be on Tuesday. Not worried since body has been clear 10 years.
Doing up some laundry, will be, found that my leaving it at different stages of completion has led to stanky stuff and then having to wash it out again. Also want to clean under the bigger washer and do a complete mop of the inside of the tub. I will say that the metal drain cover is doing its job, keeps a lot of stuff out of the drain and the sock I use to cover the drain pipe does its job well. The stuff that is smell can be treated with some of my oxy odour blast first before washing I think. Could also start adding wash soda to the mix as well. I make my own, bake baking soda at 400 in the oven for an hour, easy peasy. I also plan a through cleaning of the lint filter within the washer. Take a mesh bag, pull out the filter and wash up in one of the smallest washers, they are not as rough on things. I do clear it after every wash but no need to keep a smelly filter in there. It never gets to fully dry out so my thought is to pull it out, clean it and let it dry some in the washer or on my heated drying rack.
I am not sure what I want to eat. I did another mini pot pie vibe yesterday on top of some whipped up eggs, put them in the microwave together, whipping keeps the eggs from exploding. With the pot pies, including spoonful of beans usually, sounds unusual but I quite like them. I may do similar today but unsure.
Edit, went into the freezer, pulled out last McD meat patty and some chicken drumsticks I forgot about, will eat up those and leave noodles and beans for later.
I hope all have a good day and in pockets for all.
Re: how about drinking?
Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Saturday! The day out with Mom yesterday turned out really nice even if it didn't go quite to plan. Mom was having one of her slower-to-get-going ayems, so we didn't leave her place until noon time. She had just finished breakfast before we left. I had breakfast at 6 ayem, so I snuck a PBJ while she was getting dressed, knowing lunch would be later than usual. The drive around the Park Loop Road was nice, but since the part has stopped cutting back the trees on the side of the road towards the ocean there isn't as much to see as there used to be. Or more precisely, there is a lot more trees to see, and much less ocean view. We decided to go to the Jordan Pond House again for lunch, and Mom decided it was going to be splurge day. We got popovers, lobster stew, a lobster popover (think lobster roll in a popover instead of a hot dog roll), blueberry bread pudding (made with popovers, of course) with blueberry ice cream. It was VERY yummy. It came to $213. Mom almost fell off her chair after she asked how much it came to! But boy, oh boy, was it ever good! We didn't stop to look at grave markers, though. Mom was having more trouble than usual finding words and completing sentences, and I was starting to get frustrated with trying to figure out what she was trying to say, so I figured yesterday was not the day to do that. I'll make sure she gets it done soon, though.
Teka--yes, being prepared is a wise move. And you are very correct, we do all need to re-learn how to disagree and remain civil to each other.
Carole--I discovered the same thing about Charlie Kirk when I looked for more info on him. I can't help but wonder what he is thinking now. Mass shootings are becoming much too common. I'm afraid we, as a society, are getting numb to them.
mOmmy--you really have been able to find a lot of info about your great uncle! Bear in the back yard? Time to bungee the trash cans and take in the bird feeders! There are bears in the area where I live, but I haven't seen any near my house. I"ve seen them on the road not too far away, though. I'll never forget the morning I woke up to see a moose looking in my second story bedroom window! The puppers have been getting agitated about something in the front yard in the mid-ayems recently. I haven't seen anything when I look until today. We have a turkey herd ambling through! That's probably what the puppers have been reacting so, as it was the same time they usually have been acting up and wild turkeys around here tend to have pretty regular routes they follow.
Minus--frankly, I'd be more worried about the homeless encampment than the wildlife across the street. I hear about stabbings, shootings, beatings, overdoses, tents being set on fire in the homeless encampments around town more than I hear about a bear doing more than rummaging through trash cans and pulling down bird feeders.
Mirandra--you are right, it is going to take more than one approach to address gun violence. I grew up in a home with guns (rifles for deer hunting, hand guns for target shooting), and remember very well the training we kids got from the time we could start understanding right from wrong and good from bad how to behave around, and later, with guns. It was a bit of a rite of passage to finally be old enough, big enough and responsible enough to be taken out and taught how to shoot. I never realized the NRA had changed so much, I still think of them as the folks who did the yearly gun safety education my folks took me to every year. I think a big part of the reason I choose not to own a gun is because of the gun safety training emphasizing never point any gun at anything you don't intend to make dead. I don't think I could ever bring myself to do that to another human being. On the other hand, when my cousin's husband shot and killed her and himself all the guns owned by family living in the area came to live at my house for several months, until custody of their children was settled, as I lived far enough away that I could guarantee the kids wouldn't ever be in the same building as the guns no matter who in the family they were visiting.
Autumn Sunshine Cocktail
Ingredients
• 6 ice cubes
• 2 fluid ounces bourbon
• 1 fluid ounce maple syrup
• 1 fluid ounce brandy-based orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier)
• 1 clementine, juiced and peel cut into 1x1/4-inch strips
• ½ lemon, juiced
Directions
1. Place ice cubes in a shaker. Pour in bourbon, maple syrup, orange liqueur, clementine juice, and lemon juice. Cover the shaker and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
2. Light a match or lighter over cocktail and squeeze 1 strip of clementine peel near the flame to flame the oil. Rub peel on the rim of the martini glass and drop peel into cocktail.
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Re: Bone Mets Thread
@tougholdcrow They did a “liquid/blood” draw yesterday that doc said was a Guardant biopsy to check for mutations. She wants me to continue the same treatment for now and have CT in October.
Re: Bone Mets Thread
@newfmamainoregon I don't have experience with radiation, but I'm really sorry this is happening. Will they do a biopsy to see if your cancer has changed and why letrozole/Kisqali failed?
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
Morning all, as hard as it is, the more fatigue the more moving helps! When I was first diagnosed my surgeon arranged for a personal oncology trainer from The Maple Tree Cancer Alliance . https://www.mapletreecanceralliance.org/ They have free downloads of excerises, and links to YouTube videos for those looking to get started moving. I also get a Monday reminder email with links and inspiration lol. Super helpful. Here’s my newest YouTube find - mobility and energy flow:
Happy Saturday ❤️
Re: I am grateful
Pets are such comfort sometimes. We have a bird feeder right our front window on the ground outside and love to look at it. We live in a bi-level house so we are up a level and almost to the leaves on the tree and look down on it. We have had such a variety this year including these tiny little things we have never seen before. We have suit feeder next to the seed feeder with two perches and we will often have 6 little ones on the suit and 2 larger ones on the seed out there at the same time. It happens a few times a day which we call 'feeding time' for breakfast and afternoon snack and then dinner time. We can see them fly out of the tree down there so get up to look out the window and not spook them. So fun. We call it the wildlife show here. there is also the piggy squirrel that hangs out under the feeder to get what the birds knock out. Not our own pets which is a short haired Aussie and so sweet. Our doggie not only gives us loving but is a lover dog for everyone who may come to visit as well.