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Re: CT and Lung Nodules
AJ,
That is most likely what I am going to do. At least speak with the Onco before stressing g out the hubby.
Re: So...whats for dinner?
First - Moon- so sorry to hear about your son. Holding you in my thoughts. Carole & Wally and Maggie - Happy Anniversaries. Eric - what a convoluted saga. Hi to everyone from the center of the storm recovery.
Thanks everyone for thinking of me. I'm OK. No power for a full 7 LONG days. Finally restored last night at 6pm but no internet until today. The solar generator my son sent was great for keeping the cell phone and the light bars charged and for running a fan for an hour in the late afternoon. We had several days of rain so I only tried to charge it outside with the solar panel one time. PITA… You have to keep moving the long panel so the sun's rays provide the correct angle to charge. It did work, but it also burned the grass. Never-the-less I was grateful to have it instead of driving around trying to charge my phone in the car. My ex-DH has a generator & two freezers so he drove across town brought me a bag of ice every other day that he'd stored from the last outage. I was able to sleep OK except one night when the house got stuck above 85 degrees no matter how I pointed the 8" battery operated fan. (Outside days were up to 96, most nights 79-80 and humidity of course 99%) Thinking of Wally at this point.
All of your meals for the last week sound delicious. I've been through a number of hurricanes so I had plenty of water & canned food. The first couple of days I ate what would ruin first - frozen rotisserie chicken & asparagus over fried rice, then TJ's flame broiled meatballs in Rao's marinara. Cheerios worked one day before the milk turned. Luckily I have a gas stove so I was able to manually light the burners and make such additional delicacies as boiled hot dogs and fried egg sandwiches and mushroom omelettes. Most of the time it was too hot to eat but I had to cook by 4pm so there was at least some light to see what I was doing. The saddest thing was tossing food again - a lovely pork roast, a couple of T-bone steaks, salmon & cod, and Haagen Dazs Ice Cream - SIGH. At least I hadn't fully re-stocked from the 6-1/2 days we were w/o power in May. This is getting old.
I pulled my old blue Rubbermaid ice trays out of the attic last night once the power came on so at least I have ice for my gin & tonic tonight. I'm not used to drinks with no ice like the British. Now that I think the power might last, I'll turn on the ice maker.
Today I'm just basking in the air conditioning, cleaning out the Igloo coolers, throwing away more food (looking at ya cottage cheese), and starting to consider multiple loads of wash. Tomorrow I'll hit the grocery store but I still have an Auntie Chun's Yakisoba to eat today. (or I could do the last of the hot dogs).
Interesting aside - how we shop for food. My Mother went to the grocery store one day a week & bought what she needed for the entire week. My BFF's mother lived in a tiny town, decided every day what that day's dinner would be and the ingredients were delivered. Both of them baked their own bread & pies & cakes. I've stayed pretty close to my roots. I rarely shop more than one day a week (unless I'm going for a special treat like Nothing Bundt Cakes) and once a month for Costco and Total Wine. But sadly I rarely bake anymore.
Re: I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
Camille ,
See my comment above. When I first read Hillbilly Elegy, I felt like I had received the key to understanding my ex and his family. It was a revelation that came too late to save my marriage (though I doubt anything could have) but it was profound. I knew Vance himself held more conservative views but never imagined he would be a trumper.
BTW, my ex and his family are from the Wilmington/Lebanon are of Ohio.
Re: CT and Lung Nodules
@bookworm14 So sorry to hear about the positive lymph node. We are never ready for this news and it just plain stinks!! Take a breath and give yourself time to digest and sort through this one step at a time. There are many more option's out there than 6 years ago. Sending you strength and positive vibes.
Even though I have surpassed the nodule stage I always pop on here to see how you ladies are doing. Hi to all here and wishing you all the best.
Re: CT and Lung Nodules
It depends on where the lymph node is. If it’s a hilar node then probably yes, an internal mammary node probably no. You’ll have to ask your onc. The almost exact timing is crazy but no time is a good time for news you don’t want to hear.