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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
clapping hands. I hope hope that it’s not anything to warrant changes. You’ve been on ibrance a long time …..
micmel
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Chicagoan you’re in my mind this morning. I hope they figure out this 4cm issue. I’ll tell you it’s always something. Good thing was my son got to go on a Caribbean cruise for his longest friend in his life. They all went to the Bahamas and they married on the island. He was one of the groomsmen and My son had a blast he had such a good time and. It was the first good thing to celebrate in a while he got back safely and hopefully met someone. Send prayers please he’s so picky. He was in a lovely white sand beach with blue sky’s. And clear water. I’ve been able to travel to Bermuda ,Hawaii ,and I’ve seen that tropical water and I’m so glad he got to as well. I hope everyone gets to feel that way at some point in life.
micmel
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@intolight Yes, I feel happy my treadmill is back, DB and SIL cleaned it up nicely. Still planning smaller sessions like a song, take a break and increase the number of sessions. Being on it also encourages me to do more and increase exercise. Need to do more armwork with my bed ladder, pulls my body upright from laying down. That will help with putting the track back up into folded position, that was tough for me.
I also have the treadmill pulled down as well and can shoose to walk for a couple minutes only too. I also have swapped shoes for my sneakers, don't find the running shoes overly comfortable. Be quicker to get in and out of them too.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Mara, you are so encouraging. Keep it up!
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@cookie54 I am sorry to hear about your MIL being in hospice, I am in your pocket sending support to you and your family.
@micmel good to see you, I can definitely empathize with the exhaustion day to day. Even living on my own, I find it hard to keep up. I got tired yesterday when using the telescopic duster, so dumb. You've had a lot to deal with Gabby and your mom on top of the cancer. In your pocket as well.
@irishlove I am happy to read you were able to work on your outdoor space for so long without pain and then have the stamina to go shopping, sounds like a great day.
@intolight No treadmill yesterday, got a message from SIL she got behind in chores, she asked if 11 or 1130 today is OK. If it comes good, if not, not going to feel upset. Training my mind not to be depressive. If it gets past noon, I will check on it.
Not too much on the agenda for me, need to book another Paratransit ride, I have my regular Herceptin. Love being able to book rides online, very handy.
I did set an alarm today to be sure I had time to clear dishes and do a quick sweep and mop as well. Need to do that even if DB and SIL may or may not come. Need to also look into non treadmill activity as well in case they don't show. SIL has said DB is working a lot so am working on more patience. I will post if it arrives.
Still a warm end of September. My house is extra warm because the building has turned on the heat. It is automatically turned on by October and will stay on til May or June I think. Lots of fans around for me and of course the air conditioner. I also left a window fan in the living room window and it is going as well.
Laundry and bringing out some garbage bags to my bin outside is in order, I have run out of room to store my garbage so will keep using the bin outside provided it is empty, easy enough to hop out back, pick up garbage for takeout next time it goes. I am also trying out something that cleans the toilet with a disk in the toilet tank. It smells wonderful and just ran the brush around, should keep the whole thing squeaky clean more easily than before.
Not sure re food, may just use one of the fettucine penne and put a meat pie on top, later could have a simple egg sandwich, heated in a mini griddle. Just the one egg and some mayo. I will have to see what I want to have of course. Not feeling a bunch beans.
I do hope everyone has a good day, in pockets for all who are feeling exhausted, dealing with family stress and support and pockets for all of us. I am hopeful DB will show, if not, will keep asking week to week. If they do show, it will be a matter of getting used to it again.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@irishlove-It's so encouraging that you were able to garden and go shopping! Hope that the pain remains at bay.
@micmel-You've had quite a time of it. Praying that Gabby gets better and never has to deal with the cancer again. And that you will be able to enjoy life again after this very difficult period.
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
I never had overheating issues to the point of fainting before but in the last 2 to 3 years, I can be walking and suddenly feel faint. When that happens, I usually have to hold onto a tree or street pole to keep from falling down. Last time this happened, some kind people stayed with me til an ambulance arrived. I was fine once I cooled off. I was wearing cooling stuff like a cooling bandanna and neck fan but they did not help. Water was not helpful either. Now I just avoid long walks outside. I also do not sweat too much which could be one of the issues with overheating.
I am hoping that daily use of a treadmill and doing more general exercise will make my body work better as I have no mets from the chin down. Not sure what changed for me as far as tolerating heat other than some weight gain.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Betrayal, Eataly's restaurant fare is far more sophisticated, authentic and varied than Maggiano's. Maggiano's (which was spun off from its original owner Lettuce Entertain You) is classic "old-school red-sauce" Italian-American stuff with obscene portions, which might explain its mass appeal. Sort of a step up from Olive Garden in both authenticity and abundance,
Most branches of Eataly have at least one sit-down waiter-service restaurant (the one in Boston is a wood-burning grill, with live music, but the Vegas one lacks an actual restaurant). Chicago's used to have four: Il Pesce (seafood), Il Carne (meat), Le Pizza e Le Pasta (self-explanatory—the pizza made Neapolitan-style in a woodburning oven), and a formal upscale joint in the basement. The latter folded after a year, as prices were as expensive as standalone restaurants; the fish & meat restaurants disappeared after 5 years. What remains of the waiter-service ones are the pizza/pasta and a central pan-Italian trattoria that spans several regions. There is also a seafood bar (including raw shellfish & sometimes crudos), a street-food bar (arancini, suppli, fried calamari, spiedini aka skewers), panini counter, Illy coffee bar (there used to be an additional espresso bar featuring Eataly's proprietary coffee), patisserie (cannolli filled to order) and gelateria—the latter three being on the first floor with lots of seating. There's also a greengrocer, salumeria (deli/charcuterie), butcher, fishmonger, and huge cheese dept. on the second floor, a small fresh-pasta and housemade ricotta & mozzarella station near the bakery, and a small takeaway case (panini, salads) by the entrance.
What I suggest you do first is browse. The bread is always great, fresh and baked in-house. The wine selection (Italian-only, including some spirits like grappa) is great and varied. There are olive-oil-and vinegar, dried pasta, cookies & candy, jarred sauces & pantry-staples/condiments sections; and a tiny (and IMHO waay overpriced) kitchenwares section. Walk around observing and smelling the various fresh-food bars and restaurants. Make a reservation at the eatery of your choice (the bars usually don't require one but seating is limited so you'd likely stand). If there's a wait, do your "window shopping" for pantry staples or wines till your name comes up. (Not sure if they have pagers; in smaller single-floor Eatalys you can hear your name called). Torino's (the original) was largest—you used to have to take a shuttle to get around it, but now downtown Rome's is the world's largest; Chicago's is the largest in the US, with L.A. & NY second & third. Get on their mailing list for special events (seasonal specials like truffle week, wine tastings, food fests, celebrity chef demos, etc). Checkout now is self-service but fairly painless. Buy a tote bag or two (usually $1-2)—they are usually sturdier than the usual recycled-poly supermarket ones, and machine-washable lightweight canvas. (During grand opening week your first tote may be a freebie). If your branch is in King of Prussia, it'll probably be surrounded by lots of free parking; here in Chicago there's a garage a block away with one hour free validated parking—but go one second over that and you'll be out $37 or more (SpotHero can cut that in half if you know you'll be there longer than an hour). There's also a CTA Red Line station (Grand & State) a block away. The Boston one is in the Pru center tower, and the Vegas one in the Park MGM. When we were holed up in the Homewood Suites downtown (River North) while they were getting the Lincolnwood rental ready for us, we dined there at least 3 of our 10 nights as it was around the corner and there was lots of variety.
chisandy
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Early morning for me, have an appointment with MO this morning to go over resOnults of CT scan on Sept 16. I am sure they are fine since it has been 2 weeks and not called into the office since then but will post results of the scan anyway.
As I said, early morning for me. Going to have a meat pie for breakfast I think or possibly my last queso bowl, I bought 3 on my last grocery shop. Later, will probably have an egg sandwich, once I have eaten up the eggs, put together another shop. Yesterday, I took the frozen penne alfredo and chicken and poured an egg over it. I whipped the egg and added some chipotle mayo and baja sauce to the egg while whipping. My microwave is 700 watt so added 2 mins to the cooking time. It was good. I also have an idea of making Kraft Dinner and adding some tomato sauce with veggies in it and ground beans as well, use the KD cheese sauce too. Might be good.
Once I get home and have had a meal, will work in some walking. I feel more comfortable in my regular sneakers vs actual running shoes. Sneakers slip on vs running shoes, I can also leave the treadmill pad down when I get home as well and hop on for the small sessions. I've not done much in exercise for a while, I enjoy Paul Eugene senior gold which I have done standing and doing the arms or sitting and doing it all. Never done the whole program, I have a shorter 10 mins that I do. I will see when I get home.
I also will have laundry to do when home as well and some sweeping, boy this building is HOT when building heat is on but still got fans and AC coming from the bedroom so my place is comfy.
I hope everyone has a good day and in pockets for all who need me, in my own pocket to keep up the momentum of the short bursts of exercise throughout the day. Also pulled up Leslie Sansone as well, I use the pace of the music but also thinking of pulling out the walking sticks and add more of an arm workout.
Re: TRIPLE POSITIVE GROUP
@rleepac, i would highly recommend doing chemotherapy prior to surgery.. also, as i had never had a surgery before, my port placement was not fun - i suggest being put to sleep for the procedure, i just received local anesthesia for mine ... my veins were also very hard to find from what the doctor mentioned and that may have added to my discomfort.
the TCH cocktail does wonders, that's why i suggest doing chemo first... many people seem to get clear margins with this aggressive cocktail, i am also one of those people. you may also get clear margins in your lymph nodes from the chemo prior to surgery which won't require you to remove all of them .. in case you fear lymphedema.