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Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
happy autumn and Libra season! Haha. Ziggy says get those pumpkins organized! After today I have 14 days off work but only three days with nothing g booked. Cloudy skies here. I’m on a photoshop gp on fb and this is one of the grand masters work!
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Wren, four inches is a lot of height loss. Hope the new med continues to not cause SEs.
Betrayal, you must have a large vehicle to hold all those purchases. Sounds like a fun-filled day.
CanaryCat, hope you get some answers but nothing serious is wrong.
Today is grocery shopping day. Time for some healthier eating. More vegetables and salads.
Happy Saturday.
Re: Are you currently (or have you been) in a Clinical Trial?
@mommacj Ugh. How frustrating. The "hurry up and wait" healthcare system at work. I hope it speeds up for you soon and in the meantime, the Trodelvy does its dang job. I'm trying to remember if Trodelvy worked quickly for me or not, but that was a few years ago.
My first bout with pneumonitis was because of Afinitor as well—a common side effect I was warned about. With the Datroway, it is somewhat rare, so no one made a big deal about it and I wasn't on the lookout. I'm not sure if once you have had pneumonitis you're more susceptible to it though so definitely something to consider. Dr. G also runs trials, so I'll take his word for it on the eligibility, but it sure seems to me like it would be limiting. Maybe we'll both be pleasantly surprised.
I'm actually healing a lot faster than I thought I would. I went off the oxygen after 11 days except to sleep, and on day 13 I stopped that too. My problem now is my weak muscles from laying like a blob in the hospital for so long. I'm still using the rollator for support and balance but hoping to be rid of that in the next few weeks as well. That, of course, is all up to me. If I do the PT exercises it will go a lot faster…sadly I'm a better procrastinator than exerciser, haha, so it might go a little longer.
The Talzenna has given me no issues at all so far, so fingers crossed that continues.
Sending peace & strength to you, and a kick in the rear to the trial coordinators—get with it, people!
CBL
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
I have to say, I got a bag of chips, the Great Value shili and sour cream kettle chips. I tried some out and they were DELICIOUS. I really enjoyed them alot.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Posting my thought on the queso bowls I like a walmart, realized I could simply make KD as normal and add some canned chicken shredded up and queso as well, use sour cream to thicken things up and get almost the same taste.
I did put a grocery order through, less money than I usually spend, couple of 12 pack of eggs, did not need the 30 pack and they are big eggs. Couple of the frozen meals, got a chicken and rice and vegetables from Michelina's, a lasagna and more queso, cannot have too much of that. Got some inexpensive chips as well, a rippled spicy barbecue, could add some crunch to a dish along with a 5 pack of KD which was a good price. Not buying the cheap noodles anymore as I do not like texture or taste. I suppose I could chop up the noodles so they are not long and cook shortened noodles in something else instead.
I tried out making an egg with a runny yolk. Heated pan to high and then turned it off and covered with lid, egg did not look bad but yolk was not at all runny, guess I will stick with microwaving and chopping with cheese and frying up the chopped mixture in my pan with seasonings or beans. I still do not enjoy eggs I admit that unless on a Mcdonalds egg mcmuffin but I do know they are good for me. Like some beans, I can chop them up with chips I have too along with the cheese. Eggs are good for me though and should keep it in mind. Only other egg dish I enjoy is the eggs benedict DB made back when we all did Christmas breakfast back in the day. Perhaps I need to read up on making hollandaise for myself and how to poach an egg better.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
betrayal
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
great news from the orthopedic doc. You'll be racing around in no time!
eleanora
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Well, wound up late to bed so just got up. That's fine, no other appointment til MRI on Oct 14, see doc following week. Not concerned at this point, that area has been pretty stable since 2018 and was dx with brain met originally in 2016, had surgery and whole brain radiation and met wrapped around a blood vessel. We knew there would be a recurrence so 2018 was not too bad. We now mostly check the blood pool hanging out between skull and brain, has not changed since discovered, I am not having symptoms so unconcerned.
I did sleep pretty well and woke up this morning to an alarm on phone going off, was charging it and lately a moisture detect message comes up. I use my blower to clear the connection port and a wee brush that came with the blower. It has stopped now and is charging so that is good. I could probably use a new phone, this one is pretty old but other than that message, it works well. I could probably afford to get a new phone but do not really want to.
Still warm today, going to be close to 86 here, tiny bit of humidity but that is no bother for me. Got a ton of laundry to do, not being good about getting stuff done the day I start it, its been wash twice, get to spin cycle and just stop. Tigger sitting on top of washers is very cute I must admit but gets in the way. Sink in kitchen is a mess too. Think I need to start on dishes and laundry and complete both. Not because of fatigue so much as I think of another thing, usually kitchen related and start looking stuff up that way. I do think I will cook up a frozen burger in the pan, had those a little while, found a bag of chips when I dropped the extra dry cat food in my bedroom closet and heard a pop so another bag of chips, probably use them to chop up the stuff I do not like so much with other stuff that I do.
Meal one was a frozen Michelina's rice and chicken with some veggies, just did the regular microwave, added a bunch of sour cream seasoning, bit of salt. Did another squirt of garlic parm mayo and small squirt ofsour cream and lime. It was very good. Later meal will be made from what arrives from the grocery store listed below.
Noticing plumbing is slower to drain but does drain, luckily I am keeping the wetdry vac in the laundry area, figure I can vacuum out the drain when dry and that would clear any issues. EDIT, drain is still draining, no vac needed. I wonder if it is a building issue because the plumber that helped me out was back yesterday looking at other apartments for the same issues. No worries for me because it is no problem to use the smaller washers to wash other stuff, I have 4, 3 of which were the 20 dollar variety which work quite well even though a total impulse buy.
I did put together a Walmart grocery, this time mostly focused on stir fry pasta and the knorr pasta side dishes, I can do alot with those and better than the soup noodles, it was around 40 bucks but will last a long time, more hershey chocolate almond bars as well.
I hope everyone has a good day, In pockets for everyone. A thought percolating in my head about exercise I may wish to do. I do treadmill itself couple times a week, small sessions each time total of maybe 30 mins or 3000 steps. I am thinking today, do the really fast march by leslie sansone, 2 to 5 minutes and get that done several times a day. Exercise is still hard today as Herceptin has still got me exhausted anyway.