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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@intolight Wishing you a Happy Birthday and may you enjoy a delicious lunch! Sorry your treatment fell on your birthday obviously not where you would like to be. So I hope it goes quick and smoothly so you can enjoy the rest of your birthday evening🎉
@irishlove In your pocket for your barium swallow tomorrow. Hope all they see is a beautiful open flowing esophagus! Guess your gonna have to go out and do your rain dance to help the drought situation lol, always something. Hopefully mother nature will get on it for you !
@eleanora Wow, I think you hit the nail on the head with that post, so true! Many times I joke with my hubby and say I'm tired of hearing myself talk about my ailments.
@mara51506 You're the perfect person to work through your food stash. Your recipe imagination is amazing!
Dreary day here , in everyone's pocket this week for ongoing struggles and appointments.
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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@intolight Hoping you get some snow soon and a Happy Birthday.
I did prepare a breakfast with broken up ramen noodles, I did boil it in water and put the entire seasoning in with the water so it would not taste super salty. Took my frozen sliced peppers, microwaved 3 mins to get rid of a lot of the water content. Pulled out the air fryer next. I still am not fond of hot dogs so took one hotdog and pulverized it in my spice grinder, got to say it left almost nothing put puffy stuff, added all ingredients into the air fryer and heated for 5 mins at a time,, stirred with a spoon and when done, put in a bowl. Added the squeezable queso and another dollop of sour cream and lime. Was more measured in the dry seasoning by just adding some to my hand, added white cheddar, dash of salt, dash of sour cream and onion dry seasoning . It all came together well, was concerned could cause digestive stuff so took 2 immodiums and my usual enzymes. It was pretty delicious I must say. Not a ton of protein, just one hotdog in there which was really undetectable the way I chopped the hotdog.
I have so much canned stuff and refrigerator stuff, it is nuts. Working on eating through my pantry and fridge first.
Re: I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
What I know now is that we're all interconnected and that's a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons. You can't judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere.
betrayal
Re: I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
betrayal
Re: ER-, PR-, Her2+ Roll call
If I could suggest anything for helping someone going through chemo, I kept dry crackers, water and ensure at my bedside for sick days. I could not do the treatment on just compazine, it had to be Zofran for nausea. Every single side effect must be pretreated. If you let the side effects occur its too late. I showered frequently because of rashes, diarrhea. Keep eye on shortness of breath it might be from low hemoglobin. Becareful with fluid balance. Heart and kidneys need a balance. I am not a doctor or able to give medical advice but on your first treatment there is a lot of cell death and your body will want to expell it. And last to be supportive to anyone getting chemo never underestimate what the person is feeling. My sick days were about the 4th day after chemo and when it hit it was very hard. Basic bland food is the best with low odors. Also the perfume you wore before chemo you will not like during chemo and after you are done with chemo you will like again so don't throw away ..My biggest fear is treatment for reoccurrence.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
This is before everything turned brown.
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Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
We "attended" a wedding yesterday by watching it on UTube. DH's sister died some years ago and her dh married his SO at his condo in the Naples/Marco Island area. The ceremony was at a church, and the only attendees were the minister and one guest and the bridal couple. We got the UTube invitation in an email. BIL is a retired physician and he was a wonderful caregiver for dh's sister during a long illness. He grieved for at least two years, maybe more, after her passing. DH and I are glad that he found someone to be a companion. His SO was a neighbor in the retirement community in St. Louis, where he became a resident. A good Valentine's Day story.
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras Day. Our YMCA is closed. It closes at every opportunity. Eyes rolling emoticon. I am committed to playing golf if the course condition allows carts to drive on the fairways. I don't play when it's cart path only.
I have one lower corner of my jigsaw puzzle to complete. I won't start another one because the position of sitting and bending forward over the coffee table is not good for my back. And once a puzzle is started, it serves as a magnet, drawing me.
I bought some yarn and am crocheting a lap afghan in a rose color. The pattern is overly simple. I enjoy crocheting and hope the afghan will find an owner to use it, maybe at a nursing home. Fortunately, my hands don't seem bothered by the movement.
So far, today is rather gloomy out, in the lower 50's. Coffee is tasting good.
Happy Monday to all.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Sadly, I think that at some point, this will apply to many of us.
eleanora