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Re: STFU (Shut the F*** UP)
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$444444444444444444, my hair kinda looked like that for the luncheon today, Matched the top. I was with a range of colors, many white to gray-----------and colors colored.-------I used about 4 color chalks. Only several compliments.
But the group wasn't used to it. Which is odd, b/c they are the Brit qroup-------this was the Xmas party. Their usual parties are pretty wild. Even if they are white hairs.
Unbenownst to me or her------a great gal name Peggy and I sat next to each other--happenstance---------she introduced her self as having a hearing loss and early stage dementia. OMG.. I'm life long hearing loss-------and understand short term memory and long term memory loss. Kept translating the table conversation to her. It was great. Even if she didn't remember it 5 or 1 minute later didn't matter. Kept her in the moment. We had lot's of laughs and asked the table what they were talking about and talked in her ear and she offered her opinion. ...........What I learned later was she would scream out at other functions----take me home etc. I told my dear friend Maureen. If this gal comes to another function------I'm there.
Peggy's 85 has a disability of hearing, dementia she announces to everyone. Why? Every word we shared was cognizant. Did show signs of repetitiveness. But the JOY I had was I kept here in the conversation at the table. COOL. VERY COOL.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@irishlove I am so very happy on your remission news, takes out cancer from what you deal with in your life. Please continue to visit us here anyway, we all love to hear from you.
I forgot to complete my post today so here is how today went, completed laundry, bed was not made, will make it to get into it easier and make it up tomorrow.
I ate one of the beef and macaroni meals, heated 5 mins in microwave, put slices of garlic bread on top of it and heated those for the last minute. Once out, put some regular mayo as a binder, salt and sour cream and onion seasoning. Very good meal. Then couple hours later ate up the rest of my potato chips, sour cream and cheese flavour and after that a yogurt, was really very nice to eat
Re: Contemplative practices - Affirmations, white light visualizations, healing meditations
@threetree i know, that’s why it’s a practice lol. I read recently it takes 28 days and 5 minutes a day to form a new habit. I’m going for the kindness and forgiveness habit.. I’ll keep you posted lol… 🙏
@henry994 i love a mantra Breathe practice too. So calming to quiet the mind and center with an image.
Here is a new image/ pic from the James Webb Space Telescope, dark matter. I love this one.
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
hi @gailmary here is YouTube I’ve used for neuropathy , perhaps try this if it feels right. The maple tree cancer alliance was recommended to me by my surgeon a few years back, and I had a personal trainer from there for a bit too. All online. The founder made this video, and I found it helpful for balance and strength . ❤️❤️ wishing you healing and joy, Rhonda
Re: Cats, cats, cats
Cats are so amazing! Where else can you get unconditional love and total judgement in the same moment?
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
I’ve covered my plants with sheets and pillowcases for the last time. (I say with fingers crossed) Today was the third morning of pulling off the sheets. First day I had to wash them all because of the sprinkler system going off. Second day no sprinkler went off and I was able to toss them in the garage to use again. Today, back in the washer they went.
I think the succulents survived, but really yet to be seen. The plant that looks worrisome is the bougainvillea. The leaves look off and so do the remaining flowers. Time will tell. The giant thorns seem fine, haha!
We were supposed to go for a wilderness walk but SO is having a sinus headache or similar. He laid down for a bit. He’s even said he probably won’t want to go out to dinner tonight. I’ll have to go to Carole’s for dinner, she’s cooking and I had nothing planned. Tee hee.
cindyny
Re: how about drinking?
Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Twofer Tuesday! I was just looking at the local weather predictions for today and was amazed to see that the temps are anticipated to get into the double digits, but not only double digits, it might get all the way up to 32 degrees! A dip over the weekend then back into the 30s, with night time temps mostly staying above 0! This looks really good to me, I am getting very tired of being cold and dealing with the icicles and dripping. Of course there will be a lot more dripping to deal with, but that's ok. It will help start melting off the snow.
mOmmy--I think I'm getting a mini-heat wave! Maybe a "warm up wave"?
Minus--Mom's PCP does stay on top of things. And the reality is that Mom isn't going to pursue treatment for anything unless it's causing her a problem, and she's not seeing death as something to avoid at all costs. Mom and her PCP had that conversation a couple years ago, and signed a POLST and DNR, and the PCP reviews it with Mom almost every visit. So Mom her PCP and I are all on the same page, and it's not the "see this number, start this treatment, see that number change to that treatment" algorithm that specialty clinics and hospitals follow. Frankly, I was surprised when the hematologist talked about Mom not starting the hydroxyurea and opting for a better quality of life instead. It's rare that option is even mentioned to patients. Of course, it doesn't generate any income for the practice or hospital, so not the preferred path for them.
Jazzy--I am jealous! I'm usually quite jealous of my brother and SIL this time of year when they have temps in the 50s and 60s, but right now they have 16 inches of snow from the big storm! Thankfully, that big storm headed out to sea and missed Maine entirely.
Teka--Brr is right! As for Phil--you fire up the grill, I'll bring the wine!
Morning, Carole!
Miriandra---interesting read, thanks for sharing!
Carole--I've never been to Mardi Gras, and my opinion is purely based of media portrayals, but I can't help but think that Mardi Gras parade goers probably have a blood antifreeze level that will keep them going for quite a while!
Jazzy--Wow! Quite something to come upon unexpectedly!
Wally--You are welcome, and the donation did bounce back. It was fun!
King Cake, Baby
INGREDIENTS
• 1.5 oz Big Easy Whiskey
• 0.5 oz Cinnamon syrup
• 0.25 oz Licor 43
• 0.5 oz Half and half
• 1 Dash of bitters
• Purple, gold and green edible glitter for garnish.
DIRECTIONS
1. Chill the Glass Place your coupe glass in the freezer for 5–10 minutes, or fill it with ice and water while you prepare the drink.
2. Combine Ingredients Add the whiskey, cinnamon syrup, Licor 43, half and half, and bitters into a cocktail shaker.
3. Chill and Aerate Fill the shaker with plenty of ice. Shake vigorously for about 15–20 seconds.
4. Strain Double strain into your coupe glass to ensure a silky texture without ice shards.
5. Garnish with Flair Gently sprinkle the purple, gold, and green edible glitter over the top of the foam. You can do this with a stencil or freeform.
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Re: All about Xeloda
@airlinegal - Going to try this again. Lost previous post. I'm not the best person for what you need, as I only started taking Xeloda in mid January, but others will likely be along with more of what you need.
First, I want to say how sorry I am about your situation - especially the heart attack. I hope you are doing much better these days and recovered well.
I took the Verzenio/Faslodex combo for about 2.75 years before starting the Xeloda. Not nearly as long as it looks like you got with Ibrance. Eight years is an amazingly good run.
My oncologist was originally going to give me Truqap first, but then changed his mind and said he was going to skip it altogether and just move to Xeloda, because I am so side effect prone; seeming to suggest that Truqap is a harder drug to handle. I am still in the middle of the first cycle and so far fatigue has been my biggest problem. No diarrhea or nausea or hand foot syndrome so far (knock on wood). I also have some body aches and a bit of a fuzzy brain, but nothing awful. I'm on a one week on, one week off schedule, and very glad for that. My limited experience is telling me that two weeks on would be more problematic. If I didn't feel so tired, I think I'd be relatively ok with what I've experienced so far. The biggest issue for me right now is if this drug will work for me at all, and if it does, for how long.
I wish I could tell you more, but with my extremely limited experience so far, I just can't. Others will join in soon, I'm sure. I wish you nothing but the best of luck with this drug.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
The mittens are going slow. I have made so many mistakes and ripped so much out because of poor translation from German and my loong vacation from the craft. But I think I will have one unshrunk mitten for after surgery, and a pair of felted ones.
Tippy has discovered yak cheese! If he has a small piece left and you are worried about choking, you can put it in the microwave and it puffs up.
mcbaker
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Driveway clear enough for Vietnam Veterans donation pickup today. Already have it out by garage since front walkway is impassable still. It is solid ice so resistant to any attempts at removal. I had 1 kitchen trash bags, 3 bags of books and 3 cardboard boxes of mixed items to go. Feels liberating to let that stuff go and we threw out anything we did not want others to wear or use. So closets are done for now.
Birdfeeder is very busy with frequent visits from flocks of sparrows, juncos, cardinals, an occasional woodpecker, and blue jays. A very large four legged group of "birds" has been eating seed on the ground as well as the smashed pumpkins I have thrown out. I only have 2 pumpkins left though.
Read that the deer enter starvation mode this month due to burning up fat stores to try to stay warm and this weather has hastened the process. Their normal fare at this time of year is the tips of branches and brush. March can be their salvation or death knell because if they start to eat grass before their stomachs have acclimated to the "spring" acidity, they die with full bellies due to inability to process (acidosis) what they have eaten. They have it tough and it is truly survival of the fittest. I watch last spring's twins and hope they make it, though one is incrementally larger than the other. I saw one licking at the snow yesterday to get water. I am hoping stream is not frozen over because that is their closest water access.
It is expected to reach 30 degrees today, but it is overcast so we will not get the sun as we had yesterday. The sun does help with melt though as soon as the sun goes down, it freezes again.
Taco, I 'll send you some snow to offset your drought. I am hoping though, that all this ice, when it melts, will really fill the reservoir, so our summer doesn't result in a drought.
I spent several hours working on genealogy yesterday and started to print out data on each person in my lineage such as grandparents, great grands, parents, etc. I want to put it with the monologues I have written or each family as documentation for facts and sources. This will also provide focus and to let me see where the gaps are.
Still experiencing lingering effects from my cold and hope by next week it is gone. The cough is chest rattling and sounds worse than it is. I'll try to dust first floor today and see if DH can run vacuum for me.
Guess that's enough about my boring, winter existence.
cindyny, loved the story about SO's birthday mix-up and how everyone made the best of it.
carole, glad you are able to get out to exercise class. I know how much you enjoy them.
Justforher, do you have anything prescribed for anxiety? What you are going through right now is scary and it might be nice to have someone to talk to about what you are experiencing.
petite1, I hope your cabin neighbors can tell you what's going on in that neck of the woods. It seems NC got a really heavy snow blow.
Chris, hope the knitting is going well. Have you finished the mittens?
Sandy, hope you are or have enjoyed NO. Not sure if your visit is over yet.
harley07, how is the weather in Chicago area?
Hope everyone has a great day and waving "Hi" to everyone.
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