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I rang in the new year in the hospital with influenza A in spite of the flu shot. After high flow oxygen, antivirals and steroids I was sprung from isolation today. I have to get an IVIG infusion Friday since my already subpar immune level tanked badly.

Wally, It's too bad your PCP was so self centered and had no empathy. When I told the hospitalist to call the ILD service in Boston to find out what to do he was shocked that my pulmo returned the call from a ski resort in Vermont. He stopped by on Saturday for a "social visit" to look at my CT on his way home while the rest of his family went to lunch. I apologized that he wasn't getting paid for any of his trouble and he joked he would get paid for my upcoming appointment with him only if I was able to attend it. This doctor is definitely one of the good guys.

Carole, The shrimp and orzo sounds like a good combination.

Dinner tonight was stuffed peppers. DH seems to have eaten nothing but breakfast foods for the past five days. I guess he added a few veggies to the eggs and put canned fruit in oatmeal.

Carole - I saw that NYT recipe and was going to make it as well , with some substitutes .. it read so nicely. Glad to hear it was yummy. I ended up making mushroom and cannellini bean soup and corn bread instead. It was good. Basically I wanted an excuse to make corn bread lol..

Wally - I used to love turkey meatloaf, good comfort food. Uncaring doctor visits are the worst. Sorry to read about your visit. Compassion fatigue in the medical field is a real problem.

Eric - glad running felt good. I feel that way about going for walks. Hard to get myself outside sometimes , too cold.

Tonight is baked barbecue tempeh with roasted carrots and potatoes.

I made the turkey meatloaf last night. I will never buy the walmart frozen ground version again. Disaster but still tasted good.

Last night was mushroom stroganoff that made a delicious sauce for linguine out of the freezer. I saw the recipe in the NYT yesterday morning. I used a lb of shitakes and 8 oz of baby bellas. Other ingredients were onion, garlic, fresh thyme, white wine, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, sour cream. The recipe called for creme fraiche, but I didn't have any. I also called for vegetable stock and soy sauce, but I will stick with my substitutions. The side was sautéed fresh spinach. Next time I will use the creme fraiche to see if it makes a difference.

I'm not a mushroom fan in general, but I really like shitakes. This box was grown by a farm in Oregon. The mushrooms in the box. LOL. They were lovely.

No plan yet for tonight's dinner.

We have had a few medical professionals that were less than "kind" and it is no fun. The PCP we have now is awesome, but it took awhile to find them. It's a "just him" office with no assistants and he is (one real medical emergency excepted) always on time.

We have a Azure Standard delivery point about 5 miles away and I think they have frozen duck. I'll have to look.

Dinner was leftover chicken salad for Sharon and leftover spaghetti with homemade sauce for me.

I ran 3 miles today. It was the first time in about a month and it felt good to be back out there.

Ooh thank you Eric for the Tepary beans link..fascinating. I’ll order some and we can compare notes !
DH and I are going out to dinner tonight to one of our favorite neighborhood places, and then early to bed lol. Wishing everyone a happy new year to refresh and renew. ❤️ Rhonda

Happy New Year.

We'll be going to the radiation oncology dept. this afternoon to have DH's "mask"/grid thing made. He'll start treatments next week, after the NY. So many unknowns, no kidding…cancer…wish it would leave forever.

Hopeful for duck breasts. No booze for DH. I may stick with red wine. …the elixir of the gods for me. Maybe I'll have a pour of something nice after dinner.

I didn’t put any decorations up so I had none to take down. I did baby proof some rooms so I returned things to normal.

Carole, Your weather is appropriate for turkey noodle soup.

Wally, As I recall your duck usually turns out well.

Dinner tonight was salmon, spinach and sautéed baby potatoes.

Carole I share your sentiments about the holidays. The decorations never make it to new year's in an effort to "move things along " i suppose.

Last night was a taco casserole. Tonight is a mystery but will most likely be a brisket rerun.

My kids returned home and the freezing rain followed by a deep freeze arrived.

Dinner was meatballs in Rao’s on spaghetti.