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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@irishlove My family is helpful for the important stuff. I need to shake it off, listen to advice, take what works for me out of said advice and go and ignore the blunt stuff. Life would be much better.
Seems we are the night owls, I was too busy doing other stuff. I tend to start eating, gets me through a sleepless day. Saw this dude on youtube talking about air fryer hacks. One involved hard boiled eggs, just pop eggs in, put in cold water after, using a frozen meal in the cold water to act as ice as I do not have any ice, posting when I find out. I know that it is perfectly safe for a frozen meal or meat to be put in cold water so might as well. Eggs are done at 140 Celsius for 15 m. Once done with the cool bath, planning to take out the frozen meal if possible, if not defrost in microwave a bit and dump the veggie stir fry in the air fryer. and have the eggs as a side dish, we will see.. My plan is to defrost the veggie stir fry, by adding some garlic and sour cream powder, cook for 15 mins at 140 stirring every few minutes, not looking for super crispy, just a different way to do it.
Addition, I did have success making the hard boiled eggs, two of them, same instructions as above, cooled in cold water with a frozen meal making the water even colder due to no ice cubes. The frozen meal became thawed though had a lot of water, had to strain the stirfry and heat about 5 mins at 140 first to remove most of the water content and did spend 15 mins heating through. For the last part, took the hardboiled eggs, peeled pretty easily and I just wound up tearing them apart and putting in the fryer with the stirfry. Liberal garlic flavour, used some caesar bacon dressing as binding and some crushed up great value cheddar rice cakes as well. It was really good. Just another weird thing to eat. All dishes soaking for limit of 30 mins. I also boil some water to add to a sink soak just so stuff is easy to come off.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@mara51506 In your corner, in your pocket or wherever I may be of help. May your family be supportive and of comfort to you and may your kitties behave while Mama is away. All day tomorrow I will be sending you positive vibes and if you accept, prayers, too.
First day in such a long time it's just DH and me (well dogs, feral cats, squirrels and birds, too.) Dinner was easy since I didn't worry about feeding extra folks. Thought I was getting a UTI and when I tested, it was positive immediately. Sometimes I can't tell due to MS and numbness. I'm an oddball, no fever. It has something to do with MS, but I no longer show tempt. when I'm ill. Doesn't mean I don't feel it inside and sometimes it's even a subtemp, which is just as bad. So stop Ibrance, start Cephalaxen 500 mg. Cipro is bad juju for me. I developed severe tendonitis in my feet. I discontinued Cipro immediately. My feet healed, but slowly. Cipro is a no no for people who use steroids, most folks over 65 need to be cautious.
Please keep care and bless you my friends.
Laurel
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When I got to the gym yesterday about 11 am, I knew it was January. All those New Year's resolutions kicking in. The parking lot offered no parking where I usually find a place with a short walk to the entrance. Also, school must still be out because there were teenagers around. I skipped the senior exercise class and did a workout on the weight machines and 15 minutes on the upright bike. I plan to do that regularly because the class doesn't provide enough exercise with weights. I had a cramp in my upper inner thigh during the night last night that told me that muscle had gotten some exercise. I also had a full hour of deep sleep.
Chris, you have my curiosity aroused. That's a technique of a good writer to drop a "hook" at the end of a chapter. Good luck with your hand surgery. Hands are so important.
Today I have an appointment to get my hair trimmed, and does it ever need a trim. I missed my appointment a couple of weeks ago. I saw a woman at the gym yesterday with a hairstyle I liked. She has gray hair but her hair isn't as thick as mine and seems to be straight. The style probably wouldn't work for me.
Today will be sunny and warm. No sweaters or jackets needed.
Re: So...whats for dinner?
Oh Maggie so sorry to read this ! What a travail, and so glad you are on the mend. How scary. Glad you are out of isolation. Sending hugs and healing vibes . Your doctor sounds like a keeper for sure, glad you have one of the good guys on your team. And Stuffed peppers sounds good. When I’m not up for cooking, DH always makes oatmeal lol…
Carole - tofu recipes are hit and miss, as the flavor comes from the sauce not the tofu, so look at recipes that have the sauce you like. Most have either tomatoe or coconut milk lol… If wanting something crispy an air fryer I’m told is a game changer ! Though I don’t have one, so I coat with corn starch salt and pepper and bake or pan fry then add to … fill in the blank . I use firm tofu for cooking silken for desserts or sauces . I like these bloggers for tofu recipes . For Indian recipes Vegan Richa is tasty ,
for everyday Sam Turnbulls recipes are lovely and tasty too
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Let us know what you make… ❤️ Rhonda
Re: So...whats for dinner?
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.
maggie15
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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.
Re: So...whats for dinner?
I made the turkey meatloaf last night. I will never buy the walmart frozen ground version again. Disaster but still tasted good.
wallycat
Re: So...whats for dinner?
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.
Re: So...whats for 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.
eric95us
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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