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  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    welllllll.......3 month post chemo check up and its all good!!!!!! rib cage where the damned drain was is crazy painful though.........i'm in need of a cocktail to celebrate with ned! cheers girls!........oh and donna......way to go, now about that sex on the beach..............?

  • snufflesmom
    snufflesmom Member Posts: 97
    edited July 2006
    Donna your CRAZY AND I LOVE IT. I would have paid to see that move. You go girl.............

    Wait till I tell hubby that one, wait maybe I shouldn't don't want to give him any ideas.

    Hope you continue to have fun in the Keys.

    Randi

    Hero no jello shots, sister you are missing out. You need to go to the store and by some jello and make the jello with grey goose vodka, oh my God to die for!

    Hope everyone had a nice 4th, I got twisted and am on queer street now and there are no exits.........
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    oh and by the way.........i just single handedly ate half of a "burek" that my friends macedonian mom made me!!!!!!!!! MOOOOOOOO! i'm gonna eat the other half later lol! its only about a bazillion calories per mouthful!

  • casinogirl
    casinogirl Member Posts: 476
    edited July 2006
    OMG! Yes I really did the jello shot from BF's fly.

    We're having so much fun here, we've decided to stay at least one more night, maybe two. We just have to be back in Miami by Sat afternoon to catch a flight back to reality (aka boring ole Oklahoma).

    So - I don't expect to top what I did Mon night, but ya never know...

    We took the "Ultimate Adventure" tour today. Took a catamaran w/ about 80 other people out to the reef. We snorkled, parasailed, jet skied and kayaked. Just waiting for BF to get out of the bathroom so I can shower and I think we're gonna check out the Green Parrot. It's a dive bar here that's supposed to be loads of fun. Wonder if they have jello shots there....

    I will do my best to either make you all proud of me or totally embarassed to say you "know" me. Only thing is, there's not a lot of beach in Key West so we may have to get creative..

    Cheers everyone. It's 5 0'clock somewhere.

    Donna
  • casinogirl
    casinogirl Member Posts: 476
    edited July 2006
    Oh wait! It's 5 o'clock here. WooHoo!!!

    Donna
  • evilelf
    evilelf Member Posts: 274
    edited July 2006
    Quote:

    oh and by the way.........i just single handedly ate half of a "burek" that my friends macedonian mom made me!!!!!!!!! MOOOOOOOO! i'm gonna eat the other half later lol! its only about a bazillion calories per mouthful!



    Whats that thing that you ate????
    sounds interesting, well maybe????
    just vera
  • evilelf
    evilelf Member Posts: 274
    edited July 2006
    Damn girl you're living life for us,,, you're on vacation and are supposed to be uninhibited and adventuourous (oops me thinks me don't know how to spell~!~!)
    just vera
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    ha ha!......its layers of butter, philo, spinach, and feta.......layer upon layer upon layer of mostly butter and pastry.......oooooh lord! i just attempted the other half.......oink, mooo, oink, mooo! oh yeah and "cheers" cause it goes down great with a corona or two!

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Yummy!! That sounds so good.

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    I'm going on vacation in one week and am trying to drop 5 pounds by next Thursday, seeing as that's about how much I'll gain on vacation. I usually have a drink (beer, wine, cocktail) every night, two or three on the weekends. I can maybe drop 3-5 pounds if I stop drinking for the week. Or I could literally starve myself, have a drink and maybe lose 2-3. Shoot I hate being fat!! I don't even eat that much anymore.

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    i say keep on doing what you know........at home and on vacation........if you gain a little while away then try your strategy when you get home!........have an awesome vacation!

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Thanks Shel. My DH and I have a bet. He says he can lose 15 before vacation, I'm to lose 5. We were to eat salads and have no alcohol for a week, but he's already blown it, two beers today. I'm still being good. Never challenge me. I'll be so PO'd if he winds up losing his weight anyway.

  • christineK
    christineK Member Posts: 735
    edited July 2006

    Yum Shel... We and the Greeks call that Spanokopita. I love it. I could eat tons.

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    yup that's it.......i just did eat a ton (and a half).......christ i'll be as big as a house........oh well!

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Good luck Lini!

    And I'm not sure what Shel & Christine are referring to but it sure does sound yummy!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Quote:

    its layers of butter, philo, spinach, and feta.......layer upon layer upon layer of mostly butter and pastry.......


    Thanks, Janis. I'll need it.
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Lini, you can do it!!! Oh, how I love to be challenged by men and how I love winning that challenge! Good luck - you can do it! We'll drink for you, okay? Whatever it takes to help you win!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    You drink for me Janis. I'll go for anything at this point, but I do love to beat a man. So I am up for the challenge. Thanks for the encouragement!

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    We'll be your support! And when you win you can drink as much as you want! So, you go on the wagon for a while. No big deal. We've all taken a ride - and we've all fallen off for a very good reason! Go Lini, go Lini!
  • marla13
    marla13 Member Posts: 100
    edited July 2006
    Hey ladies - I'm back from the lake. We had a blast. Had my LAST CHEMO today!!! Yippee! I'm done with Rads & Chemo now...on to life with no active tx...since I'm a triple neg girl! Keeping my fingers crossed and jumping back into life with both feet, once I get past the "icks" of this chemo tx. Hope you all missed me so! I know I missed all of you on the boards!

    Donna, you bad, bad girl! Sounded like a BLAST!!!

    Marla
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Hi Marla,

    I don't think that we've exchanged posts yet (met?), but I'm not very good at keeping names straight. Either way, I know I'm going to like you. You came to the "how about drinking?" forum to say that you're back, right? Happy that you had your last chemo today. Another bridge crossed. I bet that you were missed. You sound like a BLAST!!!

    Lini
  • marla13
    marla13 Member Posts: 100
    edited July 2006
    Thanks Lini...I don't think that we have posted directly, but I know your posts...have seen them. I was gone for a loooong, much needed weekend!

    Marla
  • eprice_411
    eprice_411 Member Posts: 1
    edited July 2006

    Is drinking everyday bad for the health?

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Can it be any worse than popping pills?

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Good comeback!

    I say as long as you don't drink enough to pass out then it's okay.

    Welcome back Marla and congrats on finishing chemo! Yea!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    good grief what are you guys doing up sooooo early? lol!

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Up at 4:30 this am. Couldn't sleep, hubby snoring. Didn't want to take a pill.

  • snufflesmom
    snufflesmom Member Posts: 97
    edited July 2006
    Lini good luck, if i stopped drinking for a week i bet i would drop 10lbs, what does that say about my drinking.

    Donna you keep having fun girl..........can't wait to hear what your next adventure is

    RAndi
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    It says you are fun and like to have a good time!!!

    The only reason I'm not drinking this week and want to lose some poundage is because once we're on vacation it's bloody marys in am, beer during the day, and cocktail hour(s) in the pm. Oh my, then there's an extra 10 lbs. when I return. LOL!!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    snoring huh?...........it's always fun to plug his nose during the wee hours of the night when you're awake because of "him" lol!

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Ahhh, can't do that. He has to get up and go to work so I can have my health insurance. I can nap later.

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006
    lol........what is a nap?????? ha ha! haven't had one since kindergarten!!!!

    hey lini, maybe i missed it but where are ya goin on vacation.......i'm travelling vicariously through you and i looooove to travel!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Yosemite next week. I really don't get to travel much. I have two kids in college and another that plays club soccer, so most of the money goes to them.

    I have treated myself to a nap almost every day since my dx. One of the things that I do for myself now.
  • snufflesmom
    snufflesmom Member Posts: 97
    edited July 2006
    I love naps and look forward to six weeks of them starting on August 16 when I have my full hysterectomy. naps, wine, swimming after the doc oks that.

    Randi
  • SonjaR
    SonjaR Member Posts: 21
    edited July 2006
    Hey there ladies - haven't written for awhile - been going thru HELL! Last chemo treatment blew a vein and now have phlebitis! Ended up in emergency for 16 hours before they sent me home. Have to give myself injections for the next six weeks and I hate needles! Couldn't have chemo this a.m. because of the phlebitis. Having a port-a-cath installed next week! Does it get any worse than this!!!!??

    Tonight, celebrated this bullsh*t with a marguerita! YUM! Was going to have another but DH keeps watching me like a hawk! Think I'm going to become a closet drinker!

    And talk about naps my day starts at 8H00 and by 11H30, I'm going down hill!!! This just sucks! Oh, I hear DH snoring - think I'll have a nightcap!

    Nite nite ladies!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    My DH watches me like a hawk also, only it's not the drinking. It's everything. Be careful, don't fall, get out of the sun, watch out, etc. etc.

    Sorry about your phlebitis. That sucks!!! Hate that word, but it seems like I've been using it more lately.

    Enjoy the nightcap!!

    Lini
  • bbmom
    bbmom Member Posts: 19
    edited July 2006

    Well Ladies, a friend just brought be some boiled crabs and there still warm, so I gotta go. Sure wish I had a couple of those beers to go with them.

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006

    oh girl........i loooooove crab anyway anytime, and i always have beer!.........ENJOY!!!!!!!

  • evilelf
    evilelf Member Posts: 274
    edited July 2006
    Congrats~!~!~! And welcome home,,, will hopefully catch up with you next weekend I hope, I hope I hope~!~!
    just vera
  • evilelf
    evilelf Member Posts: 274
    edited July 2006
    What an evil person, I'm drooling over the crabs~!~!~!
    just vera
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Well, since I'm abstaining from alcohol this week, I'll send over the couple that I would've had tonight. How 'bout a crab?

    Lini
  • bbmom
    bbmom Member Posts: 19
    edited July 2006

    No problem i have plenty. you send the beer and I'll send the crabs.

  • Sige
    Sige Member Posts: 334
    edited July 2006
    image

    ROFL
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Leave it to you. You always come up with the best pictures. My mouth is watering.

  • inspiewriter
    inspiewriter Member Posts: 54
    edited July 2006
    Quote:

    image

    ROFL



    Yummy. . . Maryland crabs are the best. Of course now I can't pick them for fear of cutting or scratching my hand/arm (lymphedema) but I *can* still eat crabcakes, crabpuffs, crab soup, crab dip, crab-stuffed mushrooms, etc.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 2,728
    edited July 2006
    Just got home from work and enjoying a glass of pinot grigio. I guess I didnt learn my lesson from last week, lol.

    NuttyNurseNicki
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 282
    edited July 2006
    Some lessons bear repeating Nicki, you know "if at first you don't succeed..."

    I'll raise my glass of merlot to you ~ just thinking about going to light the barbecue for burgers and a nice salad...before everyone takes off in different directions...

    an appetizer would go so well right about now....
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 2,728
    edited July 2006
    Sherry: Same here. We are just gonna enjoy this beautiful summer evening. Cheers!

    That is if I can get my butt off this computer for a bit.

    NuttyNurseNicki
  • evilelf
    evilelf Member Posts: 274
    edited July 2006
    Yes you did, you're just taking it a little slower this time.

    BIG EVIL GRIN~!~!~!
    just vera
    (the evilest of all evil elves~!~!)
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Quote:

    Well, since I'm abstaining from alcohol this week, I'll send over the couple that I would've had tonight. How 'bout a crab?

    Lini



    I'm on night #2 of the sober wagon. Luckily tonight I have a distraction!

    Will catch you all tomorrow!

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