how about drinking?
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Good morning, loungettes! I have the luxury of a leisurely morning before work, and being able to work from home. Picked up a lap top from the office last night on the way home. Got 2 hours of pay on the books just working with the IT guy getting the computer to work, ended up taking another computer so the original one can be given a dignificed burial since it is terminally not talking to anyone!
Claire--sorry for the wsted trip, that can be very annoying, but at least you didn't get exposed to something nasty.
Beanie--glad tanning is going well for you1 May it continue as easy as it is now.
I can't remember who said what on the previous pages, but Hi to everyone!
Have a good morning, loungettes, I'll meet you all later in the casino or the hot tub, depending on how cold it is today. . .
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Claire - that bug is really going around! I think we used to call it the day-before-the-weekend. What a drag... My client's used to cancel on me like that until I started charging them for cancellations. The worst offenders were prospects. I'd get all worked up for a demo, drive an hour and the person who scheduled the appointment (and confirmed the day before) had to step out. Glad I don't do sales anymore! Ooo, I hate getting official mail. Guess I'll have to get over that if I'm going to be a CPA.
Nice pic, Beanie. Not that we don't like your cute kitty avatars... just nice to see you once in awhile. I'd put a photo up to once in awhile if I was as photogenic as you!
I'm getting a slow start to my study day... it's kind of dreary and cloudy here. Wiener-dog just crawled back under the sheets. Maybe I need a little sumtin to get me rollin as the coffee did not help...
Purple Rain Cocktail
- 1/2 shot grenadine
- 1/2 shot peach schnapps (archers)
- 1/2 shot white rum
- 3 count lemonade <--- not sure what a count is -? maybe a "3 second" pour...
- 3 count sweet & sour mix
- 1/2 shot Blue Curacao
- Pour a collins glass 3/4 full with ice. Add grenadine, schnapps and rum. Fill with sweet & sour and lemonade. Drizzle Blue Curacao around the edge of the glass.
Now I've got that song stuck in my head...
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I have had a total of about 3 drinks since chemo that ended 02/09, but plan to have wine with Thanksgiving dinner and a drink every now and then when I feel like it. I am in the midst of an attitude adjustment and deciding to have a good time again instead of worrying about freaking BC every waking minute! Two years is long enough to let BC rule my life...
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Bonnie - that's what we're here for! Welcome back to the world of the living.
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Thanks for the welcome, Gail. It's amazing and wonderful to have rejoined the world of the living. ---bonnie
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Bonnie - hallelujah! I am off chemo this week and gratefully embraced a large, delicious glass of real pinot noir last night..
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Wow, I see some other people from the west coast here -- I'm in Portland! This is definitely wine country...
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BonnieK,
YES, an attitude adjustment is in order now. The holidays are upon us! ENJOY! I do, at least a couple of times a week. LIFE IS SHORT and meant to be enjoyed. NO REGRETS!!!
Lane
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Yup, had a lovely Willamette Pinot, Bonnie
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Wow....welcome to all the newbies....pull up a barstool and stay awhile! All drinks are free, and our Tattie Tenders, Pants and Jocks, will take care of you. Its pau hana time here, so enjoying my Seagrams/Diet Pepsi.....yummmmmmmm! I worked all day at my parents place, and it is looking so good! Want it to be perfect before my dad sees it next month. Heck, if he doesn't like it, I may make it my 2nd home....lol. ANYWAY, Pants, please keep my drinks coming. AND take care of all the new gals here! Enjoy!!!!
kath
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is it bad to eat a cookie AND have a glass of pinot? I have a habit of justifying one by denying myself the other but today seems like a 2-cookie, 2-glass day. WD (wiener-dog) has been asleep on the couch all day and I've been studying my really dry subject matter. Maybe I'm just bored and don't really NEED a cookie... what if I drank some lesser wine - say a zinfandel - and one small, but warm cookie?
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problem solved... I put on the smallest jeans I could find - no room for cookies - and opened a bottle of pinot. Then I put the bottle back in the wine fridge and put the keys to the wine fridge in my car so that if I really want another glass I have to go out in the rain to get the keys. OK, back to work... 96 hours and 48 minutes until the exam.
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AStorm - aren't you clever - small pants and keys outside - perhaps I should give that a shot. What are you studying for? Which pinot tonight?
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AStorm--great tactic for controlling the munchies that studying always seems to bring on!
BonnieK--welcome! I think you'll find that many of us here are not allowing bc or bc treatment to rule our lives. I, for one, will have a drink occasionally if I want. I see no point in prolonging life if that life has no fun or is spent always being denied something because its not good for you. And if bc only ran your life for 2 years I'm jealous!
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cheers!
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Well, girls..woke up to 3 inches of snow this morning. Was not quite ready for that yet. You can not control mother nature though...even if you buy her drinks! I am not studying for any test here AStorm. I did do something silly as shit today...I started decorating for Xmas. I like the twinkling lights, the candles, the booze, and mostly the feeling that I am not waiting to do this the last minute and take it down the day after. Maybe the snow had something to do with it. I think it is going to be movie night tonight, and booze. Welcome to all you new gals. I hope you can maintain your dedication to living life. I have a hard time with it still as I am late stage. Live the moment. Had a bracelet once that said "Nothing is worth more than this day!" I am trying to live by that rule. Right now...I am fixated on a bottle of vino I should save for Thursday...but, I think it might be gone before then. Tits up...and may your Saturday night be filled with sweet dreams and more! Hunkydory
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Welcome Bonnie! I was out cycling in the sunshine earlier. Timed it perfectly as clouds were just starting to roll in as I was driving back to Seattle. Just spectacular scenery with the snow-covered peaks of the Cascades in the distance.
HD......reminds me that I need to put that new zipper in my x-country ski pants. Got a reprieve last year, but do remember the one time I went skiing. Fortunately, my long jacket covered those safety pins. (Best part of the story is that my cycling buddy, Jim, turned around and went back while I skied on. I was the one doing chemo.)
I have a lovely bottle of pinot which I am saving for Thanksgiving. Need something cheaper tonight. Not sure what I am making yet, and had leftover pea soup not that long ago. Cuddled up in my cashmere sweats right now after a hot bath.
As for the holidays, think I will be celebrating with a vengeance. Have bought Christmas stuff which I will put up next weekend. Then I will make Christmas puddings again. YUM.....
Bonnie, you might want to join a wine club. I am sure they have them in Portland. Wonderful way to sample and learn what's new. I belong to the Tasting Room here. I went to the Thursday evening Wine Hop, but really didn't like the wine on offer. Of course, I bought two glasses of expensive wines after that, but the point is that I didn't have to pay for the "nouveau" stuff which tasted BLECH to me. Plus they had live music. Plus conversation.
At least get out and try some flights of wine..... Pears and cheese are great too, but wine is one of the supreme pleasures in life.
Did you see that Beecher's Mac and Cheese made the Oprah Favorite Things list??? Major news and hope it doesn't ruin a splendid product. Yes, it is that good.
Haven't paired it with a good cab yet though........
Cheers, cHairs, and TAILZ UP!!!
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HD......drink the wine. If there were a serious shortage of good wine, we would all know this by now.
You can find something equally good for Thanksgiving.
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(Copied from 2010 Sisters)
Hello Sistahs -
I've been MIA for awhile. Had my last AC chemo on Nov. 3rd; it was the worst and took me a long time to feel better. Even now I have good days/bad days; just really tired and can't do all the things I'd like to. I think I'm in a bit of a denial stage and maybe stayed off the boards so I could pretend I'm not a cancer patient. Sounds silly, but it's in my head.
I was really obsessed with the whole bald/wig thing, worried about what to do when I go back to work (not even sure when that is yet). I have a really nice wig that is a bit shorter of a style than I would normally wear, and it's a little blonder than I would prefer. After seeing a couple pictures of myself, I think it looks like a helmet so I don't like it. I have another wig that I bought from the TLC catalog, love the color, but it had SO MUCH hair on it, it looked like a cartoon/costume wig. I took it to the shop where I bought the blonde wig and asked the stylist to cut it. She took some thinning shears to it and shaped it a little, so it now looks much better. So lately I've been alternating between the wig, a scarf, and a couple of hats that I crocheted. It is cold and rainy here today and my head has been cold!
I met with my RadOnc and will begin in a couple of weeks. First I have to have a CT scan and a simulation. I am getting my port out on Dec. 1st; I hate that thing and can't wait for it to be gone.
Biggest decision now is when to go back to work. I'd like to go part-time and collect long-term disability for the difference, as I am the sole income for my family. Not sure how all that is going to work out. For now I'm on short-term disability with full pay thru Dec, so I could just stay home until January, but I kinda feel guilty for being gone so long (last day at work was July 2nd) and then to milk it just because I can doesn't feel right either. UGH.
Lastly, I need to lose about 130 pounds, DH needs to lose about that much too, and it's just daunting to think about it. I told him this morning that I'm not going to start any serious diet Thanksgiving week; that would just be a set up for frustration. But we need to walk more often and start making small changes (like stop buying ice cream!). Staying motivated is hard for me when I feel so tired all the time.
Thanks for letting me vent here. These are things I can't put on my blog because meddling family members would, well, meddle. Now, I think it's time for a glass of wine!
Blessings to all . . . I know we are all dealing with various SEs and stages of this bitch called cancer. We will beat it, but man it is a tough road.
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HD, Looks like you got rid of your snot rag just in time for all that snow! Wow...bet it was pretty! And here we were all excited last night about the fake snow coming down on us. Good for you, getting your Christmas stuff up! I'm sorta in a funk, as I LOVE to decorate for all the holidays, especially Christmas and I have tons of stuff, but this year with the floors still all torn up, I don't think I will even be able to put a tree up. Had to pack up everything from the front rooms, so whenever they start working, the breakables will be safe. Didn't get to decorate much for Halloween, and won't be doing Thanksgiving either. Since we leave in 2 wks for HI, and get back right before Christmas, there also isn't much time, as I am still doing a lot of work on the other places, b4 my parents get here. So that bums me out, as I really miss being able to do that, and to enjoy it all. If someone told me, when we had the water damage almost 3 months ago, that it STILL would be all torn up, I would've freaked out! Sorta like bc....when getting the dx, if you REALLY knew how long it would be till you were through with surgeries and felt normal again, it would be overwhelming. So, HD, please enjoy your tree and decorations for me too!!! Whats funny is, when you mentioned you should save the wine for Thursday, I was thinking "what is happening on Thursday?". Boy, I must really be out of it these days! Just too much work!!
NM, Glad you got to "sleep in" so to speak...at least you didn't have to get up as early! And AStorm, good luck with all the studying! I've been out of school so long, I wouldn't know how to start studying again....and exams......yuck! Junie, where are you, girl? And Dee???? Lori, Hope this weekend is going well, and that you return home safely.
ChEARS to snow,studies,good vino,kissing chemo goodbye,getting thru rads ok, etc......!!!!
TITS UP!!!! (See what you started, Beans? LOL)
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Mrs Nice.....
I remember the end of AC, and I was dragging too. Anyway, it's over and time to move on with a game plan. I agree on the needing to lose weight. Actually, not that difficult if you:
- Start with getting the fruits and veggies you need for the day
- Add in lean protein and some healthy carbs like wild rice
- Walk, walk, and walk some more
When you re-orient your brain around giving your body what it needs, the weight will come off. Trust me on this one. And yes, wine is part of the plan.
If you walk, your energy levels will improve. Promise.
Good luck. BTW - I really do what I preach. I am planning a 25 mile group ride for Thanksgiving to make sure I burn those calories in advance. Then I can relax and enjoy the festivities.
If you do these things, I believe you will be ready to work FT by January. Good luck. - Claire
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MrsNice-I've taken time off from the boards to pretend I didn't have bc, too. I know how that is-sometimes we just need to get away from it for a while. The good thing is that we are always welcomed back when we need to come back here for support. I'm glad your stylist could improve the wig, that's important! Congrats on having a date to get the port out! As far as going back to work, I know many women can work during rads, but be aware that some people get hit very hard with the fatigue. I absolutely could not work during rads, I could barely drive myself back and forth I was so tired after the second week. The fatigue from rads is cumulative-it gets worse all the time, up to 2 weeks after treatment ends before it starts getting better, and then takes months to get over completely. But I understand about the income thing, I'm alone and if I'm not working no money comes in. Check with your radonc before starting to lose weight. I got yelled at for losing weight during rads-it changes the what the machine has to be set up. I was just too tired to fix meals, but I wasn't supposed to lose weight. Never could figure out how to deal with that situation since I didn't qualify for any kind of help.
Wahine-it must be really hard to think about decorating with the floor torn up. I gave up decorating for the holidays years ago. Couldn't see the point to all the work when nobody saw it but me and the dog. Sometimes I do get a wreath to hang in the house for the smell, but only if I find one that's reasonable priced! And my sleep in this am was WONDERFUL! I slept until almost 6 am! Still lounging around in my pj's tossing the ball for the dog to chase. Ahhhhh. But seeing all the housework that needs doing is starting to get on my nerves.
Claire-I'm still in awe of all you can do physically! I'm always inspired by your posts-if you can do that much I can do some more!
It's a very cold morning here in Maine. I think we need a nicehot DOTD to go with our Sunday Buffet.
Coffey's Hot Irish Bloody Mary Recipe
1 oz Vodka
6 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 tsp Horseradish
3/4 tsp Celery Salt
1 pinch Peppers
9 oz Vegetable Juice
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NM, Thank you for our nice and hot DOTD! Spicy hot, anyway! Your "sleeping in" is considered verrrrry early to me.....8am or 9am is more my speed, since we usually stay up quite late. Being *retired* has its drawbacks....we always get called too early by dr appt confirmations, repair people, etc.....bummer when you are in a deep sleep. We can make appts later, but no control on how early they call. Well, I still think you should decorate for the holidays a bit more, cause YOU are important!!! Even if no one else sees it. Even sitting there by yourself at night, with just the tree lights on, and a good late nght drink could be enjoyable! I will really miss it this year. Not just cause of the floors torn up, but because there would be nowhere to put anything, since I have so many boxes, ect from everything I had to pack up. PLUS we have to have room to move the big furniture, whenever they can do the floors. I am hoping the samples coming will match so we don't have to have as large of an area done (still would be aobut 130sf, but that is MUCH smaller than doing 690sf!). Crossing my fingers for that.
OK.....enjoyed that spicy Bloody Mary (was going to abbreviate it, but "BM" didn't look right...lol). And now to meander over to our overflowing buffet, and then park myself close to the mimosa fountain. OR use HD's hose and hook it up to the fountain while lounging by the pool. I will need to leave room for the whole wheat banana pancakes that DH is making, though! Yummmmm!!!!
Happy, happy Sunday to all you wonderful girls!!!
ChEARS, TITS UP, BARMEN!!!!
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Hi All,
I am very glad to have found this post. I did not think BC patients were supposed to drink so it is time to come out of the closet. Prior to my DX on 6/1, I was working on switching to a healthier drink ie red wine from JD as I was concerned about how much drinking I was doing. But having survived BC, I decided that I am entiled to some stiff JD drinks. Me and Jack are inseparable. I used to joke that my two bff's were Jack n Zac, Zac is what I called prozac. When I started taking the tamox, I had to give up my Zac. I am now taking effexir but was taking prozac for over ten years. My doc just increased my dosage on the effexir and scolded me for drinking so much with it. I have at least two drinks per day but often have a few more.
My name is Dorothy, I am a BC survivor and love alcohol. That does not make me a drunk now does it?
Tits up (LMAO, love that)!
Party on, friends, party on!
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LOL @ Dorthy! LOVE your attitude!
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thanks Jbird! I just love this thread. I get so hungry and thirsty though looking at all the pretty pics of food and alcohol. Hmmm, it is only 10:30 but I am getting thirsty. It is 5 o clock somewhere right?
I am also a closet smoker. I give it up before surgery and my docs get all over me for it as does my family. It is a hard one to quit. I would do better if I stopped drinking but geez, it is tooo hard. My DH says that I am weak. That hurts, I asked him to have his balls cut off and then we can talk about who is weak. Okay, I feel better having come all the way out of the closet. Am I the only loser that is still smoking after BC? I know it is not wise, why do people have to tell me that???
Titty's up! (I am stealing that one)!
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Hey Dotty, you found me! been looking long? lol. I fess up, I too was a smoker. I gave up about 18mths before I was dx'd the first time round in 2003 then took it up again about six months after and continued to smoke until I was dx'd with the mets in May last year. Gave up again 1st June 2009 and have been good since then. I miss them, and sometimes really feel like having one but, I know that that would be the worst thing I could possily do not just because I would find it doubly hard to stop again, I know it would make it very hard to breathe. When I think about it, I actually do enjoy being able to breathe easy. I was a smoker for forty years.
Love n hugs. chrissy
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A big welcome to Dorothy! You will fit right in with us.....love your humor! I am just a couple of hrs drive to Lynchburg where JD is made...but its still a dry county there (last I heard)! I used to drink that all the time, but then my late stepdad always drank Seagrams, so after several happy hrs at their house, I switched. Of course I like most any alcohol....lol. Don't put too much on yourself at once....if it is too stressful to quit smoking right now, don't stress over it. Some of the gals here on our thread still smoke, so its allowed at the HTL (Hot Tatties Lounge). If you haven't seen the video Lori made of all that we concocted, go back SEVERAL pages to find her link....or a few less pages to see where Beans reposted it. Its a riot...we all have fun here....free drinks, free massages, free food, heck its all free.....even the casino! The TT's Jocks and Pants are at your beck and call, as well as the Wenches. And of COURSE... "It's 5 o'clock somewhere"!!!!
TITS UP!
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Chrissssssssy,
Yes, I have searched every forum to find you, it only took me two months and sixteen liters of JD but it happened!
Wahine, thanks for the warm welcome, I love this thread bestest of all of my fav's. You ladies talk alot as do I. I like a bunch of ramblin' drunks. Whatta great concept, the cyber drinks, hot boys that just love foobs and a casino too! I can certainly have some fun here. And I can talk about my shitty-titty here too. I dare not say that word in the whiney forums out of fear of offending someone who is just too uptight and in grand need of a girls out night here at the HTL!
And someone do tell, where do I find the jocks n pants???
While searching for the post by Beans looking for that video (which I still have not found), I saw a lot of funny comments and awesome photos. I look forward to partying you with all later!! Enjoy your day. My masseuse is here, gtg! I hope you all have a super-fantastic day!
Titty's up!!
(my typical sign off on forums is peace n love, so that too!!).
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We are supposed to exercise daily, eat organic kale and Brussels sprouts, get enough sleep, not stress, go to church, help others, drink clean water, breathe clean air, save for the future, keep our house clean and not beat our kids, cheat on our husbands, drink, do drugs or smoke and not gain weight. Ok, I followed most of the rules most of the time and I got bc anyway. Now I'm breaking all the rules cuz I think maybe they got it backwards... I know people who broke all the rules all the time and they didn't get bc. As my friend who never eats vegetables says, "I know people who ate vegetables and died anyway." There are actually health benefits to drinking red wine and in a few years I think they will debunk the alcohol=bc theory. There is an excellent book, "Anticancer" by David Servan-Schreiber that sites different studies that document the health benefits of wine and rejects the no alcohol theory. He didn't debunk the cruciferous vegetable theory though (darn) - can't wait for that one -- "New study finds ORGANIC KALE causes cancer!" I guess if I was Stage 4 and trying to squeeze out a few more weeks I'd probably do whatever I was told but it doesn't make sense to me to deny myself any pleasure now when I realize I might be in that position in the future regardless of what I do now. A friend once said to me, "sure I'd like to be skinny, but I'll be damned if I'm going to die wishing I'd had more ice cream!" There are so many more significant factors that we don't have control of -- like car emissions, a hole in the ozone, synthetic hormones in our food and in all the plastic around us and second-hand smoke -- I'll give up alcohol when someone cleans up the environment. Hey, isn't that what they did at the lounge? We have clean air and water, all the food is healthy and calorie-free, the drinks are hang-over free, the cigs nontoxic, and there are no kids. Maybe I should just stay here with my ice cream and pinot.
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