So...whats for dinner?
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HAPPY HAPPY DANCE for you Michelle!! if we flew over your house would we see you dancing in the street? ha ha have a great evening.
Carole I am so impressed with how healthy you eat. i need to learn some new tricks....hard to teach an old dog ya know. I could prob do it but my DH would move out.
Last night was grilled chicken with rice and butternut squash, and today we will use up the chicken in a ceasar salad.
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Dancing, singing, screaming, crying...yup, all that stuff. We have organized a family party - we're all meeting at a Chinese restaurant (because we're bringing my mom and she loves it) then we are going to my son's to pop a couple bottles of champagne. Yes, indeed, there will be a party!
I took a little walk around the neighborhood and snapped a few photos. I like this one - it signifies strength to me, something we all know a little something about!!!
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Michelle - congrats on the most wonderful news in the world. I changed my avitar, just for you - It came. You saw. YOU KICKED ITS ASS!!!!0
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Michelle- I will drink a glass of champagne in your honor! Love the picture Our leaves here havnt changed much yet, cant wait till they look like that- Just georgous!
making brandy mushroom chicken and eggplant stackers for dinner-
I peel eggplant salt and let drain for in colander (1/2 hour) slice and bread them, slice zuccini and bread, fry both in some evoo, on the bottom of a oven proof dish put some maranira sauce layer, eggplant, zuccini, sliced tomotoes and sliced onion, top with mozz and parm cheese bake for 20 minutes in 350% oven, i only use the sauce on bottom so its not really a casserole. I came up with this for my dad, and he loved it.
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Michelle, wonderful news. I'm so happy for you.
Carberry, your chicken meal sounded pretty healthy.
Tonight I cooked zuchini with ground beef and ground lamb. Chopped onions, garlic, chopped green pepper. Can of rotel tomatoes. Lots of ....brain lapse, I'm trying to think of the seasoning. Ground cumin! I had a double batch of the ground meats so I froze half of it for another meal.
I bought a box of quinoa today and will give it a try.
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Oh Michelle!!!!
What a relief this must be.... I am sure that you are experiencing a flood of emotions! I know I am sitting here with the biggest smile on my face but, tears of joy in my eyes!!!
So... So.... Happy for you! Celebrate tonight!! Hell... Celebrate for the whole week... month... year....
After all you have been through, you so deserve to party it up!!
I agree with Hauntie.... You kicked cancer's ASS!!!
You are one strong lady and I am happy to have gotten to know you a bit! Loved the picture of the Oak leaves!! Yes... perfect image of strength in the face of the storm!
Listening real carefully outside my front door, I do believe I can hear you all celebrating tonight....lol0 -
Debbie,
Made your oatmeal bars yesterday and had one with my coffee this morning.... It was really good! Kind of the consistancy of a chewy muffin and, with no sugar aside from the fruit, really healthy!
Thanks for posting it! I have one wrapped for my husband to take to work tomorrow! I'm thinking he's going to love it!0 -
The mighty Oak.
Made a Meatloaf for suppa, DH likes to make a sandwich out of it.
I bought some spice blend from a guy at work, his wife makes it.
www.mauispicecompany.com
I like the Maui Wowee Blend, I use it in Meatloaf, over Chicken, Shrimp, etc,etc.
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Thanks to all of you! We just got home and I am going to bed in a few minutes, but wanted to stop in and say thanks for your support. I can't tell you how much your support has meant to me.
Hauntie - I am honored!
My daughter gave me a present tonight. I had sort of forgotten about this. Back in March, just before I found out that BC was back, I had bought a tshirt that said "I fought like a girl and won!" and it had a pair of pink boxing gloves and a pink ribbon. Well, I found out about my recurrence while visiting her, so I left the t-shirt with her and told her I didn't want to see it again until I was cancer-free. I gues I earned it back!
I wonder if I'll sleep better tonight
Kay - how is radiation going?
Michelle
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Michelle and everyone~~~~~
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Kay: I first had this in the early 60's cooked by a lady from England. She always cooked stovetop with water & drained. Now I use micro & lots less water to not leach the nutrients. Or bake with a roast & add water only as needed. I think you could steam too. Jan
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Seaside- Glad you liked the bars, usually things that are healthy and have no sugar in them are not very tasty LOL!
Michelle-That T-shirt sounds cute- Now you can wear it, with pride! Hope you sleep well tonght!
Our friends who own a RV bussiness drove up here to visit in a million dollar RV that thing is so beautiful and nicer than my home LOL! Would love to travel around the country in that! Doubt if they would let me borrow it though LOL!
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Debbie - I'll bet that RV is spectacular. We often went to the RV show in Kansas City and one of the dealers would bring in a fancy Newell or Monaco with all the bells & whistles. So luxurious for an RV!!! It was always fun to walk through the high end rigs and dream about living in one of those. With diesel at $4 a gallon, DH has now resigned himself to the idea of a much smaller one. But as long as we do it in a couple of years, I really don't care if it's not a big, fancy rig. I'd be happy to just do the trip that Carole and her DH just finished!!!
And today I can now see it happening!
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I can't imagine a million dollar RV. Twenty years ago when we first bought our home here at the beach some friends spent a week here in their $300,000 RV. Our 3 b3eroom home cost $72,000.
That thing had more storage than our house and was far mor lux than ay home I ever imagined ever being able to live in!
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Michelle- I agree, would be just as happy if not happier in a req RV I dont need all the bells and whistles, just a nice cozy comfy motorhome
Chabba- twenty years ago a 300,000 RV must of been like a million dollar one today.
Tacos for lunch then out to dinner tonight with friends, love when friends and family come to visit, a good excuse to have a margaritta LOL!
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i'd rather have a yacht and go galavanting around the Riviera.. to each his own. 300,000? Wowzer!
tonite.. panko chicken i think. i have a huge case of the runs, the trots, (i had the d word). I have to have some protein i guess.
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Went shopping today. I now have jeans that fit, at least for the moment. I'll probably have to get new ones after DIEP.
We're having tacos for supper. DH is thrilled. I called and asked him if he wanted to have them...lol. It's one of his favorites and I've stayed away from the spice, so he's been deprived. But I think I can handle it now. Needless to say, he is a happy camper.
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I'm not eating supper tonight, at lunch, which my lunch is from 1:30 to 2:15, a guy came in work with arms filled with bags. He was the owner of the Tennessee BBQ from Leominster. So DH is going to have left over meatloaf with gravy tonight. I told him, your on your own.
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Tonight I volunteered at a local event that benefits the Boys and Girls Club. It's called a taste of Concord (a town right next to me) All of the local restaurants have booths and they bring all sorts of different foods, there are the wine salesmen and beers salesmen who give out samples and you just walk around and eat your way sampling all the different foods. I worked the front door selling tickets for two hours and then got to head inside and enjoy the food after. It's always a lot of fun. The only bad thing was last night a had a stomach bug of some sort and by tonight I was feeling better so I ate....I might be regretting some of my choices! Like the fried baby chicken and cheese chimi changa....the pulled pork sandwich...a little corn chowder. You get the idea. Oops.
As for the RV, I would be over the moon with a 20K one with a slide out! Michelle I hope your DH enjoyed his tacos and they sit ok for you. Deborye- Sounds like you had one heck of a lunch! Enjoy the night off from cooking. Apple- whats panko chicken? Debbie- enjoy your margaritas!
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Had leftover chicken paprika tonight with a salad. I love leftovers! It was good, but all the talk of Mexican food and barbecue sounds better.
Rad are going well Michelle. I had #7 today. Would have been 8, but yesterday the machine was down and I got a call not to come. The lymphedema is not going well. When I took off my bandages today just before rads, my arm was swollen and red. I was afraid it was an infection, but no an allergic dermatitis. Sheesh! If they hadn't cancelled me yesterday, I would have taken the bandages off yesterday and this probably wouldn't have happened. Now I have to wait until this clears up before I can put the bandages back on and I will probably get more swollen until that can happen. The therapist doesn't think it's actually an allergic reaction, but just caused by friction. I think he's right because I've never had any kind of reaction to any clothes. Unless I'm allergic to the lotion I've been using, but I don't think so. It always seems to be something these days.
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((((kay)))) Im glad the rads went well but so sorry about your arm. So frustrating and discouraging I am sure. I don't know if this helps or not but my mother had severe lymphedema in her arm and she did alot of massage at home in addition to her PT sessions. She had her PT teach my father a couple of techniques and she wore a sleeve for about a year- then it kind of just went away. I don't know much about it other then that. But I hope you get some relief.
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Thanks Laurie! It does help. The PT taught me some massage today. I can't do some of the things because of the port and won't be able to once my skin gets red from rads there either, but it already helped. I will get a sleeve once it gets to normal, but can't get one until then. The PT thinks once I am done rads it will be easier to get everything on track and then hopefully like your mom's case it won't continue to be a problem. DH was there too and learned massage as well. He told me I can ask for it any time I want except 3 in the morning. I think he will live to regret that! Thanks again.
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Speaking of ports, mine is coming out on 11/2. Another milestone! And I thought it would be outpatient surgery, but no...she does it in her office with just novocaine. So it will be an interesting procedure!
Kay - my LE therapist trained me to do the LE massage, and the touch was extremely light. She made a point of saying that a light touch was the right touch. I'm flying to Florida on Monday and I'll be wearing my sleeve for the first time.
I'll be seeing the RO at Dana Farber tomorrow morning at 9:30. We are leaving at 7:30 so it will be an early wake-up call. DH wanted to leave at 7, and I said that if two hours was not enough to go less than 30 miles, we would just have to be a little late.
Speaking of which, it's time to go to bed! Good night, sweet ladies!
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Laurie- Sounds like you had a lot of fun, I love going to those taste things, we have them here every once in awhile, We are going to a FSA (Food services of american) I think next week, in portland they had the best foods tastes last year i cant wait. Not sure how apple makes her panko chicken, but panko is a japenese bread crumb, i love it and use it alot, its a little coarser than regular bread crumbs.
((((((Kay))))))) Sorry about your arm, i hope it is better by tomorrow.
Deb- What a nice guy bringing you all meatloaf so you didnt have to cook
Michelle- woo-hoo on the port being taken out, I had my removed in the hospital under sedation, Im not sure why as i have heard they usually remove it in the office. Hope all goes well with your appointment tomorrow. Hope you sleep well.
Had a great time this evening with our friends I had a small cut prime rib with sauted scampi, it was delicious, I only had 1 glass of red wine so tomorrow night when we go out with them i will have my margarittas.
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Laurie - the Taste of Concord sounds like fun, glad you got to enjoy it after volunteering! It's only fair...
Debbie - that FSA event should be lots of fun, an opportunity to overeat, I assume!!!
I'm up early this morning, and I guess I didn't sneak out of the bedroom quietly enough as DH is up and showered already. The alarm was set for 6:15 but I woke up at 5:15 and couldn't go back to sleep. So I came down and made coffee and turned on the tv as I usually do. I was surprised to hear him - he usually stays in bed until the very last minute unless there's a golf tee time involved...lol!
Have a great day, everyone!
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Laurie.. panko chicken is 'fried' chicken with panko crumbs.. they're Japanese very crunchy and delish.
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Kay sorry about the lymphedema, just one more sucky SE to remind us of this disease. i really had a fit with my BS not wanting the lymph nodes taken out to prevent the edema,but he insisted and won. I am fortunate though to not have any problems..yet. I have not flown though.
Michelle...yeah on the port coming out, I have one more herceptin then mine is coming out as well, cant wait as it pinches me when I sleep.
Laurie I love those tasting things too, they have them around here freequently with the wineries, and we also have a culinary institute a town close to us. You can also go to the institute for an evening of cooking class, so much fun to do with other couples.
tomorrow we are attending an Octoberfest with german foods and different beers. gonna be a cold and rainy day though..yuck.
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debbie6122
Thank you for the Quiona recipe .Very yummy!
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Just got back from the Radiation Oncologist. He recommends I have my tissue expanders removed before radiation so that he can use electron beam technology and not damage my heart. My TE sits right on top of my heart, it is in the way. Looks like I'll be doing rads at Dana Farber because this guy is one of the best in the country, he had exactly the same concerns I had, and all he does is treat breast cancer. It will be a 3 to 4 hour round trip each day, once I get started, in the dead of winter. This is going to be just so much fun...not. The ONLY bright side of all this is that I hate the TEs and they will be gone. I won't have to put up with them for another six to eight months.
And oh, he doesn't think I had a recurrence. He thinks it was cancer that was left behind the first time around. It makes me feel better that it wasn't my body that failed me. Now I have to figure out what I do with that information.
I need a drink!
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Michelle- When you get your TE's removed will you get your implants? It is good news that you don't have to stay in the TE's for too much more time. You are going to have one heck of a commute back and forth everyday! Wow. How many rounds do you have to get? Too bad there isn't a little apartment you could rent that is close by that you could stay at a few days out of the week to cut back on the travelling back and forth. The fact that this Dr believe that this was cancer that was left over is staggering. I know that it happens, but you must be feeling some anger right now. I know I am.
I hope you get and enjoy a drink, you have earned it!!
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