So...whats for dinner?
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Wally- Glad you liked it, sometimes i do eat healthy LOL!
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Michelle- Im agree with laurie maybe you could stay with someone or get a inexpensive room somewhere, Glad you dont have to wait even longer to get your TE"s
Did you have clear margins? Is this good news that it was left over? I wouldnt know how to take this either. but im sure it is better than a recurrance.
Have that drink and enjoy it!
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that is a long time in the car in the winter in New Hampshire luvrving - be safe.
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That is a long drive in the winter. A closer place to stay would be a huge help. Sorry about more surgery, but at least it's one you were planning on any way. Sometimes it seems like it will never end, but it will. (((((hugs)))))
Pizza for dinner! But we had broccoli and mushrooms on it, so it was healthy, right?
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The million-dollar motor home was probably a Prevost. I've been in a few of them at big rv shows. Friends of ours in FL have an Allegro Bus that was $350,000. It's very nice but we're just as comfortable in our 38 ft. 5th wheel with 3 slides that cost considerably less.
We had pasta with tomato sauce tonight. I made a big Dutch oven of the sauce with Italian sausage. I'll freeze a couple of quart bags.
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Carol- Funny you should know the make of there RV i asked my friend Karen tonight what there motorhome was and she said a prevost, never heard of that before- It has 3 slide outs and it is 46? inches long? something like that, its about 7 times longer than my chrysler 300.anyway it is nice but i love my home to come home too
Had such a great time with our friends again tonight, karen and i are going to play bingo in the morning at the casino while my DH, Don and bob play golf
Not only did i have my margarittas tonight i had red wine, white wine and coors light beer i hope i dont have a headache in the morning
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This is an "additional" surgery to remove the expanders only. No implants - he wants my skin flat against my chest wall. I could just have the left one removed, but I decided that if one is going, they both can go. So I will be flat-chested until I can have the DIEP surgery some time next summer. I guess I'll be shopping for a mastectomy bra and foobs. My insurance will cover it. I have a tentative surgery date of 10/26, which will be 2 days after we get back from Florida.
As for the drive, yes it will be a pain. We have friends who live in Milton, which is just south of Boston. They have already offered us a place to stay and we will take advantage of the offer if the weather is threatening. It's about 20 minutes or so from their house to Dana Farber and there are better pubic transportation options near them.
Debbie - yes, I've looked at the pathology reports from the initial lumpectomy and there were clear margins. This "occurrence" showed up in the area of the initial biopsy scar on the opposite side of the initial lump, where I had two very large hematomas. My breast surgeon and I had already discussed the possibility that cancer cells were trapped in the hematomas and were released as those started to dissolve. She didn't do the biopsy, it was done at a local imaging center by a radiologist who probably shouldn't have used the Mammotome Biopsy System. I need to do some checking. The radiologist at the breast center who later performed a needle biopsy on one of my nodes said that they shouldn't have used that method on my particular lump.
It does make me feel better to think that this is the initial cancer (and it certainly had pretty much the same pathology) and not a true recurrence. And it makes me angry that I should not have had to go through the last eight months of hell. I really have to give this some thought.
The Prevost motorhomes are magnificent - they are the ones favored by the rich and famous! It always amazes me that they can charge that much money for a metal box on wheels, considering what you could get in a home for the same price!
Ah, the casino. I sort of miss being 20 minutes away from them. I need to get my girls to go play bingo one of these nights, I think we would have a blast.
Debbie - you are my party girl hero! Two drinks and I am under the table...I don't know if it's the metformin or just lack of practice. I am just starting to be able to enjoy a glass of wine without pain. I will probably have a problem again when I start rads, so I'll be indulging a little bit until I get started.
I need to figure out what I am serving my family today. I've got them all stopping in between 11 and ??? to visit my niece and nephew who are visiting from Rochester, NY. If I can get my butt in gear, I will head to the grocery store. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, I just need to figure it out. And I will get "prepared" stuff, no one will care. I could throw a lasagna together, though. That would make DH very, very happy.
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Debbie you go girl! we usually do some wine drinking on Fri night, but the weather is so crappy I think we all hibernated last night. I made some individual pizzas with naan flat bread...so easy!
I am cleaning out the garage...yes my husband is taking full advantage of me being off work, ha ha but thats ok I really like things neat and tidy and never had time when I was working. getting rid of all the kids junk, finally, dont know why I kept this stuff, but as I go through it, I still save some sentimental things...like dinosaurs.
Its a definite soup day, gotta get some going this morning, my DH will be starving when he gets home from work. have a great fall weekend everyone
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i am totally flat on one side and totally comfortable. my surgeon suggested that since i was late stage that implants would 'hide' any cancer lurking about. I don't even wear prosthetics unless i am performing in public for something special. i do have a comfy bra thing and an insert thingy that works well. I'd also look at picture of replaced boobs.. in my opinion they are a bit odd. luvrving..
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Hi Joycek!!! Can't wait to get there tomorrow! Our plane arrives in Ft. Lauderdale a little after 10 a.m., so we'll have most of the day to get started on this fabulous vacation!!!
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Joyce and Michelle enjoy your Florida time! I am a bit jealous
I hope no one minds but I need to vent for a minute. Today is the cancer walk in my town and I am walking in it for the 12th year with my family and friends. I admit it to almost no one but my husband....I HATE doing the walk. It makes me sad and anxious. Right now I have been packing the kids snacks and getting us ready to go and my stomach is a knot. It makes me think of my Mom and her battle, how much I desperately miss her. I walk on a team honoring my best friends sister who passed form BC in her 20's. My best friends mother also died 6 months before mine. I don't see the pink- I see death and it makes my heart ache.
Also, I hate when people want me to wear the survivor ribbon- I don't and I won't , I don't know why really. I like it when we actually start walking and we all just chit chat and laugh at the kids being nutty. But knowing I have to stand in the field and listen to the music and all the rah rah rah gives me a stomach ache.
Thanks for letting me vent, ok deep breath and here I go.
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Laurie - {{{hugs}}} you are not alone in your dislike of the walks and other things "pink" or "survivor". All you need to do is look at the discussions about Pinktober and you'lll find a whole lot of company. Maybe you need to let your friend know you would prefer to do something different next year...or skip the hoopla, get there at the last minute and just walk the walk. In other words, do what makes YOU happy and find a different way to support your friends.
Our walk is 10/30 and now I am having surgery on 10/26 to remove my TEs. There's no way in hell I'll be walking 3 miles on the 30th! My kids are talking about getting a scooter and decorating it.
Michelle
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Thanks Michelle- my friend actually hates it as much as me. We endure the field time and by the time we start the walk we are both in tears and just hug each other. Where our mom's died 6 months apart, we both get it. Once we are walking it is fine and even fun. But it's because we are all together and talking about nothing and laughing. It went well and I am lucky to have the people inmy life that I do. My SIL gets it too and is one of the few people who understands how I feel about this day. It's just so emotional. But her sister was one of the people who started the walk and her sister helps run the whole event, so there is no bowing out for her and I would never not walk with her, we've been doing it since 1998. It was a good day despite and because of it all.
So dinner is shepards pie, easy and stick to your ribs food after the 5 miles.
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Laurie,
Vent away!! You are definitely not alone...
There are some that find great comfort and a feeling of strength and hope from the walks and then there are many, like myself, for whom it is just too emotional... I tried one year and thought I would find it inspiring but that sea of pink and the survivor's lap just made me so sad for everyone, including myself, that has had to go through this and those who have lost loved ones... It just opened up a floodgate of emotions and tears... I bawled like a baby...
Even though the thought of doing the walk isn't your thing, I hope that, once it gets going, it's not so bad... Hope you friend realises what a special friend you are!!!
Michelle,
Have a safe trip tomorrow and hope you enjoy your time down in FLA with the warm weather!! Hope you and JoyceK have an absolute blast!! Look forward to stories when you return!0 -
me too.. the stories
i do wear a pink watch but wore it before i ever had cancer (as far as I knew).
cold fried chicken leftover from a church dinner from an excellent caterer.. yum
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Laurie, your pictures are great. I can imagine how you feel about the walk. DH wanted me to do it with him this year, but I didn't think I'd be up for it emotionally and I was still in chemo when we had it here.
Michele and JoyceK have a great time! The weather is certainly feeling a little colder here. I miss the warm weather already and it isn't even that cold yet. I would so love to be a snow bird.
Had tacos for dinner. Not very healthy I guess, but everyone likes it.
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Michelle and Joyce- Have a great time in florida. the sunshine sounds so good about now/
Laurie- I know what you mean, i too get very emotional and cry during the ceramonies, i imagine its always going to hard to deal with but hopfully the pain will lesson. (((((((hugs)))))))))))
Kay, i always told myself taco;s were healthy, mainly because i love them so much LOL! but when you think about it, only the hamburger is maybe not so healthy because its red meat, well, and the fried shells and maybe the cheese, LOL!!!
So pooped, my dad and his wife were here friday too monday, our friends got here tuesday will stay until wednesday, my brother and SIL will be here tomorrow all i have done is eat and drink and on the go. Having fun though.
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Laurie congrats on accomplishing the walk. It is all so emotional to think of all the women that have lost their lives to this disease. What a wonderful tribute though to remember and think of your mom.
debbie, wow what is the occasion for so many visitors? so much fun! and the eating and drinking...all good!
to all you Florida birds....bring us back some warm sunshine...would still like to get outside and tidy up the gardens before the snow.
Had chili last evening. tonight probably leftovers. Would love to get my hands on some of those ribs though!
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Carrie- I think its because everyone is trying to get in all the nice weather we are having untill winter sets in and no one wants to travel in the winter, its just around the corner though nice here in the day about 67 but the nights are in the 40's. the guys are playing golf today while the girls are going shopping, my favorite sport LOL!
Joyce- Glad you all got there safe, hope the rain stops long enough to get out and enjoy the weather, if not stay in and play fun games, with champagne. Keep us posted on your fun times together.
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We're here!!! It's not raining too hard at the moment. We had a great lunch at a Caribbean-themed restaurant in Delray. I had coconut and plantain-crusted grouper with green beans and cole slaw, and DH had a fried grouper sandwich. It was yummy, our room is fabulous, and now we are going to take a nap. We were up at 3:30 which was 30 minutes later than we intended...we both slept through the alarm!!! Our flight left at 5:20 and everything went smoothly and on time. We are looking forward to our celebration tonight with Joyce and her DH.
The weather will not stop us from having a great time! The desk clerk gave us a glorious upgrade to an oceanfront suite and the picture above is a view from our balcony looking south.
Michelle
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Michelle- Wow what a georgous view!
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Michelle- glad you landed safely and I agree gorgeous view!
Tonight I'm making chicken Madeira with a side of pasta and sauce. Last nights shepards pie was a hit with my DH, we always have left overs but not last night, he had 4ths! I guess that walk made him hungry, lol!
Today has been a quiet day, getting ready to go for a walk with the boys so they can collect different leaves etc and make some sort of art project with it, I haven't quite figured out what yet
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Ladies:
What a great thread. The Mods told me how to go back & pick a starting page and I've been reading 6 or 8 or 10 pages every night since 10/1 to catch up. (Go to the address in the window & change the page. How easy is that.) You guys are so interesting that I read until 4am some nights. Not good for getting to work the next day but didn't want miss anything.
So I've made Laurie's Salsa Chicken with chicken chunks & Hatch Chili salsa purchased before the season was over - 1/2 red & 1/2 green chili. Yummm. Didn't even bother with the rice. Just topped w/cheese & ate it out of a bowl. Planning to make Debbie's Oatmeal Bars. I've copied so many wonderful recipes & ideas. Thank you, thank you. It was hard not to jump in & speak to posts that happened last spring & summer, but just wanted to let you all know how much I like this thread.
Costco shrimp salad for dinner tonight. And tomorrow, and tomorrow, and.... (and yes I just bought tickets for a Macbeth production at Rice Univ.) Lovely large shrimps. Saltine crackers w/butter & then a chocolate cake French donut. Lunch at a deli by work tomorrow - meat & two veg plates for $5.00. Hope it's pork chops. Happy Monday.
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Michelle - big thumbs up on the room upgrade - WOW!. You and Joyce have a great time with the DHs.
Laurie - shephard's pie is not something my mother ever made, but it's one of my favorites. Unless it's lasagna, I guess Italians aren't too big on casseroles. I can make it, but I usually wait until I know my SIL is making it and finagle a dinner invitation.
I was in the lakes region of NH over the weekend, visiting a friend. The foliage was very spotty - some color, but a lot of bare trees and a lot that are still green. I've been feeling kind of lousy since Friday - like I'm coming down with a cold. Well it hit today. I went to work because last Monday was a holiday and I didn't want the same kids to miss OT 2 weeks in a row. I managed to see all but one of my kids before I called it quits at noon, and came home. I slept most of the afternoon. I'm still not feeling well. I don't know about tomorrow. We had a professional development day last Tuesday, so the kids weren't in school. If I stay home the kids I see on Tuesday will miss OT 2 weeks in a row. When teachers are out, they get a substitute, not with OT. If I'm not there, the kids don't get seen, so it makes me feel guilty taking time off. I know I shouldn't feel guilty - after all it's the kids that are giving me the germs that are making me sick. I have a whole lot of new little kids this year. I guess I haven't had a chance to build up any immunity to their germs, yet. It better happen soon, or this could be a long (cough, cough) school year.
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((((EVERYBODY))))
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MinusTwo,
Laurie's Salsa Chicken is definitely a favorite here! I made Debbie's Oatmeal Bars and really enjoyed them!! There is no added sugar other than what comes from the dried fruit.... My husband also liked them but said, if I make them again, to add just a bit of brown sugar (maybe 1/8 - 1/4 cup) for his taste....
I will say this... If you don't plan to eat them right away, I would definitely cut them and freeze the squares... We didn't eat them quick enough and they went moldy!0 -
Michelle,
Very nice view!! I can almost hear the waves and smell the sea air!!
I'm sure good weather or not, you all will have a great time!! We have a saying within my family that 'The worst day on vacation, beats the best day at home'! While maybe not always true, I'm sure you get the gist!
Hautie,
I hope you feel better soon! It seems every year, once school starts, it's a good couple of months where it seems everyone is sick! I got some kind of respiratory thing that was going around and just recently, after about a week and a half seem to be shaking it!
Laurie,
Hope you found some great leaves on your walk! My kids both did a study on trees in 4th grade... They had to be able to identify various trees based on bark, leaves, nuts/fruit and other features and put together a leaf book wthi information about the trees and pressed leaves that they had gathered from a list of samples they had to locate! It was kind of fun!
Definitely fun to see the new 4th graders in our neighborhood going around the neighborhood looking for leaves since they still do this project!
Deborye,
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Hi everyone! Michelle and Joyce, sorry for the bad weather. Hope it clears up soon, but even if it doesn't, as Deborye says the worst day on vacation is better than the best day at home. I like that one!
Hauntie, hope you're feeling better soon. One of the drawbacks of working with kids.
We had salmon, sweet potatoes, asparagus and a salad for dinner tonight. Makes up for the tacos last night. It was interesting when I bought it at the fish store today, they had king salmon and coho salmon. I only recently started eating salmon so I know nothing about it. The price wasn't that different for each so I asked the girl that worked there what the difference was. She said the coho was milder and leaner; the king was supposed to be the best salmon and had a stronger taste and had more fat. So I bought a little of each to compare. Both DH and I thought the coho tasted a little better. I am not surprised by me because I don't like a really fishy taste, but DH liked it better too. I hope remember next time I'm buying it.
Laurie, I love the leaf project. Have fun with it.
Have a great evening everyone!
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Speaking of what's for dinner. On my FB is pics of my DD's catch while Lobsta diving in Bermuda. She got her license not too long ago and after getting all her gear they went off shore a few miles, cause that is the law in Bermuda, and hand caught HUGE lobstas, they are not the same as ours but they are HUGE.
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If you want to be my friend look for, Deborah Moorehouse Ryer
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