So...whats for dinner?
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Oops - doesn't look like the photo went through. I'll deal with it tomorrow.
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Well....yum! That’s a great start, Minus!
Heading to your pocket for Friday, Nance!
Tonight, I did make myself egg shakshuka while DH polished off most of the rest of that not so special (I thought) lobster mac and cheese. I wasn’t even tempted to see if it was more flavorful as a leftover. But I would imagine that your chili would be, Carole.
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Sorry, Nance, that you're subjected to this stress. Fingers crossed. I wasn't worried about my needle biopsy that led to diagnosis of bc. I had undergone a similar biopsy some years earlier with no similar diagnosis. We had the big 5th wheel parked outside the house and loaded up for a long summer trip that was not to happen.
Last night's shared ribeye was good. Sides were boiled new potatoes cut into large dice and a salad of sliced tomato and cucumber. Easy and satisfying.
I have fresh green beans for tonight as a starter for a menu.
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Thanks a lot guys 💋
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Nance, you may need a bigger pocket, I'm headed there too. Seems the "test stress" never ends...
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Carole - I love your 5th wheel story. I had tickets and reservations for a week of shows in NYC and a month later for a cruise to Alaska with my kiddos. My MO recommended starting chemo right away because I was HER2+, although he would OK NYC if I was adamant. Hell no, I was scared to death. Neither of those happened either.
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Well as it turns out, when I went to see my mo today, she said she was going to see if she could finagle me into radiology today instead of waiting until Friday. She did, and after a diagnostic mammogram (including two rounds of "more pictures") and an ultrasound, it was finally determined that the suspicious area is most likely scar tissue. To be sure I have to have another one in six months, but the radiologist was pretty certain and the ultrasound showed nothing unusual. She is the head of the radiology department at the Women's Center where I get treatment (Siteman Cancer Center) so I'm confident in her abilities. At least for the foreseeable future, my tests will be diagnostic so I won't have to play the stressful waiting game for results. Anyway, I am much relieved.
After a very stressful day, dinner was grilled cheese and tomato soup (in spite of the 95° day) and it was perfect.
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We had a Mediterranean cruise planned for Dec. 2015 when Bob's CT scan after a hemicolectomy (for a perforated colon from a botched colonoscopy) showed a 2cm "incidentaloma" on his lung. We put the cruise on hold in case he needed a biopsy and subsequent cancer treatment. 2 mos. later, it was down to 2mm., so we got the go-ahead to proceed with the cruise. Three weeks later, I got my "focal asymmetry" mammo report, and the rest is history. I told both my surgeon and MO about the cruise, and the MO said that even if my Oncotype were to come back high enough to recommend chemo, she could schedule the cycles so that the cruise would be during a "recovered" week in the cycle. But as luck would have it, I didn't need chemo. Next question was whether I'd have to ditch the cruise due to rads (std. of care had been 33 sessions of whole-breast). But my RO said I was a candidate for 16 sessions of targeted hypofractionated rads--which gave me a good 3 weeks between the last zap and the cruise.
Too late to set up the grill and soak a cedar plank before the storms roll in--so I'll pan-sear the salmon instead, and likely have it with snap peas.
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Nance - hooray. Great news. Bring on the scar tissue. Well not, but still better than any other lurking things. Glad they've scheduled you for diagnostic up front in the future.
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Interesting to be thinking about the punctuated time of our diagnoses during this week of solemn remembrance of the national tragedy no one in our country will ever forget. Hard to believe 9/11 happened 18 years ago already. But my point is how vivid memories of “assaults" remain for us...whether it be something as horrific as the 9/11 tragedies or the personal/familial sudden impact we experience when learning of a cancer dx.
I was fortunate that my dx, just a bit over 8 years ago, was at the end of my summer, as I was preparing to return to my caseload, and other roles, at school. No trips needed to be missed, but I felt the intense worry about disclosing my condition since several fragile students in counseling with me had recently lost parents to cancer. I decided to share what was happening with the teaching staff, at our staff only day luncheon. I explained what I had just learned, promptly cried (briefly), and took them all into my confidence, explaining that I wanted them to know since my (usually ten hour) days would have to be shortened during my radiation treatment. I was able to return to school two days after my surgeries, so that wasn't too disruptive. I asked the teachers to keep my health info to themselves, not sharing it with their students, school parents, neighbors or local relatives (schools tend to be very “incestuous" in terms of people who work in them often living near them and boundaries are pretty fluid), since doing that would make my job almost impossible and would create unnecessary fear in the children on my counseling caseload. Obviously, I was able to do this as long as I didn't have to undergo chemo. I was lucky my oncotype contraindicated that. In fact, the staff was so wonderful, and never divulged the info to anyone who would be affected by it negatively. What a blessing that was! I'm thankful to this day that I could put that worry to rest! And I'm really glad that I never had to unpack a fifth wheeler while anticipating treatment!
All that said, tonight we had an oddly coupled, but tasty, dinner of things that happened to be available in the fridge: eggplant parm, corn on the cob, and a cucumber/watermelon/scallion/fresh mint salad with balsamic vinaigrette. The salad was absolutely delicious!
Ah ha...just saw your note Nance! Yay! Happy dancing for you....
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Happy dancing going here too, Nance... :-)
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Nance, fantastic!! And praises for a "finaglin'" MO who is a blessing!
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Nance, so happy for your news. I went through quite a lengthy period of 6 month scans on left due to 'probable' fat necrosis. Finally deemed B9 last scan. In October I get L and R diagnostic mammos and, if okay, graduate to yearly. I too get scanziety.
Sandy am horrified your doctor (?) Hub had a botched colonoscopy! Noone should, but I guess I've tended to think healthcare profs. try to take care of each other...wow.
Hubby got home from travel so dinner tonight was Thai takeout of chicken satay with peanut sauce and Pineapple cashew Fried Rice. What was in it seemed healthy but that fried part probably wasnt good.
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Hooray for scar tissue, Nancy!
Bob had used a freestanding GI outpatient endoscopy clinic affiliated with his main hospital in the near SW suburbs for his first two 'scopes--the principal doc at the clinic is a direct colleague, and his partner actually is our housekeeper's GI doc. For his second 'scope (and my first) a new partner was brought in. Once again, they found polyps in Bob's colon and recommended a 3 yr followup. He went 4 yrs before reluctantly getting a followup (physician, heal thyself?). That day--a spring Friday with storms threatening--patients were stacked up like planes at O'Hare. I didn't know that, and was surprised by how long his 'scope seemingly took. The GI doc came in and said there were 2 polyps, one "sessile" (flat & not moving ) and one "pedunculated" (on a stalk), and were biopsied but didn't look malignant. Bob was getting a nasty caffeine-withdrawal headache, but the clinic had shut down the coffeemaker. We headed north, Bob still sort of drowsy, to go through the Starbucks drive-thru before hitting the freeway north; but the storm clouds rolled in and Bob decided it was best to head home while he slept off the anesthetic. He woke up on I-55 just as it was feeding into Lake Shore Drive, with very sharp pain, and it was still pouring. It was mid-rush hour and we couldn't even get to an off-ramp to turn around or head to his hospital's (or any) E.R.
After a 2+ hr. drive we got home; he decided to sleep in the lounger and hope the pain would abate. I surreptitiously Googled "complications of colonoscopy," and my suspicions were confirmed that his pain wasn't just from polyp excision but rather likely bowel perforation. He awoke still in pain, and I told him "I think they perfed your colon." He replied, "yeah, that's what I think too." He called the GI doc, who told him to come to the E.R. at their hospital. Yeah, right--storms and still massive traffic. So the doc told him to go to any E.R. I asked him if he could make it down the stairs so I could take him to Evanston Hospital--topnotch, 15-20 min, away. He nodded, got up out of his chair, and nearly fell against the adjacent dresser. "Sit down," I told him, "I'm calling 911." The most stoic & self-reliant guy I know just said, "OK." The Chi. FD EMTs couldn't take him to Evanston Hospital, which is too far north for their jurisdiction--he could either go to the hellhole that is Weiss Hosp. in Uptown or St. Francis in south Evanston. We chose the latter, and I followed the ambulance.
CT scan indicated a perforation, but only to the mesentery--not a full-thickness tear. It took two more admissions during which the residents pretty much medically-(mis)managed him nearly into heart failure. Two days after discharge, pain again. This time no fooling around--a different general surgery group saw him and immediately whisked him into surgery, which was successful...until a long-standing hernia blew two weeks later. By the time he healed, we were soooo ready for travel fun...and then Mother Nature said "not so fast--honey, it's your turn."
He likes St. Francis, but I love Evanston & the North Shore system. (And my GI there, head of the dept., was my PCP doc's Chief Resident at UIC Hosp. back in the day...and my PCP was Bob's Chief Resident).
Pan-seared wild sockeye salmon tonight (ATK's easy recipe) with sugar snap peas sauteed with sesame seeds, garlic & ginger.
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Happy to join in celebrating Nance's good news!
Minus - I've been to The Richmond (which is in my old neighborhood), but not for a few years. Sounds like it's still a special place and we should make a reservation soon!
Tonight we had lamb shoulder chops with roasted potatoes and onions and blistered padron peppers. With a lovely Ridge Primitivo that a friend who's a member of their wine club gave me.
Last night was significantly humbler - vegetable fried rice.
Diagnosis memories - This whole month is a tough one for me. My birthday, 9/11, the anniversaries of my mother's sudden, unexpected death and my diagnosis are all within the same couple of weeks. I'm happy just to get through to October.
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Great news, Nance.
Awful memories, Magari. BC and loss of your mother in the same period. You are indeed a survivor.
Last night's dinner turned out to be stuffed poblanos and the fresh green beans with cooked new potato chunks warmed up in the pot of beans. The stuffing was a combination of what was on hand. Rice, fresh corn, diced small tomatoes from my plant, diced hatch chili, shredded "Mexican" cheese, cumin and chili powder. Not mind blowing but pleasantly tasty.
Tonight we'll be going to dinner at the Y Steak House restaurant, guests of the visiting owners.
Tomorrow night we'll drive to Bemidji with a couple we met at the golf club to dine at Sparkling Water, which is upscale for this area.
Today is a gloomy rainy day with cool temperatures. We needed the heat pump this morning.
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Yike Sandy! That's quite a horror story!
Magari, I can certainly relate. I found the lump in my breast while my mom was in hospice and delayed getting my mammogram for three months because of it. I got to spend my birthday in radiology (brachytherapy 2 x a day) after my mom died. Just when I thought I was home free, nope - oncotype score came back. The rest of the year was spent in chemo. 2011 was a year I was happy to see go.
Dinner is yet to be determined.
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Just edited my post above to clarify that all the difficult September dates didn't occur in the same year.
I lost my mom six days after my birthday, but years before my diagnosis. Although I missed having her support, in some ways I was glad that she was spared the worry of my cancer and treatment. Especially since we have a strong family history.
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Wow Sandy what a story! So glad you and hubby came out of it in one piece!
I have a timing/diagnosis story I'll share sometime when I'm not too tired to type it. It was a busy day today, including Dentist appointment and trip to the local orchard. And last night was a "no sleep no thanks to Arimidex" night. Doesn't happen too much so maybe I shouldn't blame the little pill.
Stuffed multicolored peppers with beef and rice and cantaloupe mozzarella ball salad was what was for dinner. The beef filling was pre-made in the freezer so it was an easy one for a day like this.
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Our seafood CSA delivered Marin Miyagi oysters yesterday. So I made mignonette sauce and we had them raw, with sourdough bread and salad.
It was nearly 90 degrees yesterday, which is rare in SF. So this was a perfect meal for the weather.
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magari - beautiful photo! And I'm not even an oyster girl!
Looks like several of us share a Sept diagnosis date, makes October a difficult month, right? All I wanted to do was try not to be thinking about breast cancer 24/7 and it was pink everywhere, ugh.
auntie - so happy to know things are ok with your imaging - so nerve wracking for you!
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What an inviting dinner table, Magari! My mussels monger DH would be out of his mind. 😉 And how hard for you to get through Sept. So sorry that you had to deal with such a difficult time...and all the ongoing Sept anniversaries.
Wild, scarystory, Sandy! Glad that all worked out well, over time!
Tonight I made my favorite cod filet with Rao’s puttanesca sauce and sautéed fresh veggies, over orzo with a side salad. And I made enough that we can have the leftovers either tomorrow or Sunday.
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I would love sitting at that table too!!!! :-) DD, on the other hand, no. She is moderately allergic to shellfish.
Last night's dinner main dish was stuffed acorn squash....wild black rice, regular white rice, a LOT of onion, garlic, crushed walnuts, and cranberries and the squash itself.
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Yum! What I wouldn't give for a seafood CSA . . .
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Yesterday we picked a bushel of apples from a friend's tree, so today I processed apples into apple sauce for the freezer. I also managed to freeze several bags of peeled and sliced apples for pies. Always nice to have for last minute baking projects.
Tonight is lightly breaded and fried pork tenderloin, tiny potatoes a salad (or perhaps broccoli) and - of course - apple sauce.
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Tonight was a clean out the fridge night for leftovers. Not much left in there now
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Tonight was French toast - made with the leftovers of the San Francisco sourdough loaf I've been dragging all over the country since 9/2. Yummy.
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Oooh--a seafood CSA! Impressive that you can shuck raw oysters. I prefer Pacific (having lived in Seattle for 7 yrs), but am beginning to discover there's more to Atlantic oysters than L.I. Bluepoints--Rappahannocks from VA, Naked Cowboy, Malpeques from PEI, and Island Creek from Duxbury, MA are some of my new faves. I generally stay away from Gulf oysters--the water's too warm. And of course, the fresh oysters we had in Bayeux and LaRochelle were amazing.
Thurs. night, Bob got off work at Union Health early, so after killing time at Costco we went to our favorite restaurant in Greektown, Santorini. (We leave Greek Islands & the Parthenon to the tourists). They're known for their seafood, and we'd intended to share the whole grilled snapper or striped bass, but the special that day was "Young lamb BBQ" (isn't all lamb young?). So I had that, and in order to have a red wine, Bob ordered the tuna steak. We started with tzatziki (which Bob scooped up with their wonderful freshly baked bread, off-limits to me), then an Athenian salad with anchovies. No flaming saganaki--it's dredged in flour before being fried. No taramosalata--most recipes use soaked bread in the puree. No dessert (oh, how I miss the housemade yogurt, buckwheat honey and walnuts). No Greek coffee either--it's brewed with sugar.
Last night we had the leftovers, which I supplemented with a Caprese using one of our dwindling supply of ripe-enough homegrown tomatoes. We have only 3 left on the sill, but 16 on the vine (3 yellow, 6 Cherokee Purple, the rest red). One of the reds seems to be beginning to ripen. We're forecast to have highs in the 80s (hit 90 twice this past week, but after storms it's been in the 70s) and overnight rains, so it's favorable for ripening. (The downside is that there's been terrible river flooding in the Lake & McHenry County suburbs; and lake levels have risen so far that many city beaches no longer have sand, only grass). Tonight was the path of least resistance: garlic-herb shrimp skewers from the fish counter, and Italian-style roast red peppers & eggplant from the hot bar at Whole Foods. Threw the skewers on the grill for a couple minutes. Dessert was a rare treat: chocolate coconut-milk "ice cream" sweetened with erythritol. After all these months, it tasted as delicious as the real thing.
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I haven't posted in awhile, but I've read through some of the amazing meals you all have had and have drooled over some of the pictures and descriptions! I figured that since I actually went all out with preparing a meal last night that I would share. We had another couple over for dinner, and I prepared a delicious ratatouille over pasta, trying to emulate the one my favorite local restaurant makes. I used eggplant, zucchini, red and yellow bell peppers, onions, garlic, and cherry tomatoes, and served it over whole wheat cavatappi. The restaurant serves theirs over homemade papardelle which is outstanding, but I couldn't find any whole wheat papardelle and our group last night actually prefers whole wheat. I used this recipe from bon appetit but adapted it somewhat,
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/ratatouille-pasta
I omitted the capers that were called for since I didn't want the extra salt, but I added some toasted walnuts, and rather than adding all of the parmesan cheese with some pasta water as the recipe calls for, I added just a little arrabbiata sauce I had on hand and served the cheese on top of individual servings which made it more like the restaurant's recipe. I also used up most of what is left of my one remaining basil plant. The recipe was a bit time consuming with all of the chopping and with salting the eggplant first, but it was worth it. We took advantage of the mild evening and enjoyed it on the patio at the fire table with some nice shiraz. I cheated and had a second glass!
It was a great meal to make for and share with friends, but next time I want it just for myself, I'll go back to the restaurant haha!
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I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this but I am trying to lose weight (I weigh too much for my height) ... I need to lose at least 40 pounds... this is an odd question but if I manage to lose the weight will my breasts also lose weight? they are uncomfortablely large and when I had my Lumpectomy my doctor suggested breast reduction in both breasts... I said no because I didn’t want more surgery but now I regret it. thank you for your input
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