So...whats for dinner?
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Momine: Buckwheat is not on the list for his allergies, so it might be worth a try. I love buckwheat pancakes! What a treat that would be! I'll have him ask the holistic doctor we see if it's ok.
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Yes, and buckwheat is supposed to be OK for ER+ as well. I made the batter with eco-eggs and low-fat kefir. It was nice treat.
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Kaara -
It's by King Arthur Flour.. my local grocer has it, and i bought it at Whole Foods myself.. it did not come out as great as hers. of course she measures and stuff.
It was great tho and didn't need all that kneading.
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Apple: Thanks I'll check it out...we have a Whole Foods here.
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Leaving Aug 18 and return Aug 28
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Hi everyone! I had a great day today, although it was super windy and I had to leave the beach because I was being sandblasted. I sat by the pool, read my book on my Kindle (oh how I love that gadget!), had a nice lunch and then our friends came by for cocktail hour(s) and dinner. All in all, a very successful first day!
I hope everyone had a good Monday!
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Michelle, glad you're enjoying yourself in FL.
Dinner was leftover monster meatballs in tomato sauce with fresh-cooked pasta. And roasted brussel sprouts, which were delish. Split them in half, tossed them with olive oil and s &p. Cooked them on sheetpan at 350 for 30 min. Tossed and stirred them halfway through cooking. I put a little home-made vinaigrette on my serving. DH poured a little balsamic vinegar on his. Dessert was leftover strawberry shortcake.
I enjoy all the conversation but am not good at all the individual replies, like some are.
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carole: Love roasted brussel sprouts...so much better than when my grandma used to serve them boiled to mush! I used to gag trying to get one down so I could leave the table. Sometimes I roast some little baby carrots with them.
I had a late app't to get my hair cut and a mani/pedi, so when I got home I did a stir fry of broccoli, asparagus, carrots and shrimp with some ginger garlic sauce. Delicious! Fruit and nuts for dessert.
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Hi, been really bad. Worked 10 hours today, but here is another doggie. My daughter's little poodle mix "Nellie"
Going to sleep but looking forward to meeting all you ladies!
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Am happy to take nutrition notes for any and all when I see her this Thursday. Am taking that list I keep referring to for "good and bad" food for er+ and Tamoxifen users to see what idea she has about it, since it seems so restrictive to me.
Hear ye ....hear ye....a rare and exciting evening in this house. I came home from work, and food shopping and smelled the most wonderful aroma....DINNER COOKING!!!! Please appreciate how rare this is......DH had purchased a sort of "kit" from a local healthy eating store, followed the directions, and prepared us a lovely shrimp with spiced tomato sauce and feta over orzo. He forgot to make the accompanying broccoli, but I was delerious that we even had a main course on the table when I came home. Points for my sweet kitchen challenged DH! And there was enough leftover that I can take it to school for lunch tomorrow.
DS#1 called tonight to let us know that their second child will be a girl. It will be fun to have some variety the family, which has been laden with testosterone, except for me and dogter, Lacey.
Laurie, we're headed to that gift shop for your apron!!
Sounds like a rough day at the beach, Michelle. Hope the wind dies down a bit so you can totally enjoy the ocean experience!
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Hi everyone, thanks for all the info on healthy eating....geting inspired. I had given up white bread long ago, preferring the whole grains. Need to find a good pasta though that is healthier, have tried the wheat ones and not really impressed.
I made a kind of lasagna rolls the other night. Took the ricotta and mixed with spinach and garlic with other italian spices and placed in lasagna noodle and rolled up, lined them all up in pan and covered with sauce and cheese and baked. My Dh said it was "girlie" lasagna and wanted some meat in his. Oh well I liked it...and I am the cook!
Laurie Hope the weather clears for you...I also LOVE my kindle.
Lacey Congrats on getting a girl grand baby....love all the cute clothes.What a dear husband to go that extra mile and make dinner. those are the small things that matter...if they only knew how simple we are.
Definitely going walking today....Spring is coming!!
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KIaara, your stir fry sounds delicious. Stir-fry is one cooking method that I have never mastered. When I have tried it, it seems Ito require too much oil, whch means a lot of calories. I really like the oven-roasted veggies but the weather will soon be too hot for oven cooking.
Lacey, congratulations on the future girl grandchild.
Carberry, your lasagne rolls sound tasty to me. And what an original idea!
It was so nice this morning not to have to hop out of bed and get dressed to go somewhere. Soon I'll go out to our "gym" and do some weights and a session on the stairclimber, which really gets my heartbeat up fast. I can walk 3 miles on the street and never get out of breath because I'm so used to fast walking but the stairclimber has me huffing and puffing. We have a tv to watch, which makes the exercise more enjoyable.
Everyone have a good Tuesday.
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Made smoothies for breakfast this morning...romaine, spinach, zuccini, apple, strawberries, pineapple and protein powder. Put greens in blender first, add 1 cup of water, blend on high, then begin adding the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth. Just imagine the vitamins and antioxidants you're getting. I then add my vitamin C powder and MSM powder to it and gives it a slight tart taste which I like.
This was done in a 64 oz Vita Mix blender, and there is enough for about 4 glasses. It will keep for 24 hours. This was one of the best investments we've ever made on a kitchen appliance!
carberry: Girlie or not...those lasagna rolls sound great to me! I found a gluten free spagetti that is pretty good. I really can't tell the difference..you just have to cook it a little longer. Also the quinoa pastas are good as well.
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Carole: A little tip on the stir fry...instead of adding more oil, add a little water so it steams the veggies and helps them to cook. Just add a little at a time until you get what you want. I wait and add the sauce at the last minute so it doesn't burn.
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Kaara, wish I could pop in and taste that smoothie! I admire your dedication to a healthy food plan.
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carole: Thanks...I feel I have to do something to prevent a recurrence since I didn't do chemo or rads, and this new plan is as good as it gets. It helps that my boyfriend is on it as well for his MS. He just went off his weekly injections and is hoping the new diet will keep the disease in remission. It also is recommended for my eye issues. It's a bit of an adjustment, but once you're into it, it's very easy to follow, and you lose your cravings for the bad stuff...almost:)
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Lacey CONGRATS!!! What wonderful news! There is alot of testosterone going on my house too. My brother and his girlfriend have decided to try for a baby, I have my fingers crossed they will have a girl so I can buy her clothes and get my girlie fix:D
Kaara- I am super impressed as well, you eat so healthy!! I really should make more of an effort...hmmm.
Carol- I don't do a very good job with getting to everyone either, it is such a busy thread its hard.
So we ended up with chinese food Sunday night as we spent way too long at the neighbors house. Last night was eggplant parm and tonight is Debbie's Belgian Chicken.
Debbie how are things going?
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joycek: I don't meet many who have passed on the rads. I was willing, but couldn't get the kind I wanted so I made the decision in spite of my MO's annoyance. Sorry the weather isn't cooperating right now...it was raining in Ft. Lauderdale this afternoon. Where do you live in W. Palm...my son lives there...actually in Loxahatchee in the acres near Wellington.
We went east for our IV infusions with holistic doc, and then over to the Galleria Mall where we had lunch at Seasons 52..a great restaurant if you're ever down this way. It's all fresh veggies, organic meats, fish and chicken, and very low calorie. The have gluten free, low sodium, vegan, etc. something for everyone. I have to admit...I cheated and had a little dessert...one of those mini glasses that only give you a spoonful or so. Mine was red velvet cake with cream cheese icing...my favorite. How bad can that be! After that we went shopping...boyfriend almost never agrees to do this without being dragged like a cat on a leash, but he was very cooperative today because we were buying for him! He needs new clothes because his others are too big. Me, I just enjoy shopping regardless of who it's for!
Tonight will be salads and leftover soup for dinner.
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Joyce - glad you arrived safely. Looking forward to tomorrow night@ I am at the casino...DH is entertaining the customer this evening. I just are crabcakes and I am working on a piece of key lime pie. The crabcakes were free if I "liked" this restaurant on Facebook...LOL.
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Ugh....autocorrection!
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You mean you aren't crabcakes?!
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LOL!
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I am glad you are having a good time in FL.
(((Debbie))))
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Uhgg. Today wasn't a good day. My work computer remains non-functional after being at my new job for 2 months and I finally started crying after talking to "IT" for at least 1 -2 hours a day for 2 months and one day for 5 hours and now being told that I should have put things into the system by "wireless" yesterday, which was impossible of course, because even the IT guys had to work on it for 2 hours today. I don't believe that it is fixed because I have been told this about 60 times, plus I had to miss my first follow up with my oncologist for the second time because of work. (It was due 2 months ago) So I finally lost it and just started crying. I'm glad for those tears. My eyes are so dry because of the friggin med antihormonal sucking the estrogen out of me for the last 6 months. I wonder if this is grounds for resigning "with reason" I am so stressed because I can't function without functional equipment. And that includes my ridiculous blackberry. So it wasn't a good day. I had grapes and carrots for dinner.
PS, That's "Nellie" my daughter's dog. Maybe I'll put Austin up again in the future.
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Michelle- i caught it- You are a crabcake? LOL!
So much catching up to do but too tired and need a nap after a long day and not sleeping all night.
I feel like we are back to square one basically, we got to the hospital at 8;30 am this morning, Meet Dr #1 and spend half the day there telling us about 3 different surgerys he could do and what the pros and cons were and how dangerous they were then told us about the gamma knife and how he never lost a patient to gamma knife but the surgeries he has wth?? He tells us that the surgeries he would be out at least 2 mos and in hosp 1 week plus no guarantees hearing would not be restored and loss of balance either.. Tells us the benefits of gamma knife and how even though its no guarentee is only one day in hosp and a couple days off work hearing may or may not get better but not lose it completely plus its safer he may be able to treat all the symptoms, oh and if that didnt help and if the tumor was still growing then he would still need the surgery but chuck decided to go with gamma knife for now mainly because of not being off work so long, so dr 1 sends us to another hospital that does gamma knife and meet dr 2 he gave us a tour of the hospital where he will do the GK and shows him the headgear he would wear, explains everything to us, and schedule for the 15th drive home in snow, and hail kind of feeling better b/c its less invasive and get used to that idea, get home after 8 hrs in hospitals get a call from the second hosp saying that chucks ins does not contract out to them only for hosptial #1 for surgery so now we will have to go back and talk to them again do all the paperwork all over again since he will stay at first hosp instead for surgery and talk about what 3 options of surgery he will have.....i could just cry and chuck is so upset we had our minds made up about surgery pre going there then had hopes on GK only to be told sorry no can do! Oh well guess there is not much we can do about it, sorry for rambling and making this so long we will get through this just wanted to let you all know. hugsssssss
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((((( Bedo )))))))!
Being asked to do your job without functioning equipment is an impossibly bad situation. I feel your pain and, after dealing with this for so long, would have caused me some tears as well... I hope that they finally hear you....0 -
Oh, Debbie, I am speechless. What a lot to go through.
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Debbie,
OMG, That makes me very angry.... It upsets me to no end when insurance companies get to dictate what treatment you can get even though the treatment they are denying is the one that makes the most sence and is the one recommended! Did the insurance deny the specific treatment or just won't cover it at the facility you went to? Is there another facility that they will cover it at?
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Bedo: So sorry about your job problems...computers...ugh! I hated them and I hated IT worse! They always treated you like you were inferior because you didn't understand the computereze language they spoke!
Debbie: What a terrible experience. Do you think that you could appeal to your insurance company to allow the GK surgery to be done in the other hospital? I would try that before giving up altogether. It seems the GK is the least invasive and if this is the only place DH can get it, why can they not make an exception. If not there, where is there a hospital nearby that would do the surgery that ins. will approve? Is there a patient advocate that can work on your behalf? This kind of stuff just drives me crazy...I can only imagine what you are going through right now.
Prayers that this all works out to your benefit. I wouldn't give up so soon without giving them some hell to pay!
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Oh Debbie, what a terrible roller coaster day for you and DH....to carefully decide on a plan and later have the damn ins co rip it away. I may be foolish, but I wish that docs/hospitals would check that out before engaging you with a plan. So, I also wonder if it is the procedure, or the specific hospital that they won't cover.....so maybe there might be an option for the GK somewhere else. Wonder where else this doc might operate, doing that GK procedure. You must both be exhausted after such a day....get some rest so you can regroup tomorrow. ((((you))))
And Bedo, how totally frustrating.!!!!Yesterday I was unable to access my Z drive just as I was about to start massive report writing. Turns out they just "lost my documents" while doing routine maintenance....guess it felt routine to rid me from the system. Fortunately, they were able to right it, and I didn't lose anything important....close call! But you dealing with this for so long is outrageous, and certainly tears worthy!! Really hope tomorrow goes much better. ((((you))))
Had some kale and white bean soup for dinner, and am vegging in front of the Celtics, instead of writing the report that should get done tonight. This low energy thing is killing me! Wonder if it's going to be with me for a long time. Not much productivity from me at night anymore......
Best to all as our weather warms up fo the next couple of days!0
