So...whats for dinner?
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Debbie - my calcium levels are normal, thank goodness! Mine were high when I was diagnosed the first time and my PCP did a test for parathyroid disease, but that was normal. Has yours been checked? I am sure I'll get the test results on Monday, May 14th. They usually get PET results pretty quickly. Get lots of rest and get rid of that pneumonia!!!
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Seaside memories, and Michelle, I am hoping for the best!
Apple, I'm glad you are feeling a little better.
Laurie, keep us posted with your heart problems
For dinner, I can't decide whether I want beer with avocados, vinegar and oil, or avocados on toast.
The other person who covered the southern part of the state resigned today, so I feel a little anxious. I'm sure it will work out.
I'm watching the Grand-dog who is keeping me busy, as I try to keep her entertained.
Doing major work on my plot in the Organic Community Garden this weekend with help.. Really excited about growing and nourishing my vegetables this summer.
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Still lazy...dinner tonight was rotissary chicken breast, cauliflower, and a green salad....oh, and a little cranberry sauce on the side. Not bad for a quickie meal.
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Dinner tonight was boneless pork chops marinated in Italian dressing and a whole lot of chopped garlic, foil-baked potatoes with butter, fresh chives and dill dip mix (I just sprinkle it over the potato), and cole slaw.
Bedo - I would vote for avocado with olive oil and lime!
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Joyce- I hope you have a great time on your trip! Good luck with the eye surgery. You make me smile
Michelle- As always I love your attitude. Check everything out, make rational sense of it all and find some comfort. You are one smart lady. I will try to follow in your steps.
Carrie- I hope you are feeling better, sound like you should head to the Dr. Lol at your DH having picnic's:)
Debbie- I hope you are enjoying your time without your DH, sometimes it can be nice to be on your own. Hope you are feeling better.
Seaside- Thinking of you- keep us posted if you can.
Apple- Such a disappointment after all that work to not have your meal "hit the spot". Your DS is too cute though- "look out mom..."
Kaara- Your dinner sounds good to me, great meal for being lazy!! Love your story about your GDG.
I am not doing so well with the potty training thing either. DS #1 is 4 1/2. He has not worn a diaper since before his fourth birthday. Michelle- I agree with the pull ups thing, license to pee. He goes through periods of being great for months and then regresses and has a pee accident here or there or refuses to poop at all. We do pull ups at night here and there, basically when he goes on a peeing spree and I am sick of laundry. But to actually wake up and go use the bathroom was a first. It shows he is aware enough to control it- so no more pull ups at night. Nwo we have tp remind him he can do it.
Today we went to the outlets a half hour away to try to buy DS#1 new sneakers. He doesn't like any of them, none are comfortable enough. In two weeks I have taken him to 9 stores. He is driving me nuts. But for a surprise to show him how proud we were of him last night we met DH for lunch at a restaurant and he was so excited. I kept telling him I had a surprise for him and when we pulled up tp the restaurant after shopping and DH was standing there he went nuts, " my surprise is DADDY!!!!"
Tonight for dinner I made chicken marsala with rice and asparagus. It was good, not DH's favorite but ohwell. As far as the heart thing I just keep trucking. I won't see a Dr till June 1st to get test results etc so I need to put it out of my mind. Sometimes easier said than done. On my way to the outlets I had a bad burst of them while driving on the highway with the boys and had to fight an anxiety attack, but I won damn it. Thank God for breathing techniques
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Laurie, I know that this is really bad, but the M&M method worked for me. Each time you use the potty, here you go! An M&M!
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Laurie, I always thought the worst thing about heart concerns is the accompanying anxiety...and when on the highway with kids? yikes!!! Impressive use of relaxing breathing!
When I'm not so tired I'll share two silly potty training stories.
Had my mammo very early this AM... yes Joyce, I was in the machine as you were typing....and saw your post as soon as i was in the waiting room. Thank you!! It was like a warm blanket I needed since this was my first time back to the same rooms in which I was dxd...same doc who gave me the news, etc. It all felt so odd...then of course I was called back...some concerning area on the other side. So more painful squishes, but at this point it appears to be scar tissue near where I had a duct removed (benign) years ago. She seemed comfortable letting me loose ntil my MRI in 6 months so I'm good with that. She was concerned tho with my fatigue (surprised she even asked) and wants me to get back to oncologist about it. I will....
Have fun in Vegas, Joyce ....and if you happen to run into my DS2(he's going tomorrow with his cohorts), you can leave it in Vegas.. I doubt he'll be in any medical conference rooms
Good luck with you eye procedure!
All you sisters with respiratory ailments, take your meds and feel better soon!
Apple, I think of you when I hear the Judy Collins song "cook with honey" (I think that's the title)... do you know which on I mean? Glad to hear you had an energetic day....and I agree with Kaara about the taste bud probability.
Gotta get to bed....up at five and working until five too much for this old gal.....
Oh, and Michelle, like your research....solid reasoning....and maybe I am the start of the dissipation of the East coast cloud.0 -
Bedo- I have done that and more. We actually made a grab bag of 1 dollar toys, (1 for each day with no accidents) reward charts, stickers, candy etc. The kid is bullheaded just like his mom ;P
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Laurie - I agree with Bedo, some kind of immediate reward. Sticker charts are good, too! I am thinking that if your test results were not relatively normal, the cardiologist would be seeing you sooner, so maybe you can take comfort in that notion. You're right that I try to find the logical stuff and that helps me "process" my situation. And by golly I can rationalize most anything
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Michelle- That is exactly what I tell myself when things get weird. " No one is worried. There is nothing to worry about. You are fine. Stop." and I repeat
Our minds are crazy things. We need to keep our thinking logical and positive. Not that I need to tell you that!0 -
It has been so long I can't remember when my DD was potty trained. She had accidence once in a while most of the time it was when she was outside playing and didn't want to come in the house. For supper I made a Shepherds Pie and right now waiting for the dinger to go off for Corn Chowda, I'll have that for my lunches. Sunday I was busy gardening and didn't know there was a huge Turkey walking by me about 5 feet away, I don't know who was more scared. LOL. Then he/she went over to my neighbors and I could hear her on her cell phone yelling, "There is a real live Turkey in my yard." Too funny.
I don't have any doctor appnts until June 21st. I'll take the day off as I have my mammo, then follow up with BS, then onco appnt for follow up on results for my TM's. I will get the blood drawn a week B4 appnt.
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Michelle- We will be keeping our fingers crossed for good news on Monday!! I don't think i have ever had my parathyroid tested, is it a blood test?
Bedo- Glad to see you check in. I think the beer alone sounds good lol!
Laurie- Yes, I'm looking forward to some alone time tomorrow. Yay!! Oh, that must of been so scarey to have the heart palpatations while on the High-way with your DS. Glad you were able to keep yourself calm during it. funny and cute story about your DS saying ,"My surpise is Daddy! LOL!
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Wow, a whole nother page i missed, you girls have been busy!
Lacey-Glad all was fine with your mamo. Some women really have pain during there mammo's, for some reason i never did, it was uncomfortable for me but thank god not painful.
Deb- Laughed out loud on the turkey story LOL!
Everyones dinner sounds so yummy. I made chicken and asperagus and left over macaroni salad, I made a mix of mayo, parmesan, paprika (lots) garlic powder S&P mixed it up real good, dipped bonesless, skinless chx breast in the mayo mix then into bread crumbs. baked at 450 for 25 minutes it was pretty good. For dessert i had a graham cracker with a piece of choc in the middle and microwaved it for 15 seconds to soften the chocolate. Yummm!!
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Laurie: Do you ever feel lightheaded or faint when you have these PVC's? I did and that's what sent me to the ER with mine. The cardo doc said the reason I felt faint was that when I got the skipped beat, there wasn't enough oxygen getting to my brain...wonderful...as if I didn't have enough problems. One thing I do now when they start is cough real hard, and sometimes that stops them. It's something with the electrical chambers of the heart that malfunction, and coughing helps to put it back on track. Silly, but it works for me.
Michelle...good luck on your test results.
Lacey: Great news on the mammo. I have to schedule mine for late May before I leave for NC. I've already had the clear thermography so will be interesting to see what the mammo comes up with...nothing I hope!
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Debbie - yes, a simple blood test could detect a problem with the parathyroid. If your calcium levels have been consistently higher than the normal range, your doctor should look for a reason. Yummm on the dessert...I would have spread that cracker with peanut butter then waved it with the chocolate!
Deb - very funny about your turkey visitor. When we lived in MO, we drove by wild turkeys and deer almost every single day. But here in NH, I rarely see wildlife. I thought it strange at first, but I realize there are far more natural hidden habitats around here - they are not being forced into the open.
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Forgot to mention this, but in NC where we have our home, we see wild turkeys, foxes, bears, the works! We're not out in the woods...it's a community...but surrounded by wooded areas, so that's where they live and sometimes they come into the community to get food....especially the bears. We can't leave bird feeders out at all because it draws them. I would never walk at night up there!
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Kaara you are right, that what the doc has told my friend who has them, to try to cough forcefully or sneeze. The cardiologist that she goes to has them himself and he is very young, just outta med school (my moms cardiologist as well). He also says he keeps water with him at all times because being dehydrated brings them on and then he feels faint.
I did not get in to see the doc, but i am much better, most of the congestion gone, just a little in my head left. Did not do hump night last night, saving some calories for when we are in Ohio as my DS plans on taking us to his favorite restaurants, plus I didnt want to infect anyone with this cold.
I love the turkey story...we have them running across the road all the time here, but i have never had one that close to me!
Hope everyones testing shows nothing but good, and this damn cloud leaves the east coast!!
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Did some therapeutic shopping today...major shopping...LOL! I think I've now got everything I need to look stylish in Paris
except for a new handbag. I haven't found the one that makes me smile just yet, but it's out there somewhere. I bought a dress to wear to DD's graduation - black with white polka dots which seem to be very "in" this season. I have just one dress in my closet, so it was a necessary purchase 
We had tacos tonight for dinner, DH's request. Easy-peasy. Carrie - glad you are feeling much better!
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Carrie, glad you are on the mend!
Michelle, how neat for you to prepare not only for the graduation, but also FOR THE TRIP TO PARIS. WOO HOO!!! Love the idea of the polka dot dress. You'll be classy/adorable! I am almost moved to go shopping after reading your post! I have hardly been in a clothes store since last August, but do need to get some new duds for my college reunion at the end of the month.....thanks for the motivation!
Deb, the turkey story was funny! We rarely see the wild turkeys up north, see more down here...but up there do see coyotes, foxes, moose, deer, bear(once sitting on a neighbor's swing set, so no more bird feeding for us either, except for the sweet little hummers) and plenty of skunks.
Potty story (dumb mommy) alert! When DS1 was first daytime trained, I kept putting a diaper on him for night expecting that he'd need it. It became a habit (for me) and I never had to worry about washing sheets (something i recall my mother hating since my sister had a kidney disorder and wet the bed often). So, at DS1's 3rd PE appt the peds asked me if he was trained for both day and night, and After I thought about it, stupidly said "I guess so" but I still put a diaper on him at night. He looked at me like I was nuts...."well is it wet in the morning?". ...."no"..... "so stop doing it, since he obviously doesn't need it." Sequel....a few weeks later DH and I both woke up in the middle of the night (remember this was our first child...no one else lived with us), hearing the toilet flush. We looked at each other shocked, and at first actually wondered if it was a burgular!! Jumped up and saw DS1 walking back to his little bed. A very funny milestone for our little boy...I'll always remember that toilet flush in the middle of the night!
Last night we had our favorite Greek restaurant's kebabs as well as a greek salad with grilled chicken....and my favorite winger squash. Today I had a greek omelet for lunch. Maybe it is time for me to head to Santorini! I am still deciding what to eat tonight.. DH out and I'm more tired than hungry, so may have some weird foods.....better go check some out!0 -
For the first time since my first tx, my stomach is feeling "off." I had a big (for me) lunch of two bean burritos from Taco Bell, so right now Husband is being useful and popping me a bag of microwave popcorn. That's probably going to be it for me tonight.
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Welcome Cottontail! I'm pretty sure I couldn't have eaten anything from Taco Bell when I was doing chemo...hoping popcorn does the trick for you. I have it for supper almost once a week!
Lacey - that is a funny potty-training story! And college reunion, time to pull out all the wardrobe stops!!!
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May 20th about 20 1969 grad girls are getting together to have a cookout at one of the girls house. I said I would make Chili, never made Chili but have tried one at work when we had a Chili cookoff. It was Pumpkin Spice Chili. I loved it. I don't like my Chili hot (spicey) anyone have a easy recipe?
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LuvRVing, today's Taco Bell lunch wasn't my first choice, as I had to spend my lunch "hour" (30 minutes actually) running to my pharmacy to get a prescription for thrush. Had to cruise through the drive-thru to get anything at all.
Tonight's popcorn was fabulous! I'm having problems tasting anything, but I could at least taste the salt. Delicious!
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dinner tonight was tuna gravy over toast, then after zumba tonight I was ravenously hungry, so I had my pickle turkey cream cheese snack and several almonds, and carmel rice cakes
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We went to Carabba's for dinner last evening...very disappointing. Everything on the menu has gone up in price...the salad was not as good as our little itallian eatery around the corner from us, and the trout I ordered came out very dry. I had to ask for more sauce. It was pricey as well...$22! We had it at Legal Seafood several weeks before for much less and a better atmosphere. Live and learn...won't go back there anytime soon. One thing that was good was my spinach sauteed in garlic.
We always order the mussels as an appetizer (my son's favorite) and they were good too, so maybe it wasn't all bad.
Today is my DGD's birthday, so she is coming over and bringing my DGGD and we'll go out to lunch to celebrate her special day. She is working two jobs right now trying to keep her head above water while the baby's father pays little or no child support, so she deserves a nice day. I'm gong to slip a little extra money in her card and hope she doesn't tell the other grands or they will be jealous. My oldest DGD lives with her rich boyfriend and has had little or nothing to do with the family for over a year...what's up with that! When I sent her birthday card this year, I had to send it to DD's house because I didn't have her address. I told DD to tell her that if she wanted her birthday money, she had to show up to get it, because I no longer send money through the mail! Still haven't heard from her! Guess they all go through that stage in their lives.
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Cottontail WELCOME When I was going through chemo i ate my weight in dill pickles...same thing...I think I liked the salt, or it was all i could taste. My best girlfriend cleaned out her pantry of all of her canned pickles from the summer and "donated" them to me. Will have to can some more this summer to replace them.
Michelle You are going to be soooo fashionable in Paris! i saw a polka dot dress in the thrift store window here in this small town and exclaimed to my friends" OMG I love that dress" checked it out but it was only like a size four....if it was the right size I would have bought it just for no reason.
Off to Ohio..will check in on Monday. Everyone have a great weekend!
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i can truthfully say i have never ordered anything from taco bell for myself.. i have for this guy whose car i hit tho. a few years back.
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Carrie - have a great trip!!!
Cottontail - salty things tasted good to me, too. And sweet - we went out for ice cream three times a week last summer! But I couldn't eat anything with any spice at all, so I just stayed away from anything Mexican. My DH was craving it a couple times and I tried, but it just made me feel miserable. He finally got the idea that he'd have to wait or go without me! Sorry to hear you're suffering with thrush, hope the script fixes things for you. I had a lot of different SEs from chemo, thrush was not one of them!
Kaara - sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your Carrabba's meal. When we were in MO, there was one five minutes from our house and we went quite often. I love their bread with dipping oil. And when I have a bad cold, nothing beats their chicken soup (except maybe my own). I used to send DH for carside service all the time! I haven't eaten there in quite a while, there's one near my mom's place but it's not open for lunch.
Where's Debbie?
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Michelle- I love dressess with polka dots! They look so fashionable and adorable on. I find that JC Penny's always have such cute purses and affordable too!
Apple- LOL on the buying taco bell for someone whos car you hit! Too funny! (not funny on hitting the car though) Oops!
Carrie- Hope you feel better soon.
DH left yesterday around 4 for his trip to Chicago- 10 minutes after he left I high tailed it out to the casino LOL! Didnt win but had a good time. I played bingo- Havn't done that in a long time, I actually enjoyed it, except some of those older ladies get so snarley! Then ate at the buffet, which was so good. I didnt get home until about 9pm. Then decided to make cheese enchaladas for dinner for tonight and choc cream pie. Had so much energy. It must of been all that iced tea i drank all day.
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Deb- I might have posted my chili recipe here before. It is very easy and has tons of flavor. Saute your beef with onions and garlic. (Drain real well) In large pot, I put 4 cans of red kidney beans, (rinsed and drained) and 2 large cans of whole peeled tomatoes, kind of squish them up with fingers. Add beef mixture to pot. Add 2 packages of mild chili seasonings, add, salt pepper, garlic powder, Add red pepper chili flakes, just a few shakes wont be too spicy, i use lots though, gives it more flavor. When ready to serve I top with some grated cheddar. Edited to add: Bring to boil, then lower to med low heat, cook for about 1-2 hrs
Kaara- Happy Birthday to your GD!
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