So...whats for dinner?
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Michelle, great recipe! I will definitely try it
Tazzy, doing the happy dance for you, you go!
Enjoy your dinner Debbie, and no dancing on the bar!!
Just a question, how long did it take you to get your energy back after radiation? It's been 5 months and I still sleep 10 hours a night and need an alarm clock to get up and feel tired. I still have no energy after a 10 hour work day. I was diagnosed with another condition which I have had since 17 and have always been a great napper, but didn't need this much sleep. Do some people not get their energy back? I read that at a reputable web site and it scares me. Thank you.
PS Avocado halves filled with canned crab mixed with lemon juice and a little pepper and salt for dinner. Trying to eat some shell fish for energy. Don't really like fish, so gave it up again. Tried it after a million years 2 years ago after being vegetarian since 16 but I just don't like the taste. May try to eat it once a week as recommended by doc.
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Well, I am a poor example of how long it takes to get your energy back...I don't think I ever took a nap during radiation and I didn't take one during chemo, either, except maybe once. And I get by on about 7 hours of sleep. But then, I also wasn't working and I think that makes a big difference. When was the last time you had a CBC? You got any red blood cells? Because if you're anemic, you're going to feel the fatigue. Try a prenatal vitamin - I swear that's what kept me going through chemo. And you may need more protein, another thing that can be checked via labwork.
Avocado with crab sounds particularly lovely for a hot summer night's dinner...gonna have to try that.
Debbie - sounds like a fine night out, have loads of fun! Drink lots of water!!!
Deb - sounds like you're BS thinks things are going OK, that's a good thing! Don't you just love being the object of "show and tell"?
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Deb, you should have charged per peep!
Bedo, I am also still unbelievably fatigued and wrapped up Rads in early January. My docs believe it is my 10 hour a day work schedule, and I am in the process of changing that. Check out the After-radiation thread (not sure if that's the exact title, but you can easily find it). Are your blood tests normal? Have you tried Apple's remedy of a tablespoon of molasses? Hope you can get some rest his weekend!0 -
Tazzy- I know exactly what you are saying about losing your post, just did it, i use to do that all the time and giggled about yours and was almost done with mine and don't know what happened but it just happend to me too, i think it is bco causeing this. Argghhh! Dont know what other tx you have left but hope it is easy on you. The neulesta shot was so horrific on me. hope your last shot is gentle on you. The reason i hate thunderstoms so much is because i have so many trees around me probably woulndt be so bad otherwise while at home.
Lacey- Try the home defense you can buy it at a lot of places and it is better than any thing even better than if you hired osmeone.
Bedo- I didnt dance on the bar, but came close lol! Wish i could sleep that long. do you take sleeping pills? I take ambien, it is 10mg but cut it in 1/4 otherwise i see little green men (really) Sorry i dont have a good answer fo ryou.
Deb- Why do the nurses have to look at stuff like they never seen it before., When i was dx with lung cancer i had crippety, there must of been like 20 nurses and students that came in to pop my chest to see what it felt like, i wanted to say ok enough already but didnt. drove me crazy.
Michelle- Drinking lots of water as we speak lol! I have a headache and havnt even gone to bed yet.
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Morning ladies: We had terrible storms all around us yesterday but not one drop here in our community...just a lot of thunder...go figure!
Glad everyone seems to be getting good news this week...sure lowers the stress levels.
Last night I went to make my chicken marsala and couldn't find the mushrooms that I had bought:( When my BF came home from playing golf I was complaining to him and he said..."Oh...I put them in with the salad greens"...WTH! So we had chicken marsala with no mushrooms, brown rice and green peas...a ho hum dinner at best.
I finally finished the third book of the "Fifty Shades" series and I must say I'm glad to be done with it. The third book seemed to me to be the best...won't go into detail for those who haven't yet read it. Now I'm torn between a mystery novel or one by Ken Follett which is his newest world history fictional novel. It will keep me busy for a while. I do a lot of reading up here in the mountains, but I've had some difficulty this year...I don't know if it's my eyes or the tamoxifen, but when I sit down and try to read I get very sleepy and nod off. That's never happened to me before except late at night when I'm trying to get sleepy. It's very annoying!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday and enjoys their various activities!
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Rebekah's shower today, getting ready to go to Parkers Maple Barn in Mason, NH. It is a total surprise to her, she has no idea.
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I know Michelle, I used to be real modest, that stopped after BC. My TM's are stable, I didn't even ask for a copy of the results like I ususally do. I have enought crap to be worried about right now. I would like to buy my brother and sister out so I can stay in the house I was brought up in. I think I can afford the house at the assessment value but my brother was stating fair market value. That I probably won't be able to afford, we will see.
This is when it is good to be an only child.
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Deb - have fun at the shower today, I'm sure your daughter will be thoroughly surprised! Push all the BC crap out of your mind! And yes, there are times when being an only child would be a good thing!
Kaara - I finished the Fifty Shades trilogy yesterday, too. I agree that the third book was the best and I found myself skimming over the detailed "sexy stuff." You can read just so much of that and it was starting to get repetitive. Have you read "The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh?
Our little book club read it last month, and I really liked it, I'll never look at flowers the same way. You might also try "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". It's a true story about how her tumor cells were harvested and have lead to innumerable cancer discoveries.
And one more I can highly recommend - "Redfield Farm" by Judith Redline Coopey. It's a story about how Quakers assisted in the Underground Railroad during the Civil War.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IPPKCG/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
Do you have a Kindle? All of these can be downloaded in seconds! Now that I've finished the 50 Shades series, I am going to read "The Pipe Dreamers" which is a story centered around Vietnam, drugs, protests - the late 60's early 70's Baby Boomer stuff. I'm an Amazon Prime member, so it was free for me. Our book club is reading it as an experiment in ereaders. Most of them want the actual book, but I convinced them to give ereading a try.
OK, not exactly a food topic, but food for the brain
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Lacey I am laughing at the thought of those ants having a party on your kitchen floor while you were gone.. I wonder if they ordered out some pizza?
Deb Have a great time at the shower, takes some pics for us.
Probably a lot of funny stories about the scenarios where people have been looking at our boobs. I actually asked a guy friend of ours if he wanted to see my new tattoo? Hey its only a nipple and we all have them...I did show my girlfriends, just wanted an opinion if it looked real and they both said it did, I think the artist did a great job.
I am in the second of the trilogy, not reading much in the summer as we are too busy. thanks for the book recommendations Michelle I have written them down and will give them a try... I have the kindle fire and love, love, love it!
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Michelle....food for the brain is always acceptable and so good in calorie content! The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was selected by my women's college as the book everyone would read and discuss at next year's reunion. This year it was Circling My Mother, Mary Gordon. It was a good discussion, tho given my crazy schedule I'd only read 50 pages! So I'm reading the rest of that now.....am hoping that I can stop falling asleep when reading too. I do think I'll do better once on a more relaxed schedule.
Deb, thoroughly enjoy the day! What a fun place to shower your DD with good wishes!
Good luck with the house situation. When my mother died, she left her house to my sister who was living with her because she could not afford to live on her own. My brother and SIL balked because mom always said she'd be giving everything to all three of us.....my response to them....would you prefer her to be homeless!! Loss can bring out the worst in people. Fortunately my brother got over it. Hopefully this can be resolved well for you.
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Okay, Michelle, so do you not get tired hands from holding up your kindle or Ipad?
While I LOVE my paper books, ereading would certainly help the house clutter factor!0 -
Deborye... good to see you back. Hope you are doing OK... sure I will read on and see more posts from you. The avocado and crab meat sounds a really good dish - love both of them and will add to my growing list of recipes from you ladies.
Debbie... next tx's are mx (right boob only) then rads. We had an amazing thunder/lightening storm
here last night and I thought "I am happy debbie is not here at the moment'. I am happy to say that it really cleared the air as it was so muggy last night. Sounds like you have been through the mill with your dx's.... funny I have never heard you mention your illness, only your DH's.Deborye... told you I'd get to later posts from you?! Enjoy the shower and yes, put bc thoughts to
one side. My Mum, in her infinite wisdom, her family were torn apart when their Dad died... so very sad. Anyway she said that she would not allow that to happen to me and my sister so when we were old enough she sat us down, said here's copies of mine and your Dad's wills - anything you don't agree with now, argue it out whilst we're here cos you sure aint doing it when we're gone. It worked, we had a good discussion about it
(you can tell we are very open, honest family) anything we didn't agree with was changed. It is very sad, but death always seems to bring out the dysfunction in a family. I hope you and your brother can come to an amicable agreement.Carrie... funny mental visual of the ants partying with pizza in Lacey's absence.
To all of you - enjoy your days with minimal and bearable SE's.
Still too early to think of dinner for me (7.30am) - but really fancy bacon and eggs for breakfast - must be wishing I was camping.
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Michelle: Many thanks for the book recommendations...I am always looking for good books to read. I have not yet invested in a kindle. What I usually do is read my books in paperback and then pass them on to my BF's mother who is 97 and is constantly reading. I think it keeps her mind sharp. This way, I don't clutter up the house with books and I'm paying it forward to someone who would not read as much otherwise. That said, I have heard so many good things about kindles that I think I am going to have to spring for one. It would be so much easier for me in the long run.
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I love my Kindle. It is lighter and easier to hold than a paperback and even fits in many of my coat pockets. I also enjoy rereading old friends and have always had trouble getting rid of books I've already read. I even dislike reading library books because I can't keep them. I long ago ran out of shelf space for my books, and the second floor of our two car garage is my library. The Kindle is wonderful for me.
My Mother had sold the family home prior to moving to this side of the state so there was no real estate to be divided when she died. Ironically, the day before the stroke that put her in the coma (she died 4 days later) she showed me an informal codicil to her which she had written telling us how she wanted us to divide the more important, both in value and sentiment, of her personal property. She knew us well and most of her directions were what we would have wanted. There was only one item of real sentimental value that she didn't mention. Brother and I had both seen the terrible fights that can happen and though we didn't discuss it were determined not to have any hurt feelings that the only disagreements we had were you take it, no you take it on items we both wanted. The one that came closest to causing trouble was a stupid beaten up wooden cutting board in the shape of a pig that one of her brothers had made for her when she first moved away from home. I really wanted it because I associated it with the times I had used it, cooking for the family and later for her when she was ill. As soon as he saw it brother claimed it. Though I still don't understand why it was so important to him I just handed it to him. He knew though that I wanted it because for Christmas a couple of years later he gave me a wooden pig cutting board. The next time I was at his house I saw that he was using a cutting board like the one he gave me and Mom's was hanging on the wall!
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Touching story, Chabba, tho I was rooting for DB to return the "real" pig to you......maybe he'll offer a "time share" when he realizes how important it is to you.
It's all about meaning and loss, isn't it? It is lovely to read about enlightened parents who took care of that important business while still alive, to avoid the offsprings' pain later...a good lesson for all of us.0 -
Kaara- Dont ya just love it when DH/BF either eat the food you thought you had or put it in something other than what you had planned for. The other night i thought i had enough pork loin left over for both of us, all i had to do was warm it up. so when dh got home from work i went to take it out of the fridge and there was barely enough left for one, dh had a late night snack the night before so had to defrost some hamburger and cook those up. I was a little annoyed. Can't have chicken marsala w'o the mushrooms. but sure it was still good you sound like a great cook.
Michelle- I used to read all the time and for some reason the last couple of years i just kind of stopped. but with all this talk about the kindle i have been wanting one now, i remember when you first talked about it i thought it was a moped or motorbike, makes me laugh at that now. I hear the new one out is great and you can do games on it too. Saw you pictures of you and the GK's in the lake looked like you were all really enjoying yourselfs. You look great too! Hope you are feeling ok with new tx.
Deb- I hope we can see pictures of the shower later. what a great surprise for her. And hope you can talk some sense into your brother. such a shame when things like that happen.
Tazzy- Well im glad i was not there visiting during your thunderstorms LOL! I think i have mentiond this before on earlier posts way back, but i had lung cancer when i was only like 46 or 47( left )partial lung removed.( left) eye was operated on. Even had (left) side broken colar bone. had vulva cancer all on the (left side) partial vulvectomy, cervical cancer, and breast cancer yep (left side) All my friends call me lefty. LOL! But even with all this stuff that has gone on with me is nothing compared with what some of you have or are still going through. There is always someone out there that is worse off even though ours is real to us at the time. But i do kid sometimes that i cant donate any parts becaue theres nothing (left) no pun intended LOL! I love how your parents handled the situation with the will. What a great plan.
Chabba- I agree with Lacey touching story and i too thought you were going to say he gave it to you. Funny how some little things can have such meanings and memorys. The only thing i wanted when my mom passed was her pillow. But then again, my sisters and i didnt have much choice my dad had sent me and my sister to hawaii we both know now that it was so he could get rid of my moms things without us being hysterical, when we got back my brother had a yard sale and sold most of her stuff. Although my sisters and i were quite upset we never said anything to my brother or dad, but is do still harbor some resentments as much as i love him. Oh, i did get the pillow btw.
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Here is an onion recipe for the onion lovers, those that have access to sweet onions - I wouldn't try this with a regular spanish onion.
Cut the onion in half cross-wise and put the halves in a small glass dish that has a lid. Put a pat of butter and either a bouillion cube, or 1/2 t. of powdered bouillion. Cover and microwave for a couple of minutes - or until tender. You could also bake in a 350 F. oven until tender.
My Dad pre-deceased my Mom, but when she passed I was the executor. I carefully divided the house proceeds and objects designated to my brother, and he took things he wanted (and I didn't) and also some things I would have liked, but we were fair about it. He passed suddenly and unexpectedly 3 years later and now these sentimental items are at his house, and I know that my SIL could not care less. He passed 4 years ago this month, and I have not asked about any of those things - not sure if I should.
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Specialk- Maybe you could gently tell your SIL how much you loved those things, she may say would you like them? I guess its worth a try. I know that my dad has a lot of things in his house that my mom bought like a sevee chair and couch a carousel horse she had painted, if my dad passes before his now wife i would tell her i want them. Dont know if its right but think me or my sibs would ask for them. Not sure she would though. If it were me i would ask. Sorry about your loses. (((hugs)))
Your onion dish sounds good, thanks for the recipe.
I have been on a prime rib kick lately, last night i had prime rib and shrimp. Finished the prime rib today for lunch on some bread. Yummy!
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Thanks for the book recommendations. One of the BCO threads I follow is the Book Lovers Club - along with several other ladies on this dinner thread. The link is below if you want to check it out.
http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/7/topic/750637?page=74#idx_2212
Fresh tomatoes again tonight, and last night & tomorrow night. I drove to a farmers stand again today - 20 miles one way. Oh well, there's probably only 10 days left in the season since it gets so hot in Houston.
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debbie - I mentioned the items once and I was dismissed somewhat casually, and she lives in California. Since I am in Florida she would have to send them - and she just won't. It is not that she has any issues with me - it seems to be an inertia thing.
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SpecialK: When it comes to dividing up items in an estate, it becomes a free for all if they are not designated to go to a certain person. I have been through this three times...my grandparents, my mom, and then my aunt. I never ceases to amaze me how selfish people can be about possessions. My mom left my cousin some candlesticks when she passed. When my cousin downsized she no longer had any use for the candlesticks, so you would think she would have offered them to me, but no, they went to her brother and are now in his house. When my aunt died, a set of dishes my mother gave her was up for grabs so I said I would love to have them if nobody else wanted them. Well, I ended up getting one place setting...the rest went to the same brother that got the candlesticks. So much for family sharing. I'm so over it!
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kaara - it is frustrating, I know. I go back and forth between asking her for the items - like my Dad's wedding ring, and just letting the whole thing go. I was OK with my brother having those things because he had a connection to them, but she was not close to my parents, particularly my Dad.
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SpecialK... maybe you could send some money to cover expenses.. she'd have to return it or send you the stuff. in the long run.. geez. why wouldn't she just send the things to you?
I hope things work out. i have this mega difficult sister who hated my parents so much. she is really hard to deal with.
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apple - I wish it was that easy, I would certainly pay to send the things, she just can't be bothered. Or, she says she will get around to it, then never does. I first broached this subject several years ago. It would really mean flying there and going through the stuff myself. I am not opposed to that - I would just go see some friends at the same time. Family is sometimes difficult, right?
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Boy, was she surprised, here she is hugging me.
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Her friend Abby, my niece, Shannon and you know who.
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More pics to come.
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