So...whats for dinner?
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Try 2 percocets and beer and cold pizza before the MRI. Or, ...maybe not.
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I am a lightweight -- in fact, I've just consumed an entire beer and I could be drunk right now.
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Going to clean up this mess all:O and watch nature shows and dream of Ecuadorian food. I have to work on a presentation this week end Uhgg. See you all Monday
Blue hair is a good thing.
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Carole, we are actually staying in Covington. We planned to bike on the trace tomorrow from abita springs but it's supposed to be sort of chilly, so I don't know. For sure we will tour the brewery and probably have lunch at the pub. I would LOVE to get together but we are leaving Sunday morning as we have reservations in Gulfport. This was kind of a spontaneous short visit because we were heading this direction anyway.
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bedo and bobo, could we be quads? I could be nono, the chubby sister. I used to be vegetarian, but it was too much trouble. Now I'm omnivorous.
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Nancy- Sorry I screwed up my post- Happy Anniversary!
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Happy anniversary Nancy!!!
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Deborye,
Congrats to your nephew Richie! What a handsome young man and new Marine!
Debbie,
I am so happy that you posted! I know things are just so hard for you right now but I really liked Susan's response... Sometimes a burden carried by many, and not by you alone, can make it more bareable... Please know that you are in my thoughts each and every day!
While I wish that your Dad could have had his surgery it sounds like both of you had some strong reservations about it....
Hugs, love and comfort coming your way... from me to you....
Nancy,
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Just lost a long post...arggghhhh!! Too tired and sick to rewrite it...more tomorrow...have enjoyed reading all of your posts! Wish they would ASK before deleting unfinished posts!!! How about it mods??
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debbie, thinking of you every day.
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Same for me Debbie.
Nancy: Happy Anniversary! Your maxim regarding husbands has the ring of truth. As far as I'm concerned we could be quads. Dodo eats anything... but you may have to get some blue streaks in your hair, like me.
Dinner last night: bowl of org greens sauteed with rice noodles. Almond dressing on top.
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DEBBIE♥
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I hope I'm better than none! :-)
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Eric, I think you're in the "mighty good" category lol
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Bobo, I only have gray streaks. I guess I'll stay an only child. I forgot to say I'd have to be the old chubby sister. I don't think I could keep up with the three of you ;-)
Lacey, that has happened to me too many frustrating times.0 -
I am not sure Eric, I have not yet sampled your cooking -- please provide sample menu
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Hi, Joyce. Good to hear from you. I'm watching the PGA event on tv as I type. Lee Westwood just hit a golf ball into the water!
DH is out playing golf today. It has gotten colder and colder since this morning so he's probably freezing his butt off. I'm sitting here with the fireplace lit. We're supposed to get down to freezing tonight. I figure this is our last "cold spell," but I've been wrong before.
Tonight's dinner will be ribeye steak, boiled potatoes and salad. We'll cook the ribeye using the sear and roast method. One of my favorite menus because it not only tastes great but is easy.
Nancy, my sincere apologies for today's raw weather. This is about as wintry as it gets during the day. I hope you win some money at a casino on the Gulf coast. My favorite casino is Beau Rivage in Biloxi, the town next door to Gulfport.
Susan, I've never eaten duck. I watched Martha Stewart cooking duck breasts on one of her cooking classes. She weighted the breasts down with a brick while they cooked so they would stay flat. I seem to remember that the type of duck was muscovy, which are on the ugly side. Not pretty like mallards. Hope you enjoy your trip to Oregon.
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Carole, we did manage to bike about 7 miles on the tammany trace today, but it was cold. It was supposed to get up to 50 or so, therefore I wore bike shorts. It never made it past 48 and my knees got cold. The wind was vicious too. It was a lovely trail though and I look forward to doing it again sometime. We had lunch at the brew pub where I got an excellent catfish po'boy then toured the brewery. Tried a couple of other abita beers, but purple haze is still my fave. The root beer was good too. We love beau rivage too and in fact we're staying there a couple of nights.
Tonight we are having Chinese/Vietnamese at a restaurant that was recommended to us. That will be a nice change before I start my seafood assault again.
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Nance, hope your anniversary was great! I extended wishes to you last night which evaporated along with my lost post. I particularly hate that happening when I decide to finish a post before heading to bed, and then lose it.....should be lesson learned! But by the AM I am apt to forget....which brings me to my MO and Tamox story....
I had my MO appt yesterday (dragged myself there despite waking up with a sore throat and mouth full of cankers...today a headache has joined them!)and we went through my symptom list and concerns about QOL since being on Tamox (mainly the sleep problems, ensuing fatigue...stabbing knuckle pain along with the cognitive "fog", poor memory, intermittent night leg cramps, and cosmetic issues like hair thinning and nails breaking). She was very sympathetic and suggested we tease out what is and is not related to Tamox by my taking a three week break (Yay!!) and journaling about those conditions. Monday I will start this little vacation and see how it goes. She is also not so concerned about the benedryl problem with Tamox and supports my using it as needed for allergic reactions. Her optimism about "our" being able to improve my QOL while taking meds was encouraging. So we will be dealing with this in small steps.
I appreciated that my MO spent a full hour with me going over my pathology findings to help me see why she recommends the hormonal therapy. I had actually conveniently forgotten that micro mets had entered a lymph node, bringing me to Grade 2 and closer to a 30 percent recurrence rate. My oncotype score was extremely low (4), but I had also forgotten that that low recurrence percentage rate was based on having 5 years of rx with Tamox or other hormonal rx.
This doc is so compassionate, bright, and reasonable that I do feel hopeful that we will work this out in a sensible way. Besides the fact that I so like and respect this woman, I may be feeling a bit of euphoria about the fact that I can say goodbye to Tamox for three weeks starting Monday! A true night of restorative sleep would be wonderful. She is also referring me to a stamina building class that the center offers, which I feel can be helpful....especially if I can start getting some sleep!
She also thought that trying biotin for the hair thinning was a good idea. So that's the lowdown for now....Am hoping that this damn virus will pass quickly...had been so happy (smug?) that I escaped illness this whole winter...HA! Enjoyed it while I could.
Carole, I have to chuckle at your apologizing for your region's weather! If I were to apologize to everyone who had a cold or rainy day on a visit to Beantown, I'd be exhausted! On the other hand I never take credit for our beautiful weather either!
I am surprised at the temp variations you have had this winter....unusual? Michelle, I had a note from a doc a couple of years ago to have a wheelchair in the airport due to a sprained foot. I never had to use the note...just asked for it when making reservation, and easy as pie. They were very accommodating....only thing was that I was flagged for a whole body scan and pat down before my flight home. So I would suggest that you leave your contraband at home.
I'm sure it will go fine....and I hope you have a great trip to AZ!Having leftover lamb shank , brussells sprouts and salad tonight....if I close this down and get it going! Loved hearing about your duck drop off, Susan.
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Lacey, enjoy your tamox vacation! I really don't know what to think of the hormone therapy dilemma. The aches and pains have diminished but now my normally thick hair is thinning drastically. I've been taking biotin and using a biotin shampoo, but it's very distressing. My oncotype was 26 so it's kind of a no brainer for me, but that doesn't mean I have to like it lol! Hope you're feeling better soon.
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Lacey, I am favorably impressed with your MO based on your account of the appointment. It will be interesting to see how you feel during this 3 wk hiatus. Your oncotype number was even lower than mine. I have not had any problem sleeping since I began taking arimidex. I take it at night and also take a benedryl. Then main difference I see is the aging of my skin. But that could be...aging!
This winter has been fairly typical except for getting more rain than we get some winters. Our cold weather never lasts long, usually a couple of days and then we have a warming trend. So winter temperatures range from 70's to 30's. Next week looks really nice. Spring usually arrives in March and the azaleas burst into bloom. Spring has its miseries in the form of pollen. The pine pollen is already starting to film everything with yellow coating.
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So far Sharon hasn't had too many issues with the Tamoxafin. The most noticable thing is some sleepless nights, but not too many and none in a row. Lacey, I have confidence they will get the side effects under control.
Watching two sets of treatments about 30 years apart, I can say the side effect management is much better now. Back then, the side effects, regardless of severity, were dismissed with, "That's to be expected." This time, Sharon's oncologist spent as much time preventing side effects as on the actual treatment. I was very much relieved.
Nance, I hope your anniversary celebration went well. Sharon and I are celebrating ours tomorrow....24 years... The real date is Monday.
Deb...That's a great picture. Where is he going next? My dad's Marine bootcamp graduation picture is black and white...dad joined the Marines March 4, 1934.
Eric
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Rich will be 19 in June, I have no idea where he will be going next. My Dad was in the Navy.
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This picture is celebrating his 81st birthday, he passed in June 2012 at 84.
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Just returned from a beautiful ski week in Breckenridge with DD, DGD, and DGS! DGD came all the way from Hawaii where she lives in a tree house and does organic farming, so it was a real treat for her to have the convenience of running water and a real bed to sleep..lol. She is a beautiful spirit and attracts good wherever she goes...really....a lesson for us all!
We were really lazy after long days of skiing, so we ate out most of the time. I didn't have anything off the charts to rave about, but the lamb chops tasted good, at least until DGD (vegetarian) described how the poor little things were abused by being kept in cages their entire lives. Fortunately it wasn't during dinner that she told that story...we at least got to enjoy our meal...lol.
Deb: That's a beautiful photo!
I have to catch up on my reading after being off the site for so long, but I wish everyone a very happy Sunday, and send lots of positive energy!
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Lacey, Biotin worked kind of well for me.
Auntie No No Hahahha I am going with the dark blond streaks. I am "returning my hair to it's natural color" today.
I found the greatest book I am going to make butter lettuce and clementine slad with brown butter vinaigrette. I am addicted to clementines.
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Bedo, that sounds like a truly ambitious and inventive supper! Lentil soup and toast for me. I did not even make the lentil soup. You could say I was the director of the soup.
Have been seriously not hungry lately. Trying to do protein shakes, veg juices, etc. Teaching today (again) -- done at six. And then, Beer me!
For dessert I'm going to have that ice cream made from coconut milk! It's mocha maca with cacao nibs. OMG, it is fantastic. It's not too sweet.
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Bobogirl - tell me more about the coconut milk ice cream. Last night I made 1/2 recipe of Coconut Pumpkin Bread Pudding. It's something I would usually not make because not sure DH would eat it. He loved it. I'm very unhealthy and don't care. Have either a cold or allergies. Would guess allergies as the south wind is just howling. Don't care what it is right now, if I want it I'll eat it.
Trader Joes was OUT OF the frozen leeks last week. Tried 2 days in a row. They were due in that evening. Don't expect to back to Fort Worth this month at all which means thank goodness all my doc appts are done for a while. Wish I knew of another frozen source. Relish Mag has a recipe today for Caramelized Leek Bread Pudding. I bought 2 humoungous (sp) heirloom tomatoes at Central Market last week. I think I seen some sliced with some gorgonzola cheese and crackers. More hot tea.
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Luvmygoats:
Oh, I will tell you more about the ice cream. So much more!
First off, they've got coconut ice cream at Trader Joe's -- it's super cheap, and the chocolate is good. But this one I have here -- I think it's called Larry and Luna, or something like that -- this one is from the health food co-op, it's fancier. It's coffee-flavored (it's vegan, BTW), and it's got maca in it (which is good for you, I guess) and cacao nibs instead of choc chips (antioxidants). It's not very sweet. Excellent mouth feel. It's sooo good. I put a drop of coconut coffee creamer in mine -- just a drop -- and kind of whoosh it up as I am eating it.
They also make a "naked" flavor with almond and fudge. I imagine it's like Haagen Daaz' vanilla swiss almond. The "naked" is exciting -- I am hoping it is just pure coconut milk, no flavoring. That sounds so good to me!
There is your thorough ice cream update. Leek bread pudding sounds fab.
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