So...whats for dinner?
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Valium and statin drugs are two I know that do not mix with grapefruit or grapefruit juice. There are others. You can do a google search and find a lot of info on this topic.
I'm currently sitting at the Plastic Surgeon's office at Brigham&Women's in Boston waiting for my appt. I hope the wait isn't too long.
Michelle
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Michelle, thank you for reminding me to ask about Tamox and grapefruit. I was meaning to check into it, but put it at the bottom of my to do list. Basically, my onc said there are 2 issues, once clear cut and the other not. The first is that grapefruit may interact directly w/ Tamox and should probably not be eaten within 4 hours of taking the drug. The second is that grapefruit may slightly increase the general level of estrogen in the body (WTF!). So he said it is OK to eat some, but shouldn't go overboard. (Which is what I had been doing...oops) The data in this areaa is still in progress, so he said just to be mindful of how much I am eating. You think you are doing a good thing for yourself, only to find the opposite is true. Jeez!
Sherrill
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Oh I forgot to add about DQ...we have a few around here, but I don't usually go there. However, I do remember years ago getting something called a Cake Batter Blizzard...OMG it was a chocolate cake batter flavored concoction that was heavenly! I don't know if they still make them, but, God was it good!
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tonight is a lazy and healthy chicken cord don bleu with rice and some sort of veggie. I was hoping to make the fancy yummier one, but the hubby was running late.
Hope everyone had a good day!
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Sherrill - yeah, who would have thought that grapefruit could be a problem??? I seriously thought about combining it with the valium when I was taking just a half at bedtime. It supposedly intensifies the effects. But with just a half, I thought I couldn't get into too much trouble...lol. I'm off that now and I don't take anything that interacts with it, so I can eat grapefruit without a problem.
Tonight was taco Tuesday and the grandkids always eat well. My daughter was taken out by her friends to celebrate her birthday, which is tomorrow. Tomorrow night it will be Chinese food (in the restaurant) for dinner to celebrate the actual birthdays.
Good news as far as the plastic surgeon is concerned...no more fills for now and he thinks I can have DIEP surgery next year. So no more trips to Boston (thank goodness!) for a 5 minute appointment. After chemo, before I start radiation, I'll have a consult with a DIEP surgeon to be sure I still qualify. I can't lose any weight during chemo, though...I have enough to make 2 barely-B cups. If I lose weight, all bets are off.
Michelle
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Michelle, congrats on completing your fills, and not having to travel to Boston every week! I remember all to well traveling 90 minutes to NYC, waiting 30-45 minutes, seeing the PS for 5 minutes for a fill, then traveling another 90 minutes home...EVERY WEEK. What a pain! Hopefully you are able to get the recon you want...
Tonight was breaded pork cutlets, sauted in olive oil to brown, then finished in the oven. The kids dipped theirs in BBQ sauce and also had apple sauce and baby carrots. We also made frozen juice pops earlier, so hopefully they will be finished in a little while.
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Michelle,
We used to have a taco bar where I worked years ago and it was always on Tuesday! Lol
Glad to hear that your appointment went well and that, for now, you get to stay a bit closer to home!! That will really be helpful!
When I had my consult for DIEP when I was considering BMX, I was told they thought MAYBE I had enough fat for 2 small C's... After gaining due to quitting smoking, Tamoxifen, and, yes, just NOT eating and exercising the way I should... I now have plenty of 'raw materials' for a DIEP and then some!!
Dinner tonight is, steak on the grill (bracing for the big heat wave tomorrow), oven roasted baby potatoes, corn on the cob and cut up watermelon and blueberries....
kay1963,
Same goes here with the heat for tomorrow!! Every year it gets so darn hot during this last week of school!! Had to go to pick up my son last year after a gym class they had during the extreme heat! The school nurse said they were dropping like flies!
lago,
Ice cream combined with DELIVERY???? Oberwies sounds tough to beat!!!
Laurie,
Chicken Cordon Bleu sounds just great!! I made a new (to me recipe) for it a couple of weeks ago... I thought it was pretty good!
Sherrill,
I remember doing the juice/fruit pops when my kids were little!! They really loved them! I think I may even still have the little mold things somewhere in my cabinets!!!
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Michelle- I too am glad all went well today and you won't have to truck back and forth for a five minute appointment. How annoying! Is your husband there? How are things going? I also love how involved you are with your grand kids!
Sherrill- I should do the juice freeze pops too. I just treated my kids to a package of fudgsickles last week. My oldest protested in the store that he wanted ice cream as his weekly treat I told him to trust me. He actually thanked me as he ate the first one! LOL! See? Mama knows best!
Tomorrow is grocery shopping day- I need to get my ducks in a row and get some meals planned.
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Laurie - my hubby is "in transit"...lol. He left Blue Springs this morning and made it to Indianapolis. He is so tired - they worked at the house last night until 11:30. He should be here late Thursday afternoon. I am staying at my daughter's house with the 3 kids, so it's easy to be involved (or hard not to be
This is something I have missed since the first one was born, so I am actually enjoying being here. Once we move, we'll take them for sleep-overs and that should be lots of fun. That reminds me - I need to get some kids' fishing gear!Michelle
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Laurie..
Fudgecicles, in the whole scheme of things, really aren't that bad for you!!! Granted, they aren't broccoli or carrots but, they are less than 100 calories for a dessert!! Not too bad!!
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I love the hard shell chocolate one at DQ I dont think they have the cake blizzard one here any more booh! We have a tillamook cheese factory about 20 minutes away and they make the best icecream ever but too far to drive when i need a quick fix!
Seaside- Good to see you back posting again and congrats on quiting smoking- 3 years for me yay! but i chew the nicorette gum like a trucker lol!
Laurie- Your little guy is so cute, Im just catching up with post!
Michelle- Glad ot hear you get a break from fills- I have an app on the 20th to see a plastic surgeon for a consult on recon I didnt realize losing weight will effect your chances on that guess i will have to eat more chocolate ha!
sherrill- your pork cutles sounds so good been awhile since i prepared them maybe this week.
Everyone still cool and safe who are having a heat wave! Drink lots of water!
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Debbie - the weight issue is only for DIEP reconstruction. I've lost more than 20 pounds in the past year, since my first diagnosis, and I am down to 126 (I'm 5'2"). My first PS told me I didn't have enough fat and that's why we went the TE route. I didn't have time to get a second opinion (which is always a good idea) so I asked my new PS and my new oncologist. Both have said yes, but the foobs would be small - about the size I am now. I'm barely filling a B cup bra, and I'm OK with that. I think a lot depends on how you're built. With a b cup and a flat tummy, I'll look pretty good for an old lady...lol.
Michelle
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Michele, I've lost 8 lbs on chemo so far. Am now 124 and 5"2. Ps says I have enough for 1
Breast to match and a small lift on the other. I am hoping to look really good after surgery. Just got done first taxotere, also had 4th Herceptin a half hour ago. hoping for light se's. Will have to be something simple for dinner0 -
It's too darn hot to cook.
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Capri Sun Fruit Punch Pops
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Ingredients
• 1 cup seedless green grapes, halved lengthwise
• 1 cup strawberries, finely chopped
• 1 cup blueberries
• 2 6-ounce Capri Sun pouches or 1 1/2 cups fruit punchDirections
• Gather these tools: cutting board, chef's knife, dry and wet measuring cups, mixing bowl, spoon, popsicle molds• Combine the fruit in a large mixing bowl. Spoon the mixture into 8 popsicle molds. Fill each mold with enough punch to reach the fill line. Add the popsicle stick and place in the freezer.
• Freeze for at least 4 hours up to overnight, or until the popsicles are frozen solid. Allow the molds to sit at room temperature for 5 minutes or place under warm running water for 10-20 seconds to remove popsicles.
• Serve immediately.
Note: Use any juicy fruits you like: pineapple, kiwi, orange segments, stoned cherries, or chopped peaches.
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Ooohh lago that's exactly what I feel like having tonight! They look delicious!
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Debbie,
Thanks for the welcome back! I have had some yucky family issues (teen kid trouble) that I have had to deal with so haven't been able to post as much as I would like... Been just trying to post here and there when I can... Hopefully we have rounded the bend and things will get better from here!
kay1963,
Hoping for minimal or, better yet, NO side effects for you from the Taxotere... From what I have heard (although don't have first hand experience... The Herceptin isn't too bad!)
Lago,
It was HOT HOT HOT here today and those punch pops look just about right!!! Going to be another hot one tomorrow and then we get a bit of a break!!
Tonight's dinner.... DH is not home tonight so it's me, my daughter, son and son's girlfriend... We're having pizza and salad! Not the best... But, it is the best I have in me tonight!!!
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Those popsicles do look good! It got up to 96 here today, very unusual for Phila. Lots of schools without a/c closed early. Supposed to get up to 99 tomorrow. Just had some leftovers for dinner today. Watermelon was really refreshing for desert though.
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It was hot here today, but we spent the entire day until 8:00 at the lake house. We ordered Chinese food delivery (wasn't that great), I picked up cake and ice cream for the birthday celebrations, and we sat out on the patio and enjoyed the evening. The kids were in the water all afternoon and two of them konked out on the way home.
Hubby is in Rochester, NY...not much longer now!
The popsicles looks delish!
Went for my consult before my port surgery on Monday. Loved the surgeon - she was very personable. I have to go for labwork again...another CMP, as if I haven't had a dozen in the last year. Good thing I thought to bring my EKG and chest xray reports - at least I don't have to repeat those.
Michelle
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Michelle- So glad your husband is almost home and it sounds like you had a perfect day to break in your new place! I'm glad you like your surgeon thats so important.
Seaside- I hope you work your way through your teen troubles, I am so afraid of those years! What will I do when a I threaten do dessert, or no outside time and have them look a tme like "so?"
It was hotter than heck here today too. 90+ with humidity. We ran errands in the am and then spent the afternoon on the pool. I had bought some cod and was going to bake it, talked to the hubby on the phone around 4 and said I was switching to salads topped with grilled chicken. If you can believe it he got home and fried that damned fish! We had fish and chips a'la hubby poolside and as always he did a fantastic job, better than a restaurant. However- it sat like a rock in my belly- I can't do too much fried food and it tasted so good, I kept going, blah!
Tomorrow is another hot day planned for us- funny how in NE we go to such extremes!
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Lago- would have loved to have the pops for dinner!
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oh yumm on the fruit pops laga
Michelle- Thats good to know I had no Idea, same here on the weight loss since my last chemo I gained weight on chemo instead of lost since then i have lost almost 37 pounds and im down to about 120 naked and 125 with clothes i think my foobie weighs the most! lol Im 5 "3" not sure which one I will do yet I diff want to stay small as well.
Seaside- Sorry to hear about your family problems I hope everything is ok now! sounds like your having a heat wave there, I used to love the hot weather but not anymore we barely get to 75 here on the ocean I love it- I know you and I share the same birthdays june 12th too bad we cant celebrate together, hubby and I are driving down to see family and friends on friday and coming back monday I better get lots of good stuff LOL!
Laurie- You are so lucky to have a husband that knows and likes to cook your dinners always sound so good too, my hubby dosnt even know how to boil water so I prefer he stay out of the kitchen ha!
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Debbie so glad you are getting away and going to have some fun for your birthday! I am lucky to have a great husband who is also a great cook. He usually only cooks when it's something I'de rather not make. He has been asking me to make fish and chips for weeks, in my opinion I buy fish to eat healthier not fry it so I haven't done it. So when he was faced with salad for dinner he took matters into his own hands, lol!
Today was another hot day and we just had some wicked thunderstorms pass through and the temps dropped a bit, thank God! I am going to make chicken fajiata's for dinner tonight with some spanish rice. I have never made fajitas at home before, don't know why, but I am trying to mix things up. So chicken with onion, red and green peppers, mushrooms a little cheese and sour cream. I think the kids will like it.
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Another hot one here today. Got up to 98, a lot of schools closed early again. My daughter doesn't know it because her school is air conditioned, so she hasn't been let out early. Hopefully she won't find out. Tomorrow is only getting up to 90, and then Saturday it's only supposed to get up to 80. I wish we'd have the hotter weather on the weekends and the cooler on the weekdays.
Had a spinach salad with walnuts and cheddar cheese , some baby carrots and dip and whole wheat tortellini with Alfredo sauce for dinner. Probably not the best nutritionally, but not bad either I'm guessing.
Tomorrow my DD is going with my MIL to visit her cousins for the weekend in Washington DC, so it will just be DH and me. Will have to have something grown up for dinner. Maybe that shrimp scampi some of you had a while ago. That sounds good. I've been wanting to make it since you were talking about it.
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Thanks Laurie, Im hopeing to have a good time. I like my fish unbreaded most of the time but once in awhile i crave the breaded fish and chips with malt vinegar yummm!
Kay- Your spinach salad sounds good it reminded me i have a bag of it in the fridge drawer i forgot about
Teka- I just bought some corn on the cob today, going to make it when we get back, we are bringing our grandaughter back with us its her favorite food its really sweet right now
Seaside- Just wanted to wish you an early happy birthday Im leaving tomorrow out of town for mine and wont be back untill monday "Happy Birthday"
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Debbie,
Thanks for the birthday wishes!!
We have kind of a tradition in our family where, for each person's birthday, we go out to eat at the place of their choosing. My parents just returned to NY from Florida for the summer so they will most likely go with us. Now I just have to decide where I want to go!
Hope you have a GREAT birthday on Sunday!!
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Michelle,
Has your husband arrived yet? I'm sure it will be so great to be both in the same place!!!
I share your pain on the blood work. Between just all my follow-ups, regular physical and the pre-op for the D&C, I've had more done than I care to think about!!
I am hoping that, since I just had a ton of bloodwork done less than a month ago, that when I see my Onc, that he will just accept a copy of the report. If I was the insurance company I would be starting to get ticked that I have to keep paying for the same tests over and over!
Will be thinking of you on Monday! Hope the port placement goes smoothly. When do you start chemo?
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Thanks Laurie,
The teen years can be pretty rough at times! Like my Mom used to say, "Little kids, Little problems... Big kids, BIG problems"!! Somehow you just get through it and you come out the other side stronger and with a child who is a decent human being!
No dessert and no outside time is replaced by, the killer, NO CAR!!! LOL
We had those whopper storms through here yesterday, too! But at least it dropped the temps and humidity a bit!
kay1963,
Actually, scampi DOES sound really good!! I may try to see if I can find a version that my husband can do on the grill!!
Teka,
Corn on the cob when it is good.... MMMMMM! We have had nights where that was ALL we ate for dinner because it was so darn good! I have a recipe for a corn chowder that I usually make if we have any leftover. Also works for corn that you thought was going to be good but, wasn't all that hot!
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Teka,
Corn-on-the-cob, watermelon and a good summer tomato is what makes it summer for me! Well, that and ice cream or a s'more cooked over a campfire!! lol!
The recipe for corn chowder that I use is this one http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/harvest-creamy-corn-choup-with-parsley-recipe/index.html
I mostly follow the recipe except I use 3 or 4 russet baking potatoes, peeled and diced into roughly 1/2 - 3/4 inch pieces. I also boil them in a separate pot until just fork tender before I add them to the soup because I have had problems with them not softening. Most times I sub 1/2 and 1/2 for the heavy cream. I don't think I would drop it down to milk because you need some fat content to keep the creamy part of the soup from breaking and becoming oily when reheated. I also, usually add an extra zucchini especially during the summer months when my garden has out done itself and I am swamped with it and the neighbors have started to run away when they see me because they don't want anymore!! lol I also, do not use the garnish or popcorn or oyster crackers!
Enjoy!
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Debbie and Jennifer - Happy Birthday to both of you!!!
Hubby is here, the truck is unloaded and there is a sea of boxes. This will take weeks to sort out! My son is now on his way back from our house with the rest of the stuff that didn't fit in the first truck. I have been unpacking all day, then we went out to dinner - lobster and steamers at the Clam Haven, a stand that's been in the same spot for 58 years. It was delish! Then we hit the grocery store because we will have to feed the help tomorrow (kids are coming to help unpack). It's going to be burgers and dogs, because that's all the energy we will have. I think someone is bringing a charcoal grill - ours was a natural gas grill and we left it behind. The weather is going to be cool, so hopefully no one will mind being indoors on a Saturday.
I took my son to the airport at 4 a.m. for his flight to Kansas City, so I am dead tired and just about ready to call it a night. Hubby is upstairs trying to figure out where to put the small LCD tv so we can watch in bed. Our king-size bed doesn't fit very well in this narrow bedroom, and the tv cable mount is on the wallright in front of the bed...I don't think our 47" screen is going to fit...lol.
Michelle
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Debbie and Jennifer Happy Birthday for the 12th is it? Put your party dresses on and live it up!
Michelle- I am so glad your husband made it safe and sound and had to laugh at him trying to set up the tv, mine would do the same:D It makes me think about when my parents moved back to NH. They rented a huge truck, hired college kids from a local campus for 20 bucks an hour to load it and then my husband, my brother and one of our friends (plus my parents and me) unloaded it. My Mom stood in the doorway and said what room to bring it to etc. No one minded helping. We were happy to have them back. I hope tomorrow goes well for you and you make a dent in it and feel a bit more settled, but remember, it will take time.I'm sure your kids feel the same way we did and are happy to help you move in and have you back. Everyone loves burgers and dogs!
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