CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Morning crazies....6:30 am in Pacific Grove, and I finally got a good night's sleep, more or less...but retreat doesn't end until tomorrow (!) so off to join my peeps while trying to keep up my energy...after retreat hubby and I have rented a cottage here in Pacific Grove for our 15th anniversary.....here all week...but work ends tomorrow. I'm wiped, as you can imagine but good to be with my friends.
Love catching up with you, even if only on the fly. Keep that food porn and those stories coming!
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Morning Crazies!
Hi Octo- sounds like you have a lovely week ahead. Hopefully you will get lots of rest during your anniversary week.
Sula I have to give Rain the credit for the Thelma and Louise reference.
Katy sending you squash through the tube- it was really delicious. I am hoping to get my blogging mojo back sometime soon. Not that I'll ever be prolific like Sula, but I've posted some tasty recipes over the years.
Anyway this is just a quick good morning, trying to decide if I want to go to a book signing today with nancy Singleton Hachsui. For her new book on JApanese preserving techniques. Right now the weather is a bit 'uninspiring'
Rain are you donning your crochet boobs today? Take some pictures and hopefully we won't have to bail you out.
More later crazies
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Morning, crazies. This morning, I 1. cleaned the bathtub 2. Started bread, now rising in the oven. Both more exhausting than I expected (we have a huge, old-fashioned cast-iron tub). Sofa-surfing at the moment, but will go into the park in a little while and chat with the NYPD's finest.
The bread, for the foodies amongst you, is one of the oatmeal bread recipes from Beard on Bread, but with half whole-wheat flour. Felt good to get back to doing that. It's cool and drippy here in the Big Apple, so it'll be a long, slow rise.
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hmmm, well what have I done so far this morning?
opened the door for my cleaning person,
aside from the normal cleaning, I asked her to change burned out bulbs
and to figure out how to make my new scale work
sat warming the sofa and surfing the internet
wow, tough morning!
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So boy was I shocked to see that SlowDeepBreaths remembered my SNB, thank you! You guys are all amazing and so thoughtful. My surgery was Thursday, they took six nodes and I guess some were deep in the back. The surgeon was shaking her head, because nothing has gone quite as expected all along this process, she had hoped to just take a couple. On Saturday I woke up with ushy gushy feeling in my upper arm. And I was really sore, too. I was quite freaked out! Of course, it's the weekend. Who do I call? I messaged with a friend on FB who is an LPN and also went through all of this herself. I measured my arm, took a walk, iced, Ibuprofen, Tylenol. Late in the afternoon I tried one more kind of pain pill that they prescribed, it seemed to help. I woke up this morning and the gushyness is pretty much gone. I don't have those lines on my elbow on my left side so I know it's still a little swollen. But pain is definitely less. I am still hanging out in Crazytown until Monday or Tuesday when pathology will come back. I am definitely so much calmer now than at the beginning of this process. Three months is a long time to get to this point. But so excited that I am almost on to treatment!
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Just stopping by to say that I think it is never too early to reserve your property in Crazy Town. I've only gotten as far as surgery, and I'm already freaking out over every little thing. I can't imagine what I'll be like by the time I finish active treatment. You all will have to cart me off in the Happy Wagon!
Eggroll, that's good you have a friend who is a nurse and went through this who can help you. When I was released from the hospital after my surgery, I was able to call the nurses on the surgical floor I'd been on with questions. It was great because none of my questions seemed quite serious enough to call the on call surgeon, and yet I didn't know what to do. They were fantastic. Sounds like your arm is getting better. Did they put in a drain after the procedure? We'll keep our fingers crossed for good news tomorrow!
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my brother comes today! I hope, as it is pouring with rain and the visibility ceiling is low. The puddle jump airport he flies into from SFO is notorious for cancelling flights. Like they did the day I was discharged from BMX surgery and he didn't show cuz they cancelled his flight. On the plus side, all of the remaining (except for a few more bulbs that couldn't be crammed in) front yard planting was completed yesterday, including many Japanese maples that I brought from my old place and suffered the summer in pots.
This rain is the best possible thing for my youngling garden, but the worst for travel plans. My brother is optimistic though, and just sent me this, which he just purchased at the airport.
ISan Francisco sourdough! Yum!
Sula, thanks for the recipes and the laughs. Your Bollywood kitchen is a laugh a minute, but so helpful. I feel I have a steady hand guiding me in the kitchen. Yours
I met a man in chemo who has pancreatic cancer. When Jack and I visited the cancer center last week, he was (still) there. He had fallen and he was all bashed up. He's the nicest, most soft spoken man. Never complains. I know he's in a lot of pain. A year younger than me. I gave him my number because I found out he lives alone and has nobody. No family, no close friends. Apparently social services has stepped in, but..... Anyway he called me during the week and asked if I could pick up some meds for him. The good stuff under lock and key. I took them, found his house, and he's standing in the front yard waiting, leaning on his cane. I figured he came out because he didn't want me to see inside. But he asked if I could stay and chat. It course, I had left the guy at my house alone doing the bed preparation and said he might have questions. Just then a beautiful rose in his garden caught my eye. He scurried off (amazingly spry considering the cane and his fall) and expertly clipped the rose for me. Said his trade had been landscaping. So we went inside so he could prepare the clipping for transport. This poor man was living in impeccable tidiness. He showed me all of his landscaping books, all neatly organized in one of many cases of books. The man says he can't taste anything any more, didn't want me to bring him anything to eat.
He said his biggest problems were boredom and loneliness. Broke my heart. Put some of my chit in perspective.So we arranged to play dominoes next Saturday on his tidy little card table. I warned him I will probably kick his ass. He just smiled. Here is the beautiful rose. I could tell by the bush that it's a very old rose, and the fragrance is magic.
A yellow rose of friendship.
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Katy- what a gift and thank you for sharing that story- a gift for us ( me) too.
I hope your brother arrives safely and you enjoy and cherish your time.
Thinking of you eggroll and hope for clean results.
Hi Cubbie we do need a CT Happy Wagon- made me laugh.
Bread sounds good Rain- that book was my baking bible in college. Haven't resurrected my levain yet. Today has me dreaming of another gratin type something.
Later Ladies
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Cubbie- Welcome. You are very wise to reserve early. We can find ourselves in CT at any time. We have some fully furnished units decorated warmly to your heart's desire for short term stays if you get caught off guard.
Yes Eggroll, also still thinking if you. The waiting is the worst. Baby yourself. We are in your pocket, waiting with you.
Rainny- fresh bread in the oven. A very healing smell indeed!
My brother says they are boarding. A miracle. So don't worry if I'm a quiet one forawhile.
Love to all Crazies... And the quiet ones.
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Katy: lovely story! Glad you found each other. Did he mention what the rose was? or did I miss that in your post? I've a few roses of my own, including one old pre-existing rambler. So interested in his.
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Katy...you might remember me saying my husband died at 57 from Pancreatic cancer...........your story brought back so many memories........
So sweet of you to befriend this man........my husband had us, but I could still see the (wonder what's next in his face everytime I looked at him)............he lived 2 1/2 yearswith the disease after 7 hours of surgery 1 week after they found the tumor......he did wonderful.....I not only thought he might have beat it, but I had no clue what or where the pancreas was, and also that 99% of the people who get it are dead in a year.................................my husband had a great surgeon.....he came back like no one had ever from his disease......back to work (carpenter), and gained all his lost weight back.........I had no clue what was to come..........I thought he was one of the lucky ones.
It was not to be.........one day he began to feel sick......then he began to lose weight......next thing we knew he was "very sick"............within 6 months of his tumor coming back.........he died..............He went from 175lbs, and handsome super builit eye turning construction worker to a frail 100 lb shell of a man..........so sad......
You are a saint for what you are doing for this man, and God will certainly' reward you for your love and generosity to him.......I applaud you.......your the angel he needs by his side...........hugs.0 -
Katy, that bread looks divine. I've always wanted to get some genuine San Francisco sourdough. My brother came to visit yesterday, too. He was coming from Maine, though - no sourdough at the airports there.
I'm glad you and your new friend are getting together for dominoes. Sometimes friendship is what we need most of all.
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Well, the walkers for awareness and quite a few NYPD blue (wearing pink) came into the park around 1:00, trailed by a couple of local politicians and some photographers. There were possibly 30 all told aside from the cops. I went out and introduced myself, asked who was running the show, and was handed over to some community relations person. I asked if they were fundraising and where the money was going and said I was more than usually interested as a BC patient. So each NYC police precinct is raising its own money and making its own decision about where to donate. ACS, they said. No, I suggested. Then it got interesting, because it turned out that the community relations person had lost her mother to BC, and she dragged me over to the lieutenant who was in charge of things. They listened as I went through my spiel and the original woman I'd spoken to was telling her boss, "See, that's what I've been telling you." I also suggested--because the precinct encompasses both housing projects and 2 million dollar brownstones--that another idea might be a local charity that helps BC patients pay for everything. (Yes, research is great, but so is helping people who can get a free mammo but would struggle with the cost of treatment.) Anyway, I was surprised at the conversation; they were quite receptive. Though the awareness part was leaflets and pink balloons. Sigh.
Bread is in the oven (can you send a smell through the pneumatic tubes?). DS has more or less done homework and is watching Return of the King.
Gaia, I used Beard on Bread exclusively for years, then jumped ship when Bernard Clayton published his new edition of the bread book. But wandered back to Beard last spring.
Katy, you do have the most splendid gift for reaching out! Hope you have a wonderful visit with your brother.
Welcome, Cubbie. Them who reserve early get the most terrific prime real estate.
Eggroll, we're waiting with you for the path report. Hope it's good news and the pain recedes.
Proud, I do envy you the cleaning person. It was a battle I lost early in our marriage (win some, lose some). As for the early surge of energy, it has completely receded, and I'm about to either plop down next to DS or--since I've seen the movie already--possibly take the Sunday paper into the other room.
Octo, enjoy your mini vacation!
And happy weekend to all!
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Good Afternoon Crazies!!
I'm so far behind, as usual. But....first things first
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Eggroll, Thanks so much for checking in!! We are all waiting with you and sending all our good wishes for quick healing. I'm glad your gushyness is gone. I'm glad you're here with us while you're waiting. Gentle hugs to you. Here are some pretty flowers for you.
Cubbie2015, Welcome to our thread!!
Smart thinking reserving your spot ahead of time. Just pull up a chair and we will all hold your hand while going through treatment. Here is your Crazy Town kit which consists of a flashlight, mirror, magnifying glass and coconut oil. I know we joke about all those things, but I really do carry all those items in my purse, for the exception of the coconut oil. The women here are so awesome, helpful and funny. They will make you laugh for sure. I'm so happy you've joined us.
Katy, Your ALBONDIGAS soup....oh my goodness!! It looks so delicious!! Especially with that lovely slice of avocado....OH BOY! I'm such a soup person. I hope you have a wonderful time with your brother. Your menu sounds mouth watering. What a beautiful story Katy. That man is so lucky to have met you. You're such a kind, caring person. Sounds like a beautiful start to a lasting friendship. I can smell that SF bread from here.
Lucy, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....I need one of those shirts!! I LOVE it. I hope your party went well and you survived the long drive. Did you take on of those little white pills? I still can't think of the name of the darn thing. ANYONE??
Chevy, I am half Italian and half PA Dutch/German. My mom was Italian and we all know the woman runs the household, so we grew up eating all the Italian food. We got the PA Dutch food when we visited my Grandparents in PA. And yes, they all talked VERY loud with their hands in constant motion. My Italian family was from Sezze, Italy, and they were about as crazy as they come. My Grandparent's may have eaten chicken feet, but it's not something I remember as a kid. My Grandmother did choke her own chickens though. Good for you for walking away from that crazy family. OUCH....a double spanking just sucks. Especially if you knew it was coming!!
Rain, WOW....we DID hit the 100th page! Shouldn't we have a party for that??? I'm thinking we should. Food from, Sula, Katy and Gaia and whoever else likes to cook. I like to clean, so I'll do the dishes. hahahaha....I look like I sound??? Does that mean I sound puffy and swollen??? hahahaha I hope your BC event is going well. Good visual of you being dragged away in pink handcuffs. Don't worry though, your crazies will come break you out!!! With all of us, they won't know what hit them! My bookstore would be Skylight Books (I think that's the name) in LA. Although it has been so very long since I've been there....probably late 90's. I think that's in your neck of the woods Tomboy?? Ever go there??? I'm not even sure if it's still there but it sure was a cool bookstore. OOPS....update....looks like you made it home. Great job on the donation conversation. Oh man....the BREAD!! I've gained 10 pounds this morning just reading about everyone's food!! haha
Queen!! DOUBLE OUCH!!....that rake must have hurt so much. You're lucky you didn't knock out your teeth. That sounds like something I would do.
Sula, Zucchini Pasta looks fabulous!! As soon as it gets cooler here, we are going to try some of your wonderful recipes - Gaia's too. I will take pictures.
Italy!! We weren't Sicilian, but we were still loud. When we were young, we chased each other with dish towels. My brother used to snap me good. He would wet the end of the dish towel. I still have scars (mental) from those encounters. Remind me not to make you mad!! haha
Ducky, Funny, but sad story about your DH and his family. I'm hoping after all those grandchildren you produced she finally accepted you?? My grandmother was a thrower too. Although, she was really good to me. She rarely got mad at me. She loved to have her hair brushed and I used to do that for her. I think that's why she liked me so much. I spent a lot of time with her. She didn't speak very good English, and I didn't understand Italian, but I always understood her - if that makes sense.
PTS, Families can be weird. And the secrets they keep. I found out I had two half sisters when I became an adult. My dad didn't even tell my mom he was married before, or that he had two children. My poor mother. Great news on your back. I hope it continues to improve!
Rose, I have a Kindle too. I don't read much anymore, I have such a difficult time with concentration. I really miss reading. Occasionally, I will download a new book, but it takes me forever to understand it. By the time I get to the end, I've forgotten most of what I read. YES!!! WE ARE your big loud family!!!!! YAY for A1c reduction! My cholesterol is in the 230's. I've NEVER had high cholesterol until after treatment.
Gaia, Caramelized Squash......YUM!! I'm allergic to mushrooms, but I can pick them out!!! It looks so appetizing. You ladies are killing me with the food porn....in a good way!! haha I say brush my fangs too!!!
Octo, I hope you and your DH have a great time once your commitments are fulfilled! Rest, food, beautiful scenery and time with your DH....can't think of a better week.
Ok....once again I wrote a book.For those I didn't mention, you're in my thoughts.
Hope you're all having a peaceful, pain free weekend. Love to all....quiet crazies too!!Too tired to check for typos.
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QMC- he said the rise was there when he moved in and didn't know. It is heavenly though.
Cubby- in your case I would have asked bro for lobstah roll. Yum!
Rainny -excellent job educating and driving a polite conversation with the wonderful NYPD blue and moving them forward. You are a class act.
My brother has landed. He's on his way
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Thanks for the warm welcome and tool kit SlowDeepBreaths. I have a feeling you'll be seeing a lot of me.
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had to make the junior bookend his favorite food porn. Or one of them anyway.
Lemon Bars (organic, of course!)
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hmmm, could you put one of those lemon bars in the tube to me?
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You're killin' me Katy!!! I'm on my way OVER! You don't mind if I crash your party, do you???
Cubbie, One step at a time. You WILL get through this.
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Ack! Recipe, please, katy!!!!
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SlowDeepBreaths, yes on the wet dish towel popping lol. We even figured out how to fold and roll it for maximum snappage pain! Sadistic little assholes, weren't we?
Katy, glad your brother got to land! Have fun with the visit!
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Italy, we used to kill flies that way. If my mother knew we were using her dish towels to kill flies, that wooden spoon would have come out so quick!!
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Rose cutting in my tube please, Katy! (and yes, feel free to tell Mr. Lonely Gardener Domino Player about Ms. Avid Rosarian. I'll even send pictures, should it be a comfort to him.)
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oohh....lemon bars!!! my favorite!!
If I send the lemons from my tree in the tube, will the bars come back? :-)
Second day of retreat in the books. half a day tomorrow and then it is time to rest and regroup. I can hear the waves as I relax and did I mention that the weather here is incredible!
Love to all Octogirl
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Octo- Yes! Send 'em on!
QMC-will do.
Tomboy- very easy. Video included:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lemo...
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Bring on the carbs. Bread, lemon bars yummy.
Katy, the rose is beautiful and I am sure very fragrant. It looks very similar to a JP that I had several years ago. (thus the screen name) recipe please for the lemon bars.
Welcome cubbie do try to take it one step at a time. We are here for you.
Eggroll, glad the gushing so has subsided. Sending you calming Juju as you await pathology.
Octo, enjoy the retreat and the mini vacation. Happy Anniversary.
Sula, the foodporn looks wundabah.
The rest of you crazies I bid goodnight, work kicked my are this weekend.
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Hi Fellow Residents of Crazy Town!
Just checking in and reading all of the posts. Usual busy family weekend. Thank you God! I'm tired of those treatment and side effect weekends. I'm still tired, achy/stiff and forgetful.... but I'll take it!
Football games, marching band, more football, MiL visit, band practice.... And helping my youngest with a school project. The theme is the ancient Roman Empire. Finished the writing part of the project. Still have to finish the roman shield he is making with his Dad/my DH. Why are kids projects so involved? My DH and I also saw a performance of Phantom (not the one by Andrew Lloyd Weber). It was fabulous.
Busy normal person week ahead! Except for the stupid blood test for my thyroid. Oh well.
All of this talk about Italian families (good and bad) sure stills up some memories. Wooden spoons, hair brushes, whatever was within arms reach... those were my mom's tools. Loud, yes... with enough food to feed a platoon. I so miss my Grandparents.
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rose- I think we X posted. I just modified the one above your last post It's just above your last post with a link. I used a bit less lemon juice and half the flour.
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Sula...I get to see the babies quite often. My oldest grandbaby stays overnight with us and he makes the house come alive. My grand-daughter is still a daddy's girl and she can't tear herself away from him or her mother. So I guess I will have to wait until she gets older for overnight stays.
Gaia...anything new going on with your wedding plans? I love weddings and I love...LOVE.
Katy...enjoy your visit with your brother. Those lemon bars sound oh-so-good!!!
Had a pretty boring weekend, just laid around in bed all day and night on Saturday. Leg and back killing me, but if I take the pain pill I am fine. That pill gives me constipation and I don't need that problem, so I pretty much use Motrin and take Motrin PM at night. Still waiting for Spine Institute to call me back. I left two messages and the young lady will not return my call. Maybe after describing all my mobile issues along with the cancer crap...maybe they don't want to deal with me. I'll just try another route. I will get a script from my primary doctor for the MRI and will probably just see a neurosurgeon here where I work and get their opinion. Just so tired of doctors, but I need some relief. Not being able to do much is making me look like a fat pig. I can't stand my stomach, it is so round and looks like a tire.
Proud...glad your treatments are working for your back. Hope you continue to have improvement!!!!!
Slow...I had a similar situation. I didn't know my dad was married prior to my mom. Thank goodness he didn't had any kids. I think I was about 17 when my sister was snooping in my father's personal papers and found out that he had been married. I was devastated... don't know why. My mom knew but never mentioned it. I had the best dad EVER and in my eyes he could do no wrong.
Tomboy...we had a good farting contest this weekend. We both are silly, but had a lot of fun.
Eggroll...hope you get good results on your pathology report.
Will check in later. Have a great rest of your day.
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- OMG.....I am ironing 28 long table runners for my daughter and grandaughter for the wedding in Nov.......I am only through about 10, and my legs and knees feel like they are going to collapse..........if someone could replace me from the waist down I would be a 30 year old again..........LOL...............Ugh.......thank God I have a Rowenta iron.......best one made..........had to take it out of Moth Balls..........just kidding...........but I try to wear what doesn't have to be ironed........................................I am an ironing person.....nothing nicer then a nice pressed "anything"...................kids today have no clue what an iron is.......my other ironed hankies, the tops of the sheets that showed, and even my father's boxer shorts.................when she first taught me to iron.....I got to do all the hankies......remember those things that people use to blow their nose in.............LOL.............oh how times have changed.......but thank God for tissues..............nothing grossed me out more when I was younger then watching someone blow their nose, and then stick the damn hankie back in their pocke't.............OOHHHHHHHHHH......GROSS......
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