how about drinking?
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Sandy, I thought the same as you…white with reds, but a blend is a blend…I forgot they also had Grenache. I love 100% grenache and 100% petite syrah, so all good.
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With a Caprese and leftover Costco chicken, Bob had the last of the Beaujolais and I had some of the Kirkland champagne.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Monday Monkey Day! The puppers and I had a lovely lazy day yesterday. I'm hoping the network at work is back up. It's going to be a difficult day if it isn't.
Sunshine -- the spasms sound like quite the miserable experience. I hope it doesn't happen again and you can find out what's behind it.
Jazzy--dry or not, temps of 105 to 110 are just plain hot, and potentially dangerous! Dehydration is so easy to get into and no fun to go through. Congrats on the weight loss!
Wally--glad the second round of treatment is going easier for you two. Still difficult, but easier.
Chi--interesting info about the wine blends!
Smoked Old Fashioned
- Smoke the sugar, cocktail cherry and orange peel for 2 minutes. It’s easier to infuse smoke into the garnishes vs the liquid. So here the garnishes are the important part! Use the smoking gun to add smoke to the glass, then cover with a larger glass or glass pitcher.
- Smoke again for 2 minutes. To really infuse the smoky flavor, you’ll do a second “booster” smoke by filling the glass with smoke again and covering it.
- Make the drink. Muddle the sugar with water, then add the bourbon and ice. Add back the smoked garnishes.
- Smoke a third time. Smoke the glass for a third time for 2 minutes to infuse the final smoky flavor and make for a showy presentation.
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Jazzygirl, stay safe in that heat. We’re near enough to the coast in San Diego that our temps are not bad at all. We don’t have AC in our 1920 house, but we rarely need it. Your music class sounds like fun. It’s hard to eat when it’s hot.
We have two birthday parties to attend in the next month. Both are neighbors so we can walk to both. I’m afraid I won’t be eating or drinking anything, which is disappointing. Then a friend invited us up to their house for dinner. They’re Persian and make the most amazing food. DH let them know about my swallowing issues and told them that I might not be eating anything. However, it’s all the friendships and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone.
I will see my MO via video visit this afternoon. I’m down 10 pounds (127 to 117) since I saw her in June. I wanted to lose a couple of pounds, but this is getting ridiculous.
Happy Monday, everyone.
Carol
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Tonight’s DOTD is a small bottle of Martinelli’s sparkling apple juice, which I’ve loved for as long as I can remember. I enjoy is so rarely though, I want it to always remain impressively delicious and it does.
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In your pocket for your MO visit, sunshine.
With dinner, Bob had The Federalist 2020 Cab. Sauv., and I had some more of that Kirkland champagne (to celebrate not having COVID…but also to console myself for having strep).
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Good morning, all.
Saw my MO yesterday via video visit. She doesn't think the coughing is related to breast cancer and suggested I take Prilosec for 14 days and to make an appointment with my PCP. She didn't comment on the weight loss. I felt a little brushed off, which has not happened before. Oh, well. My weight was up another .2 pounds this morning, so that's a good thing.
Off to the dentist in a little while. I may fall asleep in the chair! LOL
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Whoa, Kim—instead of a photo, I got a page of code. Gonna see if I can see others' posted photos.
I should be non-contagious by about 6 pm. tonight. But I'm gonna need a stiffer drink, because it turns out I may have ONJ on top of everything else. (Had Prolia, but no invasive dental procedures). So Had to cancel next week's Prolia shot.
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UPDATE—nope, Kim, it's just that photo.
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chisandy, oh, no! I hope you don't have ONJ. I've escaped it so far…
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I've always had a bone spur on the cheek side of my upper right arch, above a premolar, for as long as I can remember; and my dentist constantly reassured me it was nothing as long as it didn't bother me. But over the last month or so, the gum over it has felt tender & soft; and last week as I was out to dinner (two days after I texted the receptionist to cancel my regular cleaning because I thought at the time I had a cold), a hard thick sharp chunk of bacon got caught in it and bled briefly when I pulled it out. I tried texting my dentist but the only number I had for him was the office landline. This morning I looked in the mirror and could see what looked like bone just below the gum surface and my heart sank. I realized I had his receptionist's cell (from which she texts to remind me of upcoming appointments) so I texted her to explain that I still hadn't rescheduled my appt. due to getting my strep diagnosis; then described what happened. I thought she'd just have me see my dentist, but she texted me back the business card of the oral & maxillofacial surgeon he recommends.
I don't have dental insurance—never have. I can afford my treatments out of pocket (including root canals & orthodontia), but this could be MAJOR—as this surgeon is "not in-network with any insurance." Now, Medicare would consider this medically necessary, to save bone and not just teeth…but if he doesn't take Medicare I'm screwed. At any rate, I'll almost certainly have to discontinue bone drugs—it may come down to whether I want to save my jaw at the risk of spinal fractures down the line. Ugh. Getting old means you can't fix one thing without breaking something else.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Hump Day! I'm not sure what everyone else is seeing, but where I tried to post a picture yesterday I'm seeing a very long string of characters! Not sure how that happened. Lots of craziness going on around here lately, a stand-off ending with a person taking their own life, a police involved shooting with a fatality, high speed chases ending in crashes with serious injuries, knife attacks outside bars, the world seems to be going nutso. Things that were once in a life-time events are becoming everyday events. It makes me wonder if climate change is having some sort of mental effect on us humans!
Sunshine--I'm sorry you felt brushed off by the MO. I hope the Prilosec works for the cough.
Chi--sorry about the page of code, not sure how that happened. Very annoying, I'm sure. ONJ is not fun, hope that's not going on! More and more doctors are opting out of participating in insurance, including Medicare, due to the cost of jumping through insurance company hoops for the privilege of billing. Can't say as I blame them. I hope the bone spur issue can be easily fixed.
Broken Spur
Ingredients
- Ice Cubes
- ⅔ Part Anisette
- 1 Whole Egg Yolk
- ⅔ Part Gin
- ⅔ Part Port, White
How to make
Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
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Good luck, Chi! I hope it's just more calcification on the bone spur and not ONJ. Fingers crossed just shaving off the spur makes everything ok.
I had an ONJ scare from persistent TMJ pain, but fortunately it was something else. My oral surgeon said that at some point I had dislocated my jaw and didn't know it. A normal TMJ has an articulating disc between the two bones that helps keep jaw movement smooth. My disc was missing on the side that hurt, but there are enough other supportive structures around the jaw joint that it could still function fairly normally. He gave me a low-dose of amitriptyline that has worked wonders.
And in the vein of climate change making people crazy, our union efforts and our boss' retaliation made it into an article! With all that he's been doing against our studio, his negligence can only be seen as intentional and malicious. All we need is a judge to agree.
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There’s always the possibility that the gum tissue over the exostosis (bone spur) got irritated from over-flossing and temporarily thinned out. Hoping that’s all it is.
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Last of the Kirkland champagne with fish last night.
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With miso-marinated cod loin, 2021 Caymus Conundrum (Napa) white blend.
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I've been having clos dubos pinot noir with dinner when we eat at a local Italian place. Tonight with the wine I had lasagna. 😀
Sandy hope your dental situation is easily fixed. I hate that type of problem particularly.
Goldie hope you are feeling better. Your house to be looked great.
NM you've had a time of it lately ! Glad the puppets can keep you sane.
To anyone I missed happy nearly Friday!
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Well, I'm home! I put my cash offer in on the house, $25,500.00 over asking price, and someone else went even higher than me. SOOOOOO, I did not get the house. I was sooooo bummed. Spend the rest of the week looking at a dozen or so more, but nothing that hit me. So, a wasted trip actually! Back to the drawing board.
I got admitted to the hospital, around 10 am. Almost 2 now and all they have done so far are things they can do in the room. IV, labs, urine, EKG and US of the bladder. They also have me hooked up on a heart monitor. My MO came to see me and the hospital doctor. Now I'm waiting on kidney specialist and neurologist to see what the next step is. I imagine CT scan. But I cannot have anything to eat "just in case".For those of you dealing with medical issues, I hope they are somewhat easily resolved.
Sunshine, sorry your MO made you feel "not so important", but it doesn't sound too serious. Keeping fingers crossed that the Prilosec helps.
NM, your network mess at work reminds me the problems here on BCO!
BabyGirl, funny about the falcon and raven. Usually that is done if they have babies in the nest, but I would think it too late for that now. But, what do I know! I have 2 ravens here that know me. I take my dead rodents and sometimes food scraps down my driveway, and then down the road a ways, to feed them. Well, my quad and FJ are both bright yellow, so when they see/hear me coming, they start circling, or land in a nearby tree to watch and see if I had brought them anything!
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Goldie, I’m sorry about the house and hospital. I may have missed it but hope you’re feeling ok otherwise and that docs can get you back to a good place.
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(((Lori))). You've been put through the wringer of late. In your pocket for whatever's next for diagnostics & treatment.
At a (meh) hospital sky-suite party at Sox Park—er, Guaranteed Rate Field—DOTD was a so-so generic Sauv. Blanc, a bit too sweet for my taste. Drank more coffee than wine, actually, as I wanted to have enough of my wits about me to drive home safely ahead of the storms (for the first time this year, Chicago was in the "enhanced risk" zone).
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In my previous post, I wrote neurologist, that should have been UROLOGIST.
Got the stents in, both sides. Urologist was quite the character. Called me to talk to me and said he would meet me there and he would be the one that looked like a movie star. So that got things rolling on several levels. But one of the funnier ones, was someone said something about the Barbie movie and my comment "Oh, so he was Ken!!!". He also told me I should have identical twins (stints) and when he was done, said he had a little difficultly, so I got fraternal twins instead. He also did the cystoscopy. No pain or discomfort as of yet.
Today (I'm hoping), the kidney specialist will have some plans. He did come in and talk to me yesterday, but that was it. He also mentioned that I might have to have some kind of tube coming out of my back and I think a CT scan is in the plans.
Of course, not much sleep with everything I was connected to, lab draws, asking for assistance to the restroom, etc. I did finally get to have some dinner, limited to a "renal diet". I had salmon, cauliflower rice, string beans and a house salad.2 -
If salmon's on a renal diet, then I'm not too depressed about having stage 3 CKD. Hope they can figure out what to do short of that tube coming out your back.
Hope you can find another place in eastern MI for which you won't be outbid. I have friends in Chelsea, which used to be rural but is now considered an exurb of Detroit (it's where Jeff Daniels has a theater). Hope it hasn't gotten trendy…and spendy. Jackson, a tad further west, is nice too—back in 2016 Pontiac Peggy (who now lives in Spokane, WA) organized a BCO get-together at SandHill Crane Winery.
DsOTD: At dinner out, Veuve de Vernay Brut (non-Champagne French sparkler) and Joseph Drouhin 2020 Bourgougne Rouge (pinot noir).
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Goldie - Sorry about the house. Thanks for the health updates. Holding you in my thoughts.
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Wow, Goldie, the real estate market must be very hot in that location in MI. Sorry you didn't get the house. Hoping your health situation gets stabilized (sp?). The urologist sounds like a character.
Happy Sunday to all.
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Good morning Loungettes. Doing well, just watching labs in hopes of the creatinine coming down. Last night my IV decided to quit going where it was supposed to and decided to disperse into my arm. So I have a very swollen arm this morning. Reading into a renal diet, I gotta say, I'm not liking it. I always thought I was a pretty healthy eater, but not when it comes to kidneys. I'm seeing ALOT of the things I normally eat, I am no longer allowed. Foods high in potassium, phosphorus, and of course salt. Salt being the easy one to avoid.
As for the house, it were meant to be, it would have been. It's the only way I can look at it!
Please feel free to skim by this. The list of foods I can no longer eat, or have to have very little of....
Dried beans.
Greens, spinach, kale, chard and collard
Broccoli.
Mushrooms.
Brussels sprouts.
Bananas
Oatmeal
Avacado
Tomatoes
Pumpkin and winter squash
Nuts, and nut butters
Ham
Bacon
Sausage
PotatoesDairy
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I would starve without those foods. Sending hugs.
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OMG Goldie - those are all foods I regularly eat - with the exception that I rarely eat ham or sausage. So what are they recommending you DO eat daily? I don't see rice or pasta on the list.
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Goldie, I'm sorry on the house and the medical crap. Yeah, I hated to counsel patients on renal diets…all the things that are "healthy" are no longer so for renal disease.
I'm finishing my last bottle of the Quadrant.
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Thank heavens, I've been put back on a reg. diet. I told the Nephrologist (kidney specialist, I did not know that is what they are called) he had me really worried, as those are pretty much all the things I eat. Not much on the ham/bacon/sausage, but I will if I have eggs for breakfast and I love my oatmeal/choc. chip cookies. And how can you go through summer without a BLT??? But ya, I too was like, what CAN I eat! My creatinine is down to 3.3, yesterday it was 4.7. 0.4 - 1 is normal. So, we are headed in the right direction, and I should be able to go home tomorrow.
🤞 That looks more like a chicken leg, than fingers crossed!
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