how about drinking?

Lori - sending you hug and love 💗 You sure have been through more than your share. I'm glad that you are keeping us posted.

My granddaughter is recognizing us on face time which warms my heart.

Have great rest of Friday and Saturday

Goldie, thinking of you with love and care.

Illimae I could use some of that water 😉

Tonight at our community appetizers and BYOB we had a red wine blend called Sangria. Yummy.

((((((Goldie))))))))))

Windy here, again, again, again…nutsy temps here too.

Good morning! They did some kind of a scope/ultra sound yesterday and put a stent in, bile ducts, I believe. They said it was complicated, due to so much blockage and narrowing. Being put on regular diet, so waiting for that. I haven't eaten in 5 days! I should be released tomorrow. I would head home, but found out yesterday, my DD is flying in tomorrow night and my son and his GF are driving. I'm not real happy about this and wish they would have consulted me first. Then my DD is leaving Friday, so back down here I come then!

I did not get a "reg. diet", they put me on "soft" instead. Still have some stomach pain, where they put the stent, which is up by my sternum and it resinates around to my back. I have also been bleeding vaginally. So, I need to see gyn. when I leave here. He thinks it could be a cist on top of my cervix. Most likely just need to cauterize it, to stop the bleeding.

Misty, instead of decorating, can I have my own bed? Bigger and more comfy!

Goldie (and so many other gals) and my DH…heroes. I wish I had 1/4 of the emotional stamina for this crap.

I had a butt-load of wine…Italian, port and California (only a pour of each, and small pours)….between the neighbors, DH's situation, my upcoming labs, the upcoming trek to seattle….again, Goldie, my hero….

LOL!!!!! I love that!!!!!

Hi Homemom- I do not drink very often, maybe 1-2 drinks a month, if that on my own. I think I would drink more if I didn't get hot flashes every time I drink alcohol. Some of the drink recipes look so good, I would want to taste those. I like to go to wine tastings, you drink small tastes of wine, I don't know what it adds up to, and if I go out with friends I usually only have one drink. I drink a lot of coffee and ice tea, which maybe why I am having trouble sleeping.

I really didn't think I was drinking much, but when my sister lived near me, we'd meet up around the corner for happy hour at the local establishment that serves charcuterie boards, sandwiches etc. A "glass" which is probably 2 is $4 at 4:00, $5 at 5:00 etc. We'd sit for a couple hours and it would take me an hour to drink one glass. I'm starting to think I need to quit to keep cancer from coming back. They have wine tastings too. There is a group of us in the neighborhood that meet there to talk, eat and drink once or twice a week. Since my sister moved, I don't go nearly as much, but I do love a small glass or two at home if I had a stressful day.

This neighborhood is highly social. We have happy hours once a month at each other's homes, and have other alcohol related events like Latkas and vodka, and even monthly outdoor movies where you can score a white claw from behind the popcorn stand. LOVE this neighborhood, but I'm beginning to think it's been a detriment to my health.🙄

I don't drink any more but had plenty of practice earlier. The posted drinks are so fanciful, I love imagining them. Wouldn't have the patience to make these.

2-3 times a week for me, perhaps A bit more in the summer. I have swallowing issues from a GI disorder so I don't do anything to aggravate that, which too much alcohol can do for me. When I have a drink I enjoy it.

Homemom - when I first had my dx, my first MO said try not to drink more than 2-3 times a week. Later, my MO I saw for years later said he didn't think it mattered. For 40 years many studies have gone around on this. I drink when I want too and usually around social get togethers.

Ask your MO what he or she thinks

Thank you guys, this helped more than you know! I am going to quit this year due to going off my AI's as a precautionary measure. My MO told me in the beginning to now worry, they want to put us all in a box etc etc. It'll be a challenge though.

Goldie, I live in downtown Orlando. It's a little historical area and the little place we like to meet up at is exactly 66 steps from my front door, so way too convenient! :) I can also walk to some great eating establishments. I have a World of Beer within walking distance too.

I would say I've been drinking almost 4 days a week. Sometimes just a glass of wine, and other times 4 glasses. I say 4 because my little hangout has happy hour between 4-7 and for the locals, they give you a bigger pour. So I'm doubling the number of glasses I drink there!

Mistyeyes, I wish I had decent neighbors. I was drinking BECAUSE of my neighbors, not with them, LOL. THey are jerks, or as I refer to them, Satan's spawn.

I drink daily. Usually wine with dinner. Depends on how good the wine is or if I have company or how I'm feeling with regard to how much. Life is short. DH's ex is a recovering (usually) alcoholic and has had zero cancer…it's a crap shoot. Alcohol has good aspects and some scary aspects. I treat it like food and the way the French and Italians treat it…something will kill me so I have stopped trying to figure it out.

My mom is 89. She is obese, has a pacemaker, and now onset dementia. She has never really exercised. The one thing she has done, is not drink much. Holidays is about the only time I've seen her have one drink. I'm just mulling everything over in my mind. My husband also quit drinking 10 years ago so he's been my DD.

I don't know what I'm going to do, at this point I haven't had a drink of wine in 2 weeks due to allergies and now being on Prednisone. (blah). So I'm not feeling it right now. Thanks to everyone who answered me, it was a tremendous help!