My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
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Hi all sweet ladies. @threetree I hope that your scans went well and you are enjoying spring. @shanagirl Hi gal. Did I miss your birthday? I hope not, but if I did, belated Happy Birthday. Hope you enjoyed a good martini and cake, too. @mara51506 I think you are the Energizer Bunny. I can't believe how much you accomplish. Your planning ahead is the key, I'm sure. My life use to be planning ahead, now it's dragging along. lol @chicagoan Oh your Easter sounded so perfect. Baptizing new babies, what a honor. I bet your heart was just bursting with pride. So happy your brother has improved and your family was together.
Sending my thoughts and wishes to all for better days and peaceful nights.
We are now into our 3rd day of grey, gloomy, rainy, flooding and high winds, nor'easter. It set up shop over central Florida and hasn't budged. Perhaps by the weekend. Can't go outside as it's a gully washer. Very few cars on the road and I can understand why. Come on weekend…
DH's heart improved greatly, he is no longer at risk for heart failure (Covid related). He doesn't need to see his Cardio Dr. for a year. He walked a police beat 17 years in the mountains, followed up by 2 years in security, walking private club streets in Hound Ears. He delayed retirement till 72 (79 now). He swims almost everyday and goes on a long walk with the girls early mornings. I do not know how he does it. He sees his onco. every month but continues to decline treatment for NHL or CLL (still not positive). Whatever it is, it's a slow moving cancer. I'm so proud of him and he takes good care of me. I am blessed.
Laurel
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Hello All- still not caught up and too wiped out to write much. @shanagirl , @irishlove , @cookie54 , @intolight - thank you all so much for your nice thoughts and good wishes. Turns out my main problem now is that I have RSV. I had no idea. Thought it was a combo of allergies and xeloda side effects. I almost went to urgent care on Easter, but kept my out to dinner plans instead/anyway. Felt much worse that night and the next morning, so went to urgent care on Monday, where their made the diagnosis. They almost had me go to the ER, but finally didn't. I've been gradually improving a bit.
I had thought my scans were for Wednesday, but they are today. My oncologist is out all week, but I've been talking to his nurse and she and I figured I could try to keep the appointment today, so I'm going to give it my best shot in a couple of hours. Just hope I can drive (it's not too far), and have the stamina to get thru a pretty much all day experience at the hospital scan department. If anything does go wrong, at least I'll be there and able to get immediate help if necessary.
I will take your well wishes with me for sure, and hope you all have a wonderful day ☀️.
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@threetree Praying your scans go well. It is tough to go through all of that on your own and with not feeling well with RSV too.
@irishlove Your DH sounds amazing and I can see why you are so proud of him. Sorry your weather is not cooperating either.
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@threetree-Prayers for stamina to get through today. It's hard enough to go through scans but even more when you are not feeling great. Hope you can stay home and rest tomorrow and over the weekend.
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@irishlove I am glad to find out your husband is doing better and able to be so active. That is very good. As far and me and energy, not too sure about that but I do try to set and meet small goals in the house.
I did put together a rather large order though forgot yogurt and fruitopia, oh well, debating a Paratransit trip on Saturday or Sunday, quick trip so transfer in 90 minutes keeps it cheap. I will see. Mostly got lentils, dried and canned, beef and tomato macaroni. I also got kraft bacon caesar dressing. Amazon makes you buy 3 of them. Got 5 of the veggie stir fry as well, got mini pot pies and regular size pot pies. Forgot yogurt, paying 16 dollars per week to pay it off, once it is paid off, will decide on getting other stuff. Still playing games for a couple dollars to earn snacks, got more veggie crisps, liking the ketchup flavour. Also got 18 eggs, they can be chopped into a fry pan if needed.
I will be making some of the frozen vegetable stir fry with lentils and a mini pot pie when groceries arrive. Am also planning my games, want to buy Reese's Puffs so would use my mobile games booster to buy a gift card on Amazon to get that, probably take a couple days to get enough to make it free. Groceries are in the 60 dollar range with paying for less than 2 hours for delivery and Driver tip and got a LOT of food this time, easy to make with more fibre. Plan is to pay off purchase 16 bucks per week and once that is done, can look at other stuff I may have forgot to add. Got lots of veggies included and the protein from the meat pies will be good. Order is already on the way.
Thinking lentils, the veggie stir fry and one of the mini pot pies on top, Microwave it and put some caesar on top. Lots of fibre and protein.
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I am really looking forward to some easier meals to prepare for myself, can still get a lot of variety out of it. Will post what I have. First meal will be a veggie stir fry with some canned lentils and a mini pot pie. Probably heat for near 6 or 7 minutes in the 700 W microwave, eat as much as I can, will season with garlic butter, sour cream and onion dry seasonings, bind with one of my mayo and caesar and bacon dressings, if there are left overs, can eat with the second meal and boost ingredients. Total was 64 dollars for both delivery, groceries and tip. I did forget yogurt so if need be, book paratransit up to the store for Sunday or Monday and make a quick in and out of Walmart. Can get a 90 min transfer so be in and out of the Walmart and pay 2.65 round trip and pick up the yogurt.
EDIT I did have one of the veggie stir fry with lentils added and one of the chicken mini pot pie, microwave 7 mins since extra stuff andd low watt microwave. After cooled a bit, scooped onto a plate, took a bit of garlic butter seasoning, bit of sour cream and onion seasoning and salt. Binders were a garlic parm mayo and a bit of bacon caesar dressing. It was super tasty, had a bit left over. Thinking I can put left overs on either a plate or pan, add extra lentils and dump in the air fryer for around 7 to 10 minutes, not too sure. Should add cheese and queso afterword. Also debating a lentil soak overnight to try out my dried lentils. I will start small though and find containers to keep the dried ones in.
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Just sending you all gentle hugs from us!! 🤗
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@shanagirl Happy belated Birthday!! Sounds like it was a wonderful evening surrounded by family and great food. Nothing else better than that!
@threetree So sorry you have RSV but glad you got an answer as to why you have been feeling so crappy lately..hoping for better days ahead! Hoping all went smoothly with your scan and you are resting well.
@mara51506 Veggie stir fry sounds delish to me and I'm a chocolate peanut butter fan also. Have some Reese Puffs for me when you get them, enjoy!
@candy-678 Thinking of you hope your hanging in there…. sending big hugs your way.
@irishlove Yikes sounds like your having duck weather down there.. hope it clears soon! How wonderful for DH, he sounds like another energizer bunny to me. Hope you're feeling ok otherwise and you get to enjoy nice weather this weekend.
All ok here, happy to report my port worked just fine today ! Hopefully it continues…..Weather is looking good here into early next week, nice mood booster.
Hi to all here reading along I hope it was a pain free day💕
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Shanagirl - Happy belated birthday from me too🥳🥳🥳.
Threetree - sorry you’re dealing with RSV. Hope you recover quickly. Hope you get good news from scan results.
Candy - thinking of you and sending virtual hugs 🤗🤗.
Pocket duty for all in need.
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@shanagirl Happy belated birthday from me too. I hope you enjoyed yourself.
I did sleep well last night, went to bed about an hour earlier than usual, bringing the bedtime back a bit at a time.
Lots of rain today and in the rest of April's forecast but no snow finally. Rain is easier to deal with.
Now that I have all the food bought yesterday, I can eat different varieties of it all, for got to get hash browns but that is OK, will wait to pay off this weeks two orders. I had to make two as I was out of yogurt and only had one pack of cheese and did buy some cheese and sour cream chips to have as a treat.
Got laundry on the go, rather large load and there is some sitting in the smaller one. I am also known to use a dedicated salad spinner to do smaller items too. Goal for the laundry today is to get all done from washers and the smaller one that holds stuff to be washed, de facto laundry basket.
Probably having leftovers, have a lot of the meat pies, mini and regular size, lots of the lentils, got the dried ones as well, need an air tight container to hold those as not planning to use them all at once. I am thinking of making egg sandwich with a few lentils OR heat a couple of eggs in microwave with some beans and lentils in it, take the egg and bean/lentil mix and chop in the chopper with shredded cheese and heat in a frypan. I can also put my left overs of the veggie stir fry in with the egg and chop it, cut down by an egg, I will see. Will post if I do something like that.
I hope everyone has a good day, pockets for everyone as well.
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