So...whats for dinner?

Racy

Dear Michelle



I'm writing this from Singapore on my way to London then on to Paris, arriving the day before you. I was unbelievably sad when I logged on this morning and saw your news.



I have been following your posts from your love of RVing, your contributions to the Hair thread, the topic you started about Paris and your recent scans.



I am so sorry about the situation you are now in. I will be praying for you and I know you will get enormous support, as always, from the ladies here.



I hope that you can still enjoy your trip if you want to. A cancer diagnosis is bad at any time but this timing makes it even worse.



Prayers for you and your family.

apple

big big hugs and tears for you Michelle.. all it takes is the right treatment to turn things around.  your awesome spirit will see you through and we are all behind you.

LuvRVing

Many thanks, Racy!  The trip is on; and when we get in the car to head to the airport, we will observe the official "no cancer zone."  Perhaps we should try to hook up for coffee or a glass of wine!  Send me a PM if you want to explore it.  I know my cell phone won't be working, but we will have access to wireless internet.  We are staying at 3 Rue Des Renaudes, about a half mile from the Arc d'Triomphe.

 Apple - thank you so much. I'll be joining you lovely, gracious ladies on the Stage IV forum. 

So far (other than the obvious) the biggest bummer in all this is that I will not be having my DIEP reconstruction in July.  I was so looking forward to being put "back together" again.  Oh well, there will be bigger fish to fry!   

LuvRVing

Oh my, I added all my diagnoses, surgeries and chemo to see just how long it made the signature.  I guess I'll head over to the new format techie discussion and make a point about this.  And edit my actual signature.

debbie6122

Joyce- I thought about you yesterday knowing that you also must be worried sick about our dear Michelle. Glad she has you there to lean on. Hope you are doing well. xoxo

Michelle-{{{{hugs}}}}

Laurie08

Michelle- I don't think I have stopped thinking about you and your family.  Sending more hugs.  As always I love your cancer free zone thinking and that you are going to go have a blast in Paris.  I know you will too!!  You are an amazing person!!

deborye

Dear Jesus,
Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick,
we turn to You in this time of illness.
O dearest Comforter of the Troubled,
alleviates our worry and sorrow with your gentle love,
and grants us the grace and strength to accept this burden.
Dear God,
we place our worries in your hands.
We ask that you restore your servants to health again.
Above all,
grant us the grace to acknowledge your holy will
and know that whatsoever you do,
you do for the love of us.

Amen

Lacey12

Michelle, I'm so glad that you are determined to enjoy your fabulous trip to Paris. You will have a wonderful time in that cancer free zone. You'll be recharged, refreshed and ready to do everything it takes when you return to defeat this monster!! We're all here for you.....and for Joyce who I know is so impacted by your new challenge. I'm so happy that you two wonderful sisters found each other! Hugs to you both!!!

carolehalston

I'm looking forward to hearing about your trip to Paris, Michelle.  I wish we could all go! 

I'm in that phase where I've run out of ideas for "what's for dinner?"  Tonight I did an impromptu skillet chicken dish with canned quartered artichoke hearts and capers.  I cut the chicken breasts in strips and browned them in EVOO and a pat of butter.  Added the artichoke hearts and rinsed capers and splashed some white wine.  Side dish was squash browned in EVOO and butter.  I baked artisan bread this afternoon so we had bread and butter with the meal. 

Hugs to everyone.

LuvRVing

Carole - one of our favorite little Italian Cafes in Independence, MO has a similar chicken dish on its menu.  It was my "go to" dish, and the big difference seems to be that they made it by lightly breading the chicken and sauteing in olive oil.  When I've tried to duplicate it at home, I added sun-dried tomatoes and fresh mushrooms, and some lemon juice.  Very yummy!

I've been spending every day at my daughter's house, making sure she has what she needs, and taking care of the grandpuppy Oreo.  Tomorrow I am going to try and leave early enough to get spaghetti and meatballs on the table for my DH.  His patience is limitless, really.  It won't be from scratch, but we won't be sitting in a restaurant, either. If the weather holds up, maybe we can sit outside and enjoy a lakeside dinner with a glass of wine.

This thread is one of the highlights of each and every day, and I am grateful to all of you for your love and support.  Watch out what you ask for ... I suspect I'll be talking a whole lot about our trip to Paris, the fabulous food, and wonderful sights

deborye

This was kind of difficult to plant took me about an our.

 

deborye

My DD's maid of honor and I will be planning her shower even though it is her second marriage and it is not accecptable by others but her last marriage SUCKED.  Pardon my french.  Get this, her maid of honor called me at work and tells me she reserved room for 30 ppl at Parkers Maple Barn, what a Hoot.  It should be fun.  She already has the invitations done, I'm making up an address list on my side and she will supply the address for me for DD's friends so I can print out the labels.  I'll try to make them fancy on my printer at work.  This will take place June 23rd.  Rebekah is coming home June 19th for about a week and the next week, June 26th and 27th, his parents are coming over from the UK and staying in Portsmouth NH to do some touring, we will travel a few days with them for day trips.  I'll be taking a few days off of work for this.  Never met Nick's parents B4.  

Nick has to have his Gallbladder out, it was suppose to be today but he has a cold so they are postponing that until the beginning of July.  

I found a nice recipe for Spicy Pumpkin Chili to make for Sunday's mini class of 1969 cookout.  I hope it comes out OK.

Thinking of you Michelle♥ 

debbie6122

Michelle- I, like Laurie cant stop thinking about you and your family. You can talk about Pare'e all you want i love to hear all the stories especially as somewhere as exciting as that.

Deb- That is a beautiful planter. Good job!

deborye

I have had that big strawberry planter for a long time but I thought I would plant Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.  By Simon and Garfunkle, LOL  There are a few differnt types of Thyme and Sage so I could fill the holes,  I put small coffee filters around the small plants stem to keep the soil from falling out.  I should have used the tan coffee filters, oh well, to late now.  I also planted Begonias in a Strawberry Topsy Turvy.

SeasideMemories

Michelle,



So glad that you are close by and able to help your DD.... Even though you are thinking that DH is being the model of patience, I'd be willing to bet he is wishing he could do even more! Hope the weather cooperates and you can enjoy your dinner lakeside!



As for stories from Paris.... I am looking forward to each and every detail!!!

Kay_G

Michelle, I can't wait to hear all about Paris! Please tell us all the details. Hope you'll post some pics too. You really are the energizer bunny.



Deborey, great job with the planting and have a great time at the shower!

MinusTwo

Michelle:  Echoing all the above thoughts & prayers.  Yes we're all looking forward to Paris stories.  Love the "cancer free" zone idea.  Hope it is a wonderful trip.

Momine

Michelle, you had better tell us all about Paris. I can't wait to hear how you find it. Oh, and make sure to find a good bakery (there are many) and buy a slice of pear tart.

LuvRVing

Thanks everyone!  And Momine, thanks for the suggestion to buy a slice of pear tart, that's now on the "must eat" list along with crepes, macarons, pain au chocolat...for breakfast, and lots of wine!  I'll be pretty much ignoring the fact that I am diabetic while I'm there, and will eat whatever suits my fancy! I'm sure we'll walk off those carbs.  And oh yes, we are having lunch one day at Le Jules Verne, on the second level of the Eiffel Tower.  It's a Michelin-rated restaurant, and it's ridiculously expensive, so it better live up to the hype!!!  Lunch is something like 70 euros (about $90) each.  But it was the only way we could guarantee getting up to the second floor so we could then take the elevator to the top of the tower.  Several of the lifts are broken and the lines to get to the second level are hours long.  You can climb the stairs - 700 of them.  But my knees can't possibly do that, and now it's out of the question with Allison's broken knee, so I'm glad I had decided to make the reservation. All I can say is that the food had better be as amazing as the view!

Debbie - when I get back, I need to get a couple of those planters.  I have no dirt to plant things in the ground, and I had forgotten about the strawberry planters.  Even though I adore the lake, I miss my gardens from my house in MO. 

Kaara

Michelle:  As others have said...can't wait to hear about your trip!  We're all so glad you're going and wish we could be there with you:)

Deborye:  Beautiful plantings...can't wait to get to my summer home in NC to do the same...we leave in a couple of weeks, right after my two grand's HS graduations.

Dinner last night was with friends at a local asian restaurant that we frequent.  Tried to eat healthy but I had a glass of red wine instead of my usual hot tea.

BS's office hasn't called on my mammo results and I'm not calling them.  I have an app't before I leave for a follow up, so if I don't hear before, he will tell me then.  It is what it is.

Have a good day everyone! 

carberry

Michelle Really cant wait for the stories, and yes, some pics too.  I am living through you, as I will probably never get to Paris.

This has been the" cancer from hell" week.  Our good friend has lost his battle with lung cancer this morning. We are devastated. He was only 54 and so much llife to live yet.  Cannot wrap my head around this crappy disease.

And on that note.. I have an onc appt today, I have missed it twice already.  Seems like I have moved on and dont wanna see them anymore, living on that river de-nile.

Deb  Love the planters.  What fun with the shower...she deserves to do it like  never before.

We also did spaghetti with meat sauce, my DH request, since he did not get any lunch yesterday.  He held down the business while everyone was at the hospital with our friend. 

Michelle  BCO is also my light at the beginning of each day, reading and talking with all of you wonderful friends!

LuvRVing

(((Carrie))) So sorry to hear about your friend's passing.  Cancer really does suck in every way possible.

Kaara - ignorance is bliss, for sure.  I wish I had thought more about it, I would have rescheduled my MO appointment for when we got back from Paris.  Really poor planning on my part...lol.

Kaara

Carrie:  So sorry to hear about your friend's passing.  I lost a dear friend to lung cancer last year...the small cell kind which is lethal.  Sending you prayers and hugs.

LuvRVing

Kaara - was your friend a snowbird from Michigan?  I lost a friend to small cell last year, too.  She was a long-time member of a diabetic forum that I'm on, and I had met her a couple times when I visited Florida.  She and her husband were also golfers.  I'm feeling some strong similarities here.

Kaara

Michelle:  No, she was not from Michigan..she and her husband were long time residents of Coral Springs, the town where we live.  She was very active and a golfer as well.  When she became ill, she went downhill very rapidly.  She had been a heavy smoker.  Part of it had to do with neglect on the part of her doctors.  She finished her last rounds of chemo and then they told her not to come back for six months.  In the meantime she had a pain in her shoulder that she was treating as a rotator cuff injury when in fact it was the lung cancer that had spread.  By the time the dr's discovered what it was, it was too late.  It was a sad time for us last summer, and then my dx.  

LuvRVing

Kaara - that does sound like it was a very difficult time.  My friend never had a chance to do chemo.  She died within two weeks of diagnosis, never even had a chance.  Small cell lung cancer is about as bad as it gets. I can't imagine an MO not doing follow up for six months immediately after treatment, that's unforgivable.

Kay_G

Very sorry to hear of your friend's passing. My mother died last night. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's six years ago ad the last two years was in a wheel chair. It is a cruel, cruel disease. She will be missed by many.

LuvRVing

Oh Kay, I am so, so sorry.  Alzheimer's is maybe more cruel than breast cancer.  My mom has it, too.  My deepest sympathy to you and your family.

apple

Oh my goodnesss Kay... I offer my sincerest sympathy.. My dad had Alzheimers for years and years.  It's such a tough disease.

Prayers and hugs to you and your family.

lexi4

Dear Kay,

I am very sorry to read of your mom's passing. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.

HUgs,

Lexi