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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    Quite a bit off topic but.....



    I was out running some errands tonight and a song that I had never heard before came on the radio... It was a new song by Martina McBride called "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"...



    I am not someone who cries easily but, wow! This song had me just sobbing to the point of having to pull over... I don't think the song is super sad but, I think it just hit a tad too close to home with my own experience....



    Was wondering if any of you have heard it and what you thought....

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited August 2011

    Seaside- I've never heard it?  I'll have to look it up on you tube or something.

    Michelle- Good luck with your last rounds.  I love hearing about you and your family and the time you spend together.  The mexican food sounded great too!  Keep us posted onthe inflatable boat;p

    Debbie Happy birthday to your DH and I hope you had fun!

    Sherrill- BLT bruscettia-YUMMM!  Nice to see you posting again :)

    As for the recipe- she says spaghetti sauce.  Again she never gave measurements etc.  And because she didn't cook the burger with the sauce, I didn't get a spaghetti sauce taste from it.  It was lighter somehow?  I am going to attempt it tomorrow night and I can let you ladies know on measurements (roughly since I am not a measurer either!)

    Also- tomato sandwiches, does it get better than that?  I still eat them every summer when the tomatoes start coming from the garden.  Also, with dinner I cut them up along with cucumbers and add salt and pepper and have them as a side dish.  When I met my husband he thought I was nuts, a sandwich without meat?  Plain veggies with salt and pepper?  Now he does it too.  The other day he stopped at a farm stand when he saw a sign for fresh tomatoes and brought one home for me.  I was so excited!! (ours are about 2 weeks away from picking)  As I ate I I said "it's kind of sad how excited I get about a tomato huh?" he just smiled.  That's how you know someone loves you- they get you a tomato :D

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited August 2011

     I had such a good time tonight, but didnt drink ice tea so will save all the details until tomorrow ha!

    Seaside, i love that song and cryed too when i first head it, here are the lyrics for those who havnt heard it and will understand what seaside is talking about"

    "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"

    She dropped the phone and burst into tears
    The doctor just confirmed her fears
    Her husband held it in and held her tight
    Cancer don’t discriminate or care if you’re just 38
    With three kids who need her in their lives
    He said, "I know that you’re afraid and I am, too
    But you’ll never be alone, I promise you"

    When you’re weak, I’ll be strong
    When you let go, I’ll hold on
    When you need to cry, I swear that I’ll be there to dry your eyes
    When you feel lost and scared to death,
    Like you can’t take one more breath
    Just take my hand, together we can do this
    I’m gonna love you through it.

    She made it through the surgery fine
    They said they cut her just in time
    But they had to take more than they planned
    Now it's forced smiles and baggy shirts
    To hide what the cancer took from her
    But she just wants to feel like a woman again
    She said, "I don't think I can do this anymore"
    He took her in his harms and said "That's what my love is for"

    When you’re weak, I’ll be strong
    When you let go, I’ll hold on
    When you need to cry, I swear that I’ll be there to dry your eyes
    When you feel lost and scared to death,
    Like you can’t take one more breath
    Just take my hand, together we can do this
    I’m gonna love you through it.

    And when this road gets too long
    [?]
    Just take my hand, together we can do it
    I’m gonna love you through it.
    I’m gonna love you through it.


     

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    Here's a link to the YouTube version:

    http://youtu.be/m5MyWK1j-rE

     I love Martina McBride and have seen her a couple of times in concert.  She is from a little town in Kansas and she performed rather frequently in the area.

     Michelle

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  • tougherthanithought
    tougherthanithought Member Posts: 454
    edited August 2011

    Wow, I just listened to that song.  I'm sobbing.  I could have written that song (I was 38 when diagnosed, had young kids, bilateral MX...wow)  I'm sure we can all relate to it.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited August 2011

    love the salted herb recipe.. I'll definitely try that as I have a lot of herbs.

    Love RVing.. Price Chopper is my favorite commercial grocer.  I shop everywhere.. ethnic, Sam's the markets but do have to go to the grocer's occasionally.  I live near a HYv store and will gladly drive the extra mile to Price Chopper.. (this is a midwest thing).

    Hi I'm Curtis Stone  - welcom to Y Vee... ickaroni.

    it's gazpacho season.. I read a very interesting article in Gourmet mag (now discontinued) about gazpacho's and the bread base of traditional recipes... so I have been having fun with that.  I ordered some VERY cheap saffron from ebay.  I bought a huge paella pan - very antique and very MidEastern.. so I am looking forward to making a huge paella.  yum.. actually one of the best things I've ever eaten (twice so far.. once in France and once in a restaurant here in KC).

    Yay Blue Springs.

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  • carberry
    carberry Member Posts: 1,153
    edited August 2011

    Hmmmm  did Martina McBride get diagnosed with cancer? or where did she get the inspiration for the song?

    Tonight we will be going to a Japanese steak house. Our dear friend has had a recurrence of his cancer that started in his neck and tonsils and is now in his lung and lymph nodes.  He will start treatment on Thurs so we all decided to go to dinner for his "last meal" before all the side affects of tx take hold. There will be a group of a bout 12-16 of us. These friends have supported me through all my treatments and now that i am doing well we are shirfting gears and concentrating on him.  Feels good that now it can be my turn to give.

    Good luck today Michelle and thanks for the links, have thought about those before, and I might just have something like that in our camper.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited August 2011

    best of luck to 'dear friend'.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    Hi everyone!  I just got the news that chemo is a go!  I'm getting my hydration right now.

    Carberry - enjoy your Japanese steakhouse dinner tonight, and best wishes to your friend.  I love going to those teppanyaki-style places, it's always fun.  I don't know that Martina McBride has been diagnosed with BC, it could be family or friend.  She was involved in last September's "Stand Up to Cancer"  so maybe she's been inspired from stories she's heard.

    Oh Debbie, naughty, naughty!!!  LOL!

    Apple - paella is a great idea!  I need to get a bit of saffron.  I have bought things from eBay but I must admit that I would never have thought about looking for spices. 

    Michelle

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited August 2011

    I'll send you a bit of mine.. if it's any good.  tho.. it might not even get here.. it's been about a week since I ordered it from singapore.  I would buy mine at a reputable arabic of sorts grocers.. it's really pretty cheap there.. you can plant your own..  just buy a bit.. it goes a long way.. a tablespoonful is really all you need to explore saffron thoroughly.

    http://www.americanmeadows.com/saffron-crocus-bulbs?gclid=CMrw1sPJs6oCFcTD7Qod2yFo8wI

    I haven't had much luck, but I am not a careful, vigilant gardner. 

     hereby resolve to NEVER argue with anyone who negatively posts, periods...... peace and love, apple / Mary
    Diagnosis: 4/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    YAY Michelle on the good white count! I knew those little buggers wouldn't dare cross you twice..lol



    Hope this last AC goes as smoothly as possible and that your side-effects are minimal!!



    Thinking of you!!

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    apple,



    I knew saffron came from the stamen of a crocus but, it never occurred to me that you could grow your own!! I guess I learned my new thing for the day....



    I would love to try it!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    I am home and AC #4 is history!!!  But get this...so I've been getting my Neulasta shot at the Dana Farber infusion center/clinic.  Due to an insurance policy decision, the Neulasta will be shipped to my house tomorrow and a Home Health Aide will be dispatched to my home to administer the shot. I could probably do it myself, but my chemo nurse got this all arranged so I'm going to go with it.

    I think we are having pork chops tonight for supper.  At least there is a package of 2 staring at us from the fridge.  We'll see what DH feels like cooking!

    And I can't thank all of you enough for rooting me on!  You all inspire me each and every day! 

    Hugs,

    Michelle

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  • tougherthanithought
    tougherthanithought Member Posts: 454
    edited August 2011

    Congrats Michelle on the completion of AC!!!!

    I have a few nurses in the family, so I would have the neulasta sent to my house and my MIL or SIL would stick me at home!  It made it easier than having to drive to the onc's office.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    My best friend is a nursing professor at Northeastern in Boston, so she offered to do it when I first started treatment.  But my onc's office is less than 20 minutes from my house, she's almost an hour away.  The onc's office makes so much more sense.  This is all about a silly insurance billing code.  So dumb!  With any luck, this is the only time it will be an issue. 

    Michelle

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  • Lena
    Lena Member Posts: 1,036
    edited August 2011

    Chicken, beans and rice tonight. :-) Unless my Pack Rat takes me out (he knows rads exhaustion just kicked in)...but I don't know which would be more tiring -- staying home but having to cook (and therefore wash dishes later) or going out and having to pass for human.

    Think I'll cook, so chicken, beans and rice. It's easy, and I don't have to try to be human.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    Lena - The answer is curbside takeout!!!  Find one of the many chain restaurants that have their menus online, pick out your faves, pick up the phone and make the call, then dispatch DH to pick up the goods.  A restaurant worker will bring it right to the car.  You don't have to worry about what you look like.  Now granted, all this assumes that you live in an area where this is offered.  Carrabba's, Olive Garden, Outback, Chili's...all these and more offer this service.  When I am really sick, nothing fits the bill like Carrabba's Sicilian Chicken Soup.  And their dipping oil and bread are delish! 

    Michelle

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited August 2011

    Michelle- YAY!  So happy for you that you are done with A/C!!  I'm dong a happy dance for you!

    Last night was baked stuffed haddock and scallops, steamers, couscous and green beans from the garden.  Tonight I am trying the zucchini and burger recipe from camping.  Fingers crossed it tastes as good when I make it!

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  • Lena
    Lena Member Posts: 1,036
    edited August 2011

    Interesting idea kind of, thanks Michelle, but I don't really like chain restaurant food. I was at a few occasionally and with one exception (the Olive Garden) I didn't think the food was all that good (and the closest Olive Garden to here is in Keene, which is an hour away from me). I made the chicken, beans and rice last night, it was easy and we enjoyed it. Dunno what I'm having tonight though; I'm not hungry so can't decide yet. LOL

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    Thanks, Laurie!  And I am feeling good nausea-wise, but I think if I closed my eyes I would sleep...lol.  Had to tussle with the insurance company this morning to get my Neulasta shot at the DF clinic, but I won that battle and got my shot around 1:00.  Yeahhh!!! 

    We are having ziti with meat sauce and caesar salad for supper tonight.  I made the sauce on Tuesday and it smelled so good.  DH isn't feeling great, not sure what's going on, but he has swollen neck glands and he says he feels like his throat is closing up.  I made him call a doctor (we don't have PCP's just yet) and he has an appointment for tomorrow at 1:30.  I think I'll fix dinner tonight, just in case he's got something contagious.  It's probably not, but I don't want to take a chance.  My white cells were just barely in the zone to get treatment yesterday.  Good thing I'm feeling ok!

    Laurie - last night's supper sounds yummy.  That seems like a whole lot of seafood, your kids must love it all.  And fresh green beans...mmmmm!!!

    We haven't heard from Debbie for a day or two, she must have been busy celebrating DH's birthday! 

    Michelle

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited August 2011

    Michelle- I think there is a summer cold going around.  I woke up Sunday with my tonsils in my mouth,

    Ziti sounds yummy for achy, sore, head ache.  But I took lots of vitamin C and I am doing much much better.  I hope your husband feels better quickly!

    The boys love steamers and since we have been having fish every Wednesday they are getting better at eating it.  Last night my oldest kept popping scallops in his mouth to avoid the green beans, lol!  After he ate all his scallops he cheered "yay!  2 cookies!"  I reminded him he still had three green beans, poor thing put all three in his mouth and chewed as fast as he could- I gave him a half scoop of ice cream to go with his 1 cookie ;)

    Ziti- sounds yummy!

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  • tougherthanithought
    tougherthanithought Member Posts: 454
    edited August 2011

    I made dinner early tonight, because the kids were "starving", so I made tilapia with garlic, cumin, paprika, salt & pepper sauted in a little olive oil and finished with fresh lime, steamed broccoli, and egg noodles.  Of course the kids devoured the noodles, but with a little urging, they both ate the fish AND the broccoli.  Score one for Mom!  Since they ate everything on their plates, they are allowed to have a few marshmellows laterSmile

    This is great, though...my husband's plate is in the fridge, the dishes are already cleaned up, so it looks like I have a few free hours tonight!  It's beautiful outside right now, so I think I'll sneak a quick swim in the pool while the kids are watching tv!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    Score one for Sherill!!!

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  • tougherthanithought
    tougherthanithought Member Posts: 454
    edited August 2011
    Smile
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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    LOL Laurie,



    I forgot about your fish-tastic Wednesdays!!



    I must say, from the sounds of things you have done really well (much better than I did) in exposing your kids to lots of different foods!! They may not love it all but, they seem to have a real liking for a variety of foods that I wouldn't have thought kids would like!!



    I can remember my kids with peas.... They would put a couple in their mouth and try to chew and swallow them without them hitting their tongue....



    They are much better about things now but, it was tough going for awhile!

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited August 2011

    Michelle- I have been on the go the last couple of days, thanks for asking about me! :) Glad you got your last chemo! (yippe) Hope your SE are mild. I cant belive your insurance did that with you having to have your shot at home, dosnt make sense to me. But at least you dont have to travel to do that.

    Sorry your DH is sick, Hopefull its just a cold, i was sick last week with a bad cold, and laurie saying her Dh was sick must be going around, nothing worse than a summer cold.

    Sherrill- Isnt it funny how kids dont like broccoli when they are younger, i know i didnt my mom always tryed to find ways to hide it in our food LOL! Now i love it, and cant get enough!

    Laurie- Thats funny! Your such a good blackmailer LOL!

    Seaside- It seems we are learing together, didnt know you could grow it here, wonder why it is so expensive then? HMMM!

    Last nights party for my DH was fun for HIM!  Had a party for him at the country club golf course, never seen such serious shots being drank in my liffe and boy were they all crazy! HA- I only drank i shot, they were setting up (BJ's) mine was bannana liquor with baileys and kulua with whipped cream, it was so good and did drink it lady like LOL!  Your suppose to pick the glass up with your mouth and drink it down in one shot and everyone was trying to get me to do it that way, i told them if i was out with a bunch of my girlfriends in a differnt place maybe but not here in my DH place of work with all his buddie LOL! I knew i would have to drive him home so drank tea the rest of the night, I dont think i ever saw him that wasted ever, im sure he is not feeling good today!

    So we get home and i tryed to get my DH to eat some of the left over chx i made a couple days ago, in a garlic wine sauce, and he said it was boring, Im like Boring, really? He has never complained about my food before, LOL! He said it was good but boring, i said why because it didnt have a cream sauce all over it he said no, because you didnt make my chicken and dumpling for my bd like you do every year ( his mom did on every occasion for him until she passed away) I felt so bad, i cant believe i forgot to make that for him, so im making a quick version of it today, and putting the rest of the BORING chx in there with it LOL! 

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    Hurray Sherrill!!



    Both on the kiddos eating their whole dinner AND getting a bit of time to swim!!



    Michelle,



    Glad to hear you are hanging in there!! It is natural that you would be feeling a bit (or even a LOT) tired... Rest when you can!



    Hopefully, your husband doesn't have anything contagious and that he feels better soon!



    Debbie,



    Where are you? Hope all is well!!!



    Lena,



    Glad to hear from you again.... Sorry to hear that rads is running you thru the ringer! I know I did great for the first 3 weeks and then it was like I just hit a wall!! The fatigue was tremendous.... Try to take it easy when you can (I know, sometimes easier said than done)....



    How is your skin holding up? Sending very gentle hugs your way!

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    Debbie! We must have been posting at the same time!
    Edited to add: I don't typically do shots but, I must say... The WORST hang-over I have ever had was after my brother's 40th birthday! I got talked into shot after shot. They weren't straight liquor so the were tasty but VERY sneaky!! I spent most of the next day trying to hold my face onto my skull!! That was 5 years ago and I have not forgotten that lesson!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited August 2011

    Debbie - sounds like a good time at the b'day party!  Re chemo, I do still have 4 Taxols to go, so I'm halfway there.  And I went to the clinic for the shot.  It's less than 20 minutes away, so no big deal. That was the end result after the insurance company failed to tell CureScript that they could ship the Neulasta last night.  It was a stupid mess, hopefully I won't need it while on Taxol.  At least, that's what the MO is saying. 

    Michelle

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited August 2011

    Michelle,



    I felt I truly had to comment on something you posted.....



    You said... "And I can't thank all of you enough for rooting me on!  You all inspire me each and every day! "



    I would be remiss if I didn't say what an inspiration YOU have been to ME!



    Your fierceness and determination in dealing with the cards you have been dealt and your ability to see the bright-side when things dont't go exactly as planned are just remarkable!! Couple that with your love for your family (which rings through loud and clear) and your refusal to let your treatments interfere with your plans and you are truely a force to be reckoned with!!



    I hope that if I am ever faced with similar circumstances, that I could be half the woman you have been!



    Thanks for being you!





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