So...whats for dinner?
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Michelle, you have been my guiding light on the fluid intake - I've been chugging all day and thinking of you. Now sipping some very good green decaf tea - I've almost made quota for the day.
We actually finished the gelato and then he brought out the fettucini - I guess we're now members of the 'eat dessert first' club. I think we're going to make post-treatment gelato a tradition - it was so good. I had fig hazlenut and DH had blueberry vanilla.
I am getting off easy on cooking again tonight. A friend dropped off some acorn squash soup and a fresh apple pie that just needs baking. So kind of her to think of us.
Lynda, so sorry to hear about your dad. It sounds heartbreaking.
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I have been so busy and there was so much to read when I just checked in- I know I am going to miss someone
Sue- I am so glad that your first round is done and that you had a friend rally for you and bring you some food. The support is almost as important as the food. I hope your SE are minimal and that you keep seeing support like you did today.
Lynda- I too am so sorry about your Dad. It is such a terrible disease, so hard to watch someone you love go through that. To have then close enough to touch yet so far away. ((hugs))
Docbabs- I agree the tuna steaks sound really good, thanks for sharing. I may have to try that next week for fishtastic Wednesday!
Debbie- Have a margaritas for me! Each week you make me jealous, I love a good Margarita and haven't had one in a little bit now.
Michelle- I'm glad you tried to enjoy the sin, yet glad you gave in and had a nap instead. I know what you mean about missing out on the sunshine though. It won't be long and we will be forced inside for months, you hate to miss a drop of that beautiful warmth.
Today after feeling sick for tow weeks I went to the Dr and have a sinus infection. Nothing big and very thankful that they gave me antibiotics to kick it. Better than just being told you have a cold and wait it out. Michelle, I'll be honest and say I was afraid to come to lunch on Sunday and expose you to germs after just finishing chemo! So now I have no worries! I'll have been on antibiotics for over 24 hours and my germs should be squashed!!
I was super busy today getting ready for my sons fourth birthday party tomorrow. I just finished wrapping his presents. So I made the boys some pasta with butter and cheese, they were thrilled and each ate three helpings. My DH and I just had chicken salad wraps from the left over baked chicken I had made. So pretty much no cooking for me tonight.
I got a kick out of everyone talking about the food they grew up on and whether their mom was a good cook or not, family recipes etc. My mom was a wonderful cook, my Memere was a wonderful baker. My mother never baked, ever. I'll be honest and say I don't like to either. Maybe it's because I have a salt tooth instead of a sweet tooth. Over the years we lost some family recipes too but I am thankful that I spent enough time with my mom in the kitchen that I watched enough to know most of them.
I also couldn't agree more about this thread being so supportive and pleasant ALL the time. I actually stopped going to the boards very much a while back because of ladies being a bit nasty. I still go back bit not very often. I prefer to stick with you wonderful women.
On Sunday I am sure we will have a toast to all of us here when we get together at Pickety Place. So Debbie get ready for your ears to burn or your nose to itch
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lol! Michelle- I meant you enjoying the SUN not SIN! But if you enjoy it go ahead and sin too :P
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We had Chinese for suppa, delishl
I just got an email from a former co-worker and she is having a very hard time with her reconstruction healing due to the radiation. I don't know what type of BC she was dx with but had (has) a rare type called atypical microglandular adenosis. Usually it is B9 but hers is cancer. She already had 2 lumpectomies but they were not able to get clean margins even after her BMX still could not get clean margins. She is done with chemo and radiation but after 1 month it still has not healed. I told her she should visit BC.org because she is really in the dark about this. Poor kid.
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We just got back from Polcari's in Woburn It was great to meet our friends from Milton, but it took them about 90 minutes to get there! I don't think we'll do that again. It's much easier for us to just drive against traffic to their house and then go out. We've known them for 40 years, so they were good sports about it, but we'll have to plan better the next time. DH ordered chicken and veal parm, and I ate a little off his plate. And they had a special salad with apples, pears, walnuts, gorgonzola and a citrus vinaigrette that I shared with Ann. I am already in my jammies...kinda tired tonight.
LOL, Laurie...sin/sun...hehehe! I am glad you went to the doctor and got the drugs. I'd be really disappointed if you couldn't come Sunday...can't wait to meet you in person!
Sue - yes, yes to gelato before the entree...fabulous turn of events! Fig hazelnut sounds most interesting. And keep on drinkin' girl!!!
Lynda - my mom has Alzheimers or some type of dementia. She is in better physical health than I am, yet she has both the short and long term memory loss. It's so hard to deal with, and she's still cognizant enough to know it's happening, which is so sad.
Deb - the problem that your friend is experiencing with healing after radiation is precisely why I want to have my reconstruction first. I've never heard of that particular type of BC. That is so hard.
Michelle
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I wish she would open up more to me. She is in her 30's and TN. She said,
"I hear people talking about the prevention drugs they're on and the tumor marker levels and I feel like it's another language....what I have (had?) is triple negative cancer and I have no tumor markers...basically the only real way to tell if it comes back on me is if I have some type of symptoms. After having 2 lumpectomies, I did indeed end up having to have a mastectomy. On top of the cancer, I had something called atypical microglandular adenosis and they couldn't get clean margins. Even with the mastectomy, they still didn't have clean margins which is why I ended up having to have radiation on top of the chemo. And it's the radiation that's causing havoc on my reconstruction. The tissues are just so unhealthy that the incision is having a hard time closing. I had the surgery a month to the day of it opening up. And that's with a less than a-cup implant in there (had to go super-small due to the unhealthy tissue issue).
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Hauntie- (Lynda) You caught me, yes i was thinkning hmmm pre mashed potatoes, but heck i just bought sausage crumbles at the store, and if the potatoes are good i will buy them LOL!
Im so sorry that your dads memory is getting bad, i know that has to be so sad and hard for you (hugs) I love my dad so much and i dont know what i would do when that happens to him.
Sue- Your fig gelato sounds good , i never liked figs but for some reason im loving them now.
Laurie- You are like michelle always on the go so no wonder you are not getting any better ;-))) Hope your son has a great birthday tomorrow- I also love the memere saying must be a midwest or east coast saying as i have heard that word several times, i think it is so cute, i always called mine grandma ( I know boring) LOL! My nose is itching already LOL!
Deb- Sorry about your friend ;-((
I was telling my DH and friends tonight about you ( not personal stuff) but how wonderful you all are, and how i wished i could be there to meet you all, so if you ever make it out this way i would love to have you, i dont have a big home, just 3 bedrooms and 2 baths but i have 2 couches and could fit you all, or better yet, my DH can get you all rooms at the casino which is only 3 minutes away ( for free) he has clout haha! but we would have a great time, Maybe someday????
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Oh and Michelle, i downloaded ei 9 but still dont see that little green tree in the cornor, as you know i finally put a picture up of myself but it comes out sideways and cant correct it, i did rotate it in a program and when i tyred to put it in fb and here it still is sideways dont know what the heck im doing - darn it!
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Debbie - that little green tree is in the grey bar above the text box where we enter our posts. it's just to the left of the smiley face. I am definitely on the go this weekend. Today we are going to my daughter's, I'm going to dance class with the 4-year-old and then spending the afternoon with her. The rest of the family is supposed to go to a festival, but it is raining and it doesn't look too optimistic. And DH is supposed to play in a charity golf tournament, and that may be washed out, too. I'm trying to come up with something fun for lunch with the little one. I would take her to the American Girl Doll Store, where they have a restaurant. But it's a little far, and I am not quite up to that trek today.
Memere is French Canadian for grandmother, so you hear it mostly here in New England. Nana is also popular for those with an English background or in the case of my SIL's parents - his mom is from Malta and she is Nanna. My friend Ann is "Mimi" but I think that's because she doesn't like "grandma"- it makes her feel old. Her DH is called 'poppi". My grandkids have extra sets of grandparents because I have an ex-husband and he has the French Canadian background, too. So he and his wife's parents use Memere and Pepere. We just add first names to it when there's more than one. Somehow, the kids keep it all straight!
Some day we'll be out there in our motorhome and just pull up in your driveway, Debbie! At least, that is our hope - to be able to do that. My DH is from SoCal and he has family in the Long Beach and Anaheim area. He had an uncle who lived in Seattle, but he died a few years ago. In any case, I suspect we will get out that way some time in the future.
Michelle
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I've been up since 5. I've been having horrible problems with restless leg syndrome (RLS) the last 4 nights. This is something that comes and goes with me. I haven't had it in quite a while. The first 2 nights I got up and watched tv until I fell asleep in my recliner. When I woke up about 4 a.m I stumbled into bed and was able to sleep until the alarm went off at 6:15. The 3rd night it hit just before I went to bed - back to my recliner - same deal. Last night I was able to sleep in bed, but the RLS hit at about 5 this morning. I looked up RLS trying to figure out what's going on. Stress is one of the causes, and I've got that in spades right now. I know I stay up way too late, but I've always been a night owl. I'm sure being overtired doesn't help.
I don't remember having real sleep issues until BC. It was absolutely horrible then and has been a chronic problem since. I swear chemo did something to my brain chemistry. Absolutely none of the prescription sleep meds work for me and I've tried them all - ambien, lunesta, etc.
On a positive note, I cleaned out my dish cabinet and have almost a complete service for 4 and other miscellaneous stuff I'm getting rid of.. I made enough room in the cabinet to store the 2 place settings, that are left, from my aunts china set. They must be more than 80 years old. I'm was going to bring the stuff I cleaned out to Savers (a second hand store chain). I was supposed to go out with my cousin later this morning, but I'm not sure I'll be up for it. I need to rest up for Pickety Place tomorrow. I hope the weather is better than it is today.
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Lynda - my daughter had a problem with restless leg syndrome and I think it is a symptom of anemia. Who does chemo and doesn't get anemic? Something to check out...maybe some extra iron and folic acid will help you. I am taking a prenatal vitamin from WalMart that has hefty doses of both.
Michelle
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good morning...another rainy breezy day in NY. went out to dinner last evening and had bblackened mahi mahi, they offer it as a sandwich but i told them to leave the bread off, it was really good but gave me indigestion later.
I hope you guys have a blast at lunch...be sure to take pictures..I know you will Michelle. And if you are getting in the RV Michelle and going across country, dont forget to stop in NY and every state there is a BC sister...ha ha that should keep you busy!
They say lack of potassium too will cause the restless leg....eat a banana every day.
Today I am going to make a pot of chicken corn chowder for my DH, he is a soup fanatic, and has been really stressed with work lately and was very grumpy last night. Happy weekend everyone!
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Hauntie - you may make some connections in this thread.. about parents.. i lost my dad to Alzheimer's and mother in law to Parkinson's.. both brutally debilitating diseases.. it was sad but they both had awesome lives.
http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/79/topic/766411?page=4#idx_111
It's called aging parents anonymous and can be found in the complimentary and holistic - natural forum here at BCO. sometimes the intraforum links don't work for me at least.
i love peppadews peppadews I eat two at least.. they are really good.. I never can find them around here tho I obviously did once.
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I made veggie pizza on boboli bread. I spread pizza sauce generously over it, added motzerella, and feta cheese, and lots of red, yellow, and orange peppers, onions, and olives. It was super tastey, and DH and I ate the whole thing.
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Michelle- I guess i didnt connect french canadian for NH i dont know why, I was never good in histroy or geography, could be i was always in the bathroom smoking instead LOL! (Dont smoke now) I just love all those names you all use there, If i ever have new grandchildren i will have them call me memere. ha!- Got the photo editor as you suggested and it worked, now i will try out the little green tree thanks! Hope your day wasn;t a wash out.
Hauntie- I was also gonna say what michelle said, could be anemia, my dad had it real bad and started taking lots of vit b and magnesium after a few days he stopped having the restless leg syndrome. I hope it gets better and you are able to sleep tonight.
Carrie- I love blackened anything, fish, steak, chicken even my hamburgers once in awhile- Hope the chicken chowder helps with your DH grumpiness. ;-)))
Apple-When i went to ky last month i took 2 jars of the peppadews with me, my friends went crazy over them, my friend asked the manager at her local walmart if he could order some for her and he did, maybe you can ask your local grocers to stock it, if not i would be happy to send you a couple of jars, just let me know.
Zumba- I second Debs LIKE- it sounds wonderful.
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Yahoo, i did it!!!
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Re my RLS. These attacks are infrequent - weeks/months go by without one. I don't know what triggered it this week. I know I don't have anemia, since I just had blood work last week. I'm also taking potassium because I'm on diuretics. I just know I hate them and that I need to get some sleep. Especially tonight. I want to be well rested for Pickety Place tomorrow.I looked up some info on RLS that said pain meds can help. Those I have. I'm going to try it tonight and hope it helps,
The weird thing is that these attacks never happen when I nap during the day or early evening. Only when I go to bed for the night. I was out all afternoon with my cousin and I'm fighting falling asleep right now. I don't know whether to just fall asleep, so I can get whatever sleep I can or stay up, so hopefully I can sleep tonight. Although with my insomnia - napping/not napping doesn't seem to matter. I know if I sit down in my recliner, right now, I'll be out like a light. I'm leaning towards giving in to sleep.
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Oh - I meant to tell you all what's for dinner tonight (if I can stay awake long enough to eat it). Leftover store bought rotisserie chicken and leftover pre made mashed potatoes
And the left over HOMEMADE tomato and cucumber salad. Here' s the "recipe" for the salad - slice fresh garden or farm stand tomatoes and cucumbers in a bowl, drizzle on some oil, sprinkle with some italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Let it sit until the juices flow from the tomatoes. You can add a little vinegar as well, but my mother never did. My father could eat a whole bowl of this for dinner, with italian bread, on hot summer days. He likes his ice cold. I prefer mine at room temperature. The best part - for me (as with the family gravy) is dipping that bread into the juice. Maybe I'll just eat that right now and forego the chicken and potatoes? -
I gotta get me some of those.
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pain pills or farm fresh tomatoes and cucumbers?
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Peppadews, LOL
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RLS, is that when you are trying to go to sleep and you get the sensation to stretch your legs constantly? If so, that happens to me once in a while, very annoying.
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Debbie - That's it. Maddening, isn't it.
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I read that it is the lack of dopamine in the brain, WTH is dopamine?
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Debbie - This is from Psychology Today "Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure centers. Dopamine also helps regulate movement and emotional responses, and it enables us not only to see rewards, but to take action to move toward them." I read that In severe cases of RLS they can treat you with medication used to treat Parkinson's. Since Parkinson's is caused by a dopamine deficieny, it makes sense that lack of dopamine has something to do with severe cases of RLS.
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Hi ladies! I spent the day with the grandkids, we went to see The Lion King in 3D, and then we went to my SIL's parents for dinner. In the meantime, DH went to a golf tournament that took just a little too long, and my daughter ended up bringing me home because I was soooo done! I am planted on my couch and the only other place I'll be going is upstairs to bed. Need to rest up for tomorrow's excursion to Pickity Place.
Zumbagirl - your pizza sounds yummy!
Michelle
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Today was my mom's 85 b-day. Had a party for her at my sis's house. Real nice time. Several cousins had tix to the Phillies game today or it would have been a bigger crowd, but my mom really enjoyed it. I made meatballs, sausage and ribs, and everyone raved about all of them!!
Hauntie, I used to have restless leg syndrome. I actually was afraid I was going crazy. It was terrible. My DH told me ot put a bar of soap under my sheet. I thought it was a ridiulous idea, but it actually worked. I'm not sure where he heard it. '
Have a great reswt of the weekend everyone!!
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I just wanted to pop in real quick so you all know I am still out there! We had a very busy day with the party and I am pooped. At 9:30 I am the only conscious being in the house with a pulse, even the dog is passed out. So perhaps I should try to join them! Although I don't usually head to bed early.
See you ladies tomorrow at Pickety Place, anyone I have told that I am going there says how wonderful the place is! 12:45 reservations right? Also, what is the dress code? Is there one or is it casual?
Hope everyone had a great day!
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