So...whats for dinner?

i don't know.. i think pie crust with butter is pretty awesome.   I am going to try with lard tho.. very soon.

did i mention that my sour dough bread was awesome? I'm going to get so fat if i keep having these bread and butter snacks.  Next time i will add more salt, cook it quicker, perhaps in a pot or something so it will rise higher.

Laurie - the first shrimp recipe that popped in my head was scampi.  I see you found another one.  My second option is shrimp cocktail, so that's not much help either!  As for that sandwich, he definitely split the meat on half of it in two.  He had them bring more bread so he'd be able to take it home and make a couple of sandwiches from the leftovers.  That's two steak knives holding it together, instead of the usual sandwich toothpick!

I went for my pre-op physical today and everything was fine.  It was kind of a waste of time as the PA didn't do anything that my MO hasn't been doing every two weeks throughout chemo.  Since it's been less than 30 days since my last one, a letter from her would have been adequate.  The only other thing I needed was an EKG which could have been done much closer to home.  Oh well, live and learn.  They told me they don't "like" to use a port (WTH???) so I told them I'd be drinking clear liquids until 4 hours before my scheduled surgery.  Otherwise, they have no hope of getting a vein for the IV.  My date with the OR is now scheduled for noon. 

I guess DH doesn't want to do any cooking over the next few days.  I went to the grocery store and he told me not to get anything for making dinner.  I got breakfast stuff and some fruit.  You'd think he'd be tired of restaurants after being on vacation.  But I guess not.  I wonder how he'll handle dinner tomorrow night when I'm not going to want to go to a restaurant.  I guess that'll be curbside pickup...lol.

Apple - I love sourdough bread...yummy!

Carberry -  a year is a very long time, I'll bet you're tired of showing up there every couple of weeks!  I'm sure they will love the cookies!

Michelle- Hope every thing goes smooth tomorrow will be thinking about you!

Love sourdough bread with lots of butter

That's a hit when I have a Christmas Eve Party.  Not this year, DH and I are going to visit DD in Bermuda over the Christmas Holidays.  Maybe we better get our passports before we book the flight.  Next week for sure.  Had toasted tuna sandwiches for supper.  Got home late from visiting my Dad who is miss behaving with the CNA nurses, yelling and refusing to do things that they ask and somewhat confused at times.  I am told it is only going to get worse. From what I read in the log book he took a swing at one of them.  This really upsets me.

I am taking the day off tomorrow for 2 appointments, a bone density and eye exam.  In between those appointments I am asked to shop for festive decorations for the Q3 meeting at work. Oh well, it's OVERTIME. 

deborye   sorry that you have to see your dad like that, it is so hard on the families when you know that your dad would have never acted like that.  rest assured though that us nurses are aware of the dementia stages and what comes with it, and hopefully he has great aides and nurses that will love and care for him no matter what.

Laurie  I hear ya on the non-creative part, so tired of trying to come up with new things and please everyone.  My DH asked what the special occasion was that he was getting lasagna, cause I hate making it, and really dont like eating it either.  So I told him the occasion was... I wont have to cook for awhile and he will be eating lasagna all week long.

Tonight is hump night and since we cant be outside anymore, we will go to a local restaurant that has 1/2 price appetizers and a special on beer. Hopefully all the gang will show up, it is so hard to keep up with everyone once the weather turns and we hybernate.

Just got home a couple minutes ago.  We even stopped and had dinner at Texas Roadhouse (now I know how Rick intends to feed me over the next couple of days).

We got to the hospital around 10:30 and they got me ready.  Even though I drank plenty up until about 7:30 this morning, the first attempt at an IV was a failure so I showed the nurse where to make the second attempt.  The anesthesiologist was there along with three other nurses - it was quite a party - so the poor nurse was under a lot of pressure! 

The doctor came in and marked me up about 11:45 and they took me away at about 12:20.  I remember getting from the guerney to the OR table, then it was lights out until I woke up in the Recovery Room about 2:30 or so.  Apparently, unbelievably, my Kansas Plastic Surgeon had put in 600 cc tissue expanders rather than the 375 cc ones that he told me he had inserted.  So the removal took longer than expected.  I guess I missed a big opportunity to be "boobalicious"...lol.  It's no wonder those things were so uncomfortable, they were way, way too big for me.  Rick was starting to get a little worried because of the additional time involved.  But everything was ok.

I was awake in the recovery room for probably 45 minutes.  They gave me a snack and a drink, my discharge information and then I got dressed and was out of there.  We were at Texas Roadhouse at just past 4 p.m. and we were back in the car at 4:40! 

It's nice to be able to take a deep breath and not feel those obnoxious expanders!  I'm not in any pain at all, surprisingly.  You'd think it might hurt a little.  Maybe the anesthesia is still doing its job, or I was already numb from the mastectomies and it's just not going to hurt that much.  In any case, I have prescriptions for three days of antibiotics and some Tylenol with Codeine, in case I need it later. 

The surgeon told Rick that he "looked around inside" after he removed the expanders and everything looked very good.  That is very good, indeed!

Recovery should be simple, I can shower tomorrow and resume all of my normal activities except I have a 10 pound weight restriction until I go back to see the doctor in 10-14 days.

Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts, prayers and well-wishes.  One more procedure done, finished, complete!

Debbie - get yourself some breast "enhancers" and a cheap but generous bra! You should be able to get that Dolly Parton look going on!

Deb - so sorry about your dad. I hope they can do something to keep him calm and comfortable. My mom is on antidepressants and it seems to be working. She sees a geriatric phychiatric nurse practitioner through her assisted living facility.

Carrie - my DH loves lasagna, too. And after everythng he's had to do (and that includes the upcoming seven weeks of driving to Boston for rads) he deserves all the lasagna he wants!

Michelle

Laurie,



We do a lot of shrimp when we go to NC on vacation each summer since we can go to the docks and buy it as the shrimp boats come in...



We have this one every year and it is light and delicious.... Really showcases the freshness of the shrimp....



http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/linguine-with-shrimp-scampi-recipe3/index.html



I also have a really good Shrimp Creole recipe that is tomato based but not too spicey... I will dig tnat one out and post it soon....

Michelle, glad to hear surgery went well and you are home.  Another procedure to cross off the list.

Deborey, I am sorry to hear about your father.  My mother has been diagnosed with Alzheimners for over 5 years.  Laurie really said it, it is so sad that they don't recognize you and you don't recognize them either.  They are not the person you knew any more.  A couple of years ago, my mother fell and had to go into a rehad facility for a while.  She did things there that she would never have done before, and it was embarassing.  She took a swing at some of the aides when they tried to get her to do something she didn't want.  And some of the mean things she said were very uncharacteristic of her personality.  But there are still good times that we have.  She is like a kid in a lot of ways.  Her face lights up when you give her an ice cream cone.  And she still has fun and laughs over lots of things.  She lives with my sister and really is very happy.  I hope your dad has lots of good days.  There are good medications that can really slow the progression.  ((((((hugs)))))))

I correspond a lot with the owner of the home care that my Dad has, she said the VA takes their time in paying her.  She has a client that is VA approved and she has been caring for him since June and has not go one reimbursement check from them.  The VA has that, "hurry up and wait attitude."  She has been calling them and keeps getting transferred to this and that person and still can not get results.