Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

Today is my birthday and 11 year Cancerversary I have so  much to be Thankful for...

Happy Thanksgiving...

Happy Birthday, Sweetie!!! Have a grand day full of thanks, Lisa...

Happy Thanksgiving, and a very happy birthday, Lisa!  I know I'm thankful for your presence on this site, and all the photos you share. And congrats on 11 years, too.

Barbe, the potato casserole does have potatoes (5 lbs of them) which you mash with a stick of butter, 8 oz. cream cheese, and an 8 oz. container of sour cream, seasoned salt, onion powder.  Top is sprinkled with paprika.  I like to make it because you can refrigerate it overnight (or a day or so longer) and bake it for 30 minutes when you need it.  I really did use fat free cream cheese and sour cream, but used real butter.  Most people just love it, including DD's boyfriend who will not eat cream cheese at all.  What he doesn't know won't hurt him!

Isabella, after all most of us have eaten today we'd no doubt be better off if we'd just have a ham and cheese sandwich, too!

Love the drinking as part of one's heritage!!  Now it's on to my favorite part of Thanksgiving, the turkey sandwich!

Kathy

Hi Barbera, thank you for starting this thread, it's great.I am 63, 64 next month, so I guess I qualif y. LOL. I am also a 1 year survivor and with the help of my husband, other family and my friends I got through the ugliness of cancer invading my body. I still work, have 2 great sons, one is married and gave me 2 beautiful grandchildren and the other is, lets say,,, almost engaged. I once again have my health back, almost to where it was before BC. I want to lose about 20 lbs that I gained through the last year with chemo and all, at least that was what everyone said, eat what you want so you can keep your strength up. OH BOY, I should be as strong as wonder woman. LOL. I hope you and your other older friends will except me.  I hope your turkey day was a great one.     Carol

Lisa, have a wonderful birthday and cancerversary!!!





Hope all you girls had a great Thanksgiving!



Love n hugs. Chrissy

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving...and are absolutely stuffed to bits with all the food you have cooked !

I went for my MRI today, for the reappraisal of my spine, I got DH to drive me, returning the favour I did him driving him back and forth for a knee op. a month ago. I do not like MRIs at all, I'm not claustrophobic, but I don't know....getting stuck if the electric fails is my worst fear, so stupid, but there it is. The machine was a bit smaller than the last one I got into, and my arms were touching both sides, which spooked me to start with ! The last one seemed enormous in comparison to this one. I  asked could they turn me round, and could I go in feet first, and they said yes !

The nurse said we'll put you some Michael Jackson on... then she put on some ancient Jackson Five stuff !! Before I went in I had to go and change in a cubicle. I went in to change into a gown, turned the lock for privacy, then tried to get out, and couldn't. The lock had jammed. I was hopping about, wondering what the h*ll to do without causing a fuss, but in the end I had to pull the emergency cord. There were 3 nurses, a doctor and the receptionist at the door in a flash, all shouting 'are you OK?' I was soooo embarrassed when they let me out....everyone looking to see what the fuss was, and DH came strolling up saying ' I KNEW it was you, can't go anywhere, can you'  right in front of everyone, as if I had locked myself in on purpose !!! I was so pleased to get back home....and have been sat with my feet up all evening reading.

I am off to bed early, somehow I get so het up over these stupid tests, now I have to wait 'til December 9th to see what the result is....at the back of my mind I'm thinking 'could they be looking for SOMETHING ELSE ??' Makes me go cold just thinking about it.

Isabella.

Lassie, Hah, I was wondering the same thing about the sparkling clean pan! Hmm.

Isabella now you know they will pay close attention to you in the hospital should you ever pull an emergency cord! I fell over in a dressing room once, got my foot stuck in the leg of a pair of jeans and lost my balance. Atleast you had your pants up! LOL

MAya, I hope you noticed up above that 3Jays left us all a nice Thanksgiving card herself. I hope you get a chance to communicate because internet communication can be so difficult to carry off smoothly. I think it is nice you sent her a card and I betcha she does too. Hugs to you. 

Off to find a turkey sandwich.  

I've seen an apple pie, pumkin pie, bread pudding, Turkey, and a Candle for the center piece. Where's the potatoes and gravy, cranberry saurce, yams and rolls? It's a Virtual Thanksgiving - just the kind Chemo recepients can most appreciate. NO smells, tastes, or gas or constipation. Just what the Doc ordered.  Yeah I have to agree that pan is really really clean. That can't be the pan that made the gravy.

Maya don't you stop doing good things for others. 3jay wouldn't have mentioned it if it hadn't touched her. Being who you are is what life is all about. I enjoy reading your posts and your thoughts. God Bless.

Isabella you never fail to cheer me. I don't think the Doctor has any ulterior motives in mind where your MRI is concerned. It sounds like he really cares about you. Christmas is coming.

Barbe I've found a photo of a poodle skirt for a block. Why are you discussing CS Lewis? Shadow Land with Anthony Hopkins is CS Lewis's story or at least a part of it. I raised my children on his books and JRR Tolkiens. The Hobbit being the first we read together. When the movies came out we were all thrilled at the opportunity of seeing the stories come to life. I am actually online trying to find the leather bound set of all his works for my DS. You make me laugh and I wanted you to know that. I need it right now. 

You all have a great evening. Much comfort and warmth to you. 

Wasn't this the thread where we were discussing CS Lewis??? I know him from the children's books The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. After I read those I knew I could never write a better book myself. I had NO idea he wrote "grown up" books!!!

Barbe  I think it's interesting that CS Lewis's wife died of bone cancers back when and wonder if she had BC initially and didn't know it. Back then they just didn't recognize BC as cancer was cancer. They recognized hers' when her bones started breaking. We are so much luckier today. She was a female prototype for rad treatments. Here's a list of CS Lewis's books and there are more. He was a writer for most of his life, but Narnia was so well received outside of England it made him a name world wide. 

The Magician's Nephew
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Last Battle
Out of the Silent Planet
A Grief Observed - wrote after his wifes death
The Four Loves
The Hideous Strength
The Problem of Pain
Miracles
Till We Have Faces
Perelandra

Well my mouth is getting sore and I'm beginning to worry with the chemo that's going to be where it causes issues.  Roof of my mouth is sore and I feel like I have threads tickling my nose part of the time. LOL.

Sorry to here 3jays feeling so bad right now. It does make it hard to enjoy anything or anybody sometimes doesn't it. I think we all want to be on top of our game but in these circumstances it makes us reassess our lives and lifestyles. Definitely a crossroad in life.  I hope your taking evasive actions against your anti bio. At least with probiotics in capsule form. Helps.

Ginger what's wrong with your hands? So far as focus goes I never had much to begin with so no one should notice too much with me. LOL

Here are some of the pix from the Jazz Festival yesterday

Lisa, I love Jazz.  The first volunteering I did after retirement was at the local Jazz festival.  We have an annual festival every November.  That was even more fun than just going to them.

No, the only one I've been to is the one here.  Once I got so involved at the Senior Center I no longer had time for other volunteering.  I've since cut back some but at one time I was spending 50 - 60 hours a week at or working for the Center.