So...whats for dinner?

Glad you liked it. I forgot about the mushrooms, I ate those too. We had it with a Near East brown and pecan rice. It went really well together. Mashed potatoes would be good too. It would go with most starches I think.

Thanks, Deb.  They warned me that this would happen because of the way they are doing my rads in that specific area.  Everywhere else just looks tanned.  That plate of food looks luscious!

Michelle- Awww, dang!, I was hoping you would get through the rads without much pain or problems, would they let you take a break for a couple of days, not sure it would help though?

Seaside- What i did with the belguin chx was added more flour than called for and let the sauce reduce some without the lid then added the chicken pieces and put the lid back on, took off lid and cooked an additional 40 minutes or until thickened. I also didnt add ALL the beer i had a few sips before adding it LOL!

Carrie- Thinking about you and hoping your mom is doing ok!

Hauntie- I love arthea franklin, sounds like you had a great time.

Kay- I couldnt remember if you told me you made your own Veggie burgers or not, but if you buy them i would be careful of all the sodium in them which can be hard on heart, and i knew you were having some issues with that! '-))

Michelle, we must have been posting at the same time. Sorry you are having skin issues. If it's any comfort, I got really red. It looked like a shirt on me. Saw the RO when I still had 5 txs to go, and he thought I was going to blister and peal and even gave me the stuff I would need for it. I never got any worse with the last 5 txs. And I did start healing immediately when I was done. I hope you'll start healing soon. It hurts just to read your description.



Debbie, thank you for your concern. You gave me a couple of recipes to make my own veggie burgers, and there is one on the package of quinoa I bought too. I will try making them. I have been using packaged ones. So far no problems from sodium, and the docs have not told me to reduce it. But I might as well be proactive on it and not wait for problems. I can't believe how much I like veggie burgers. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, I used to eat lots of hamburgers. Tonight will be homemade veggie chilli. My DH was the one who made that. Joyce, your DH sounds like a dream. When mine does cook, I have to tell him what to make. I wish he would take charge and pick and make dinner sometimes. But he has a really demanding job, and I am not even working right now, so I have a lot of nerve to complain.



Have a great day everyone!

Good morning.....mom came home yesterday, will not convert her till next tues.  Want  her to rest up and lie low till then  the pacemaker only keeps her heart from going below 60 but doesnt regulate.  hers is running around 130.  Otherwise she is tired but doing well...thanks everyone.

The son left this morning...back to Ohio

Michelle  I watched that utube video about rinos....the lobster ravioli looked fabulous.  Glad you got in and had a great meal.  You have such unbeleivable energy that rads isnt gonna get you tired.

Debbie   we love sloppy joes...I make my own sauce though..but that recipe sounds like a good way to change it up a a bit.

Last night was chicken alfredo with spinach...my son loved it and took the leftovers home.  my husband was just neutral, he is sooo hard to please, but yet has never cooked a meal in his life other than spaghetti.  After my surgery when he was taking care of me, I ate a lot of canned soup.  In my next life I will know better and marry someone who can cook!

My DH never, ever ventured into the kitchen to cook anything except a grilled sandwich until this summer when I started chemo.  Then...voila...the man can cook a decent meal! 

I made the mushroom beef barley soup from the recipe I posted yesterday.  Very easy and tasty, although like most soups I expect it to taste better tomorrow. 

The new college grad DD is taking me to rads tonight.  When we get home, we'll have the Rino's Place leftovers along with a salad.  Yum!

Carrie - I guess I decided that nothing is going to get me down!  My DH thought I was nuts this summer when we kept having family over on the weekends right after my chemo treatments.  But I think that sort of stuff is what keeps me going.  And I am not working after having worked for almost 30 years while raising my kids, so this is easy by comparison!  And having been away from the family for 20 years, I really don't want to miss a thing!

Ouch, Carole!  That sounds awful!  I hope serious painkillers are among those pills you're tracking!

"What's for dinner" is really a question at my house. I live with a friend who is a vegetarian – virtually vegan – with diabetes, and a son who is on a strict LCHF diet and mostly eats cream and pork, with the occasional vegetable in between (a somewhat nasty description but not much). And then there is me, a carnivore who likes vegetables but don't eat anything made from flour, because it feels better and keeps my weight stable. So today's dinner was lentil soup with noodles for the vegetarian, lamb chops with yoghurt for LCHF boy and lamb chop/apple/sweet potato casserole for me ...

I kept seeing this thread under Active Topics but only just now decided to jump in. One of my goals is to eat a little healthier, so maybe this will be an incentive.

I just put two sweet potatoes in to bake, and I'll sautee some broccoli rabe and garlic. I baked some salmon the other day and will just heat that up. Tomorrow is tx #2 and fortunately my appetite is still intact (maybe sadly so, as I get really hungry, with cravings for things like mac and cheese. I've held that craving at bay, at least, and I've resisted having a 2nd bowl of ice cream like I often do).

Looking forward to hearing your ideas and sharing with you. 

Mandalala- Oh my gosh you do have your work cut out for you, its hard enough some times to think of what to cook for just me and DH let alone different meals for other people every night!

Hi rachel and welcome- there are some pretty good meals on here some healthy some not so much but a good variety. Your dinner sounds good good. Hope your SE from Tx is easy on you. (((hugs))))

Awww Michelle,



I was really hoping that you would make it to the finish line without having to worry about all of this! Even though my skin was quite charred, my RO and the nurse said my skin held up well (could have fooled me!).... Although, I didn't have any sores so maybe I was lucky!



I used the Aquaphor (yucky but worked), Silverdine solution toward the end and some kind of guaze patches with a lotion in them toward the very end...



While the burn does continue for a few days after you are done, I don't recall things getting worse for me once they quit with the whole breast rads... In fact, things got better during the boosts!



Sending you very gentle hugs!

Thanks, Seaside!  I think mine got so bad because they consciously elected to keep the beam shallow and avoid organ damage.  The RO had warned me that it might get ugly towards the end, so I wasn't surprised when it got uncomfortable.  But the raw sores are pretty nasty and I guess I need to be careful about infection.  The rest of the radiated area is not bad at all, just mostly tanned-looking. 

Shepards pie for supper tonight, that will last a few dinners.

Michelle, I'm glad you are almost done.

Carol, sounds painful, I guess it's blender time, smoothies, mudslides, frappes and apple sauce. lol