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The build is coming along gangbusters. The top is going to be a small bedroom and then a roof deck. We have to stay within a certain size of square feet of living space. Tomorrow I need to go look at windows and doors. Of course since it is near the water I have to decide whether to get impact glass or have to put up shutters whenever it storms.
Here it is from the other side. It is so exciting! The part closest to the front is going to be the kitchen and the rest (besides one bathroom) is living space.
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Ladies, I have to say that after the last 2 years of feeling crummy and wondering how my life was going to turn around. I am so happy right now! We've got the med combo finally worked out. I have energy, my mood is great and I am losing weight and able to exercise again. I feel like I have my life back!
The shop is going very well. The guy is here every day and works hard. He does good work. I can go to my doc appts, exercise classes and take the dog for a walk without worrying about customers or the shop. Both he and his wife both seem to really like living here. I'm just placing an ad in the local newspaper this week in the "Meet Your Merchant" section. Showing that he is doing the work and I get to talk to people and oversee the whole operation. I was trying to do a little too much at first, but now I have relaxed and have learned to ask for his help. The way my hand is now, I cannot work scissors or grasp a knife right. Oh well, my kids say I am bossy anyway! I'll post the pic that is going to run in the ad.
Doesn't he look such the part of a cobbler? (and I look pretty bossy!)
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You both look very happy.
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Wow Nancy! That built is certainly coming along great guns! Can't wait to see it once the skin is on and the window/doors are in........so exciting for you. You and the cobbler look fab! I'm so glad things are working out for you in that quarter and the fact that you are returning to your 'normal' self is a double bonus ...........it's amazing what the right combo of meds can do but so often the time is not taken to do that.
Carole, I had the left knee done two years ago and always knew that the right would have to be done as well. Yes the pain from this op is excruciating and if there were any other way I would take it but when it gets to the point that even to get out of bed is such a pain, well, the knee is telling me its done. It is so bad now that it is affecting the way I walk which is throwing out both my hips and my back so it's not just the knee that is hurting. I'm very happy with how the other one is, it's not perfect but I can now use it with out pain and I don't limp on that side at all.
Each of is is so different and yet we are the same and how the results from the same op can be so varying is mind boggling and in its way, scary but in the end, we all have to do what is best for us at the time the decision is made to go ahead. I have very bad arthritis in my feet as well as I'm prone to gout in those same poor feet so add that to a crook knee and it's a wonder I am still on my feet at all........lol........my aim is to stay on them for as long as possible and this op is just another step to that end.
Carole I'm sorry to hear that your family members are still having problems........the limping thing, in the beginning has to be really thought about. It takes a concerted effort to not limp as we all have a tendency to want to.........I was warned by my Physio about this so made sure I walked without limping from the get go. As I said earlier, this op takes a minimum of a year to heal from so perhaps both your relatives are still healing and there is still a chance that all will be well in the end.
Oh my! I've written a book again..........lol......sorry ladies, I do tend to rave on sometimes.
Love n hugs to all! Chrissy
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Love to hear you Crissy, rave away
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my neighbor's loquats are looking good..
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Ooo Lisa, I love loquats! Particularly when made into jelly......yummmm!!! They are such an old fashioned fruit and really not seen as often as they should as the modern generation don't know how good they are. My gran introduced them to me when I was just a kid........she'd take me down to her orchard which was filled with all sorts of fruit trees and we would do the rounds and taste all that was ripe and then we'd pick and she would make jellies and jams on her old wood stove. She would make jam tarts and serve them with clotted cream that she had prepared from the one cow she used to keep.
Oh my! Such wonderful memories are invoked.......lol.......I can smell and taste the yummies that used to come from her kitchen.........maybe that's why I don't lose weight......lol......I eat too many memories or remember them and then have to go make and eat them......hahahahaha!
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Loquats are just wonderful. Sitting here thinking about them yummy.
I am trying to ignore my knees and every other joint. I know I need new knees but not yet though doc will do them whenever I am ready.
Dh is not going to be home for tea- sorry dinner - so something easy for my sister and me.
Big hugs to all
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Aly, Arie and I had easy tea the other night, pan toasted cheese sandwiches, chocolate milkshake and a piece of fruit to follow.........yummy and simple. We were chatting on how long it's been since we did that and came to the consensus that it was years! Maybe we should do that just a little more often.......good luck finding your easy!
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Chrissy, I've known many people who've had knee replacements and never heard of that amount of pain!! It sounds HORRID! I can see why, without proper physio, one would be prone to limp. You've done well not to. I pray that your next surgery is easier on you. How very brave of you to go into it knowing how painful it could be. My heart goes out to you and anyone else going through this! My cousin just did a knee and her Facebook comments are calm and she's more prone to drama, so I don't know how she's feeling now!
Mac, that is spectacular!! It'll all be ready for summer, eh? Why "impact" windows? Do you get hurricanes there? Wouldn't it be cheaper to replace a window IF it got damaged than to buy an expensive one in the first place? Can't wait to see what the inside turns out like. I hope your ancestors are pleased as they watch the whole thing. Have you gotten any "feedback" from the ghosts watching the process? If not, look for signs. I'm sure they are telling you......
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Barbe, knowing what the op entails has made it extra hard to come to the conclusion that it is time. It was with the help of my visit to my Brother and the fact that we went to the National Gallery to see the Inca Gold Exhibition, and of course that meant a reasonable amount of walking, that put me in such pain for the next two days that I knew it was time to be pro active and get 'er done.......lol. It will be a while yet as this docs surgery list is long as he is very good at what he does.
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Macatac, how wonderful that you're feeling good and things are going well in your life!
Chrissy, you're doing the right thing undergoing the surgery to improve your life quality. My mother, who is 91, had one knee replacement many years ago and never had the other replacement because she didn't want to undergo the surgery and PT. Eventually all the cartilage in that knee deteriorated and she became unable to walk for any distance because of the bone on bone contact. At this age she gets around her home in a motorized wheelchair. I don't mean to criticize her for in lots of ways she's a real trooper.
We have a loquat tree but I don't think the fruit gets as large as that in your picture, Lisa. Loquat trees are landscaping trees here in our area because they're pretty trees with nice leaves. We never do anything with the fruit except pick some off and eat them standing there by the tree. They have tough skins and little sacs inside with large smooth seeds. Is it the same tree? When we have a late freeze, there won't be a lot of fruit.
Another Wed. with the women's golf event cancelled because rain has made the courses so sloppy. This has been the wettest winter in my memory and much colder than normal. I don't mind the cool temperatures but am looking forward to the ground drying up enough for golf and some needed yard work.
Happy hump day!
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I don't think I've ever tasted a loquat. Our unusual fruit is a quince tree. We don't eat very much jelly, so we use most of the fruit in pies. Goes really well with apple. A Greek restaurant here makes quince jam (actually the grandmother makes it) that is delicious with lots of spice. People bring in their extra quince to give her.
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Wren that's another old fashioned fruit that I love. My gran used to stew them as well as make jams jellies and pies. Always served with her clotted cream.........lol.....yup, everything sweet was served wth her clotted cream. Here in Aus I am beginning to see quinces in the big produce market in the city and I can order them in season at my local green grocer but she doesn't keep them as a stock item because she says no many people know what to do with them. It's a shame really.
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I have finally solved two of my health issues. I have been complaining of my hip since last June, and finally got an MRI to show there are no mets there. So I went to orthopedic dr and he said my hip is bone on bone, but would not do a hip replacement because of my diagnosis. So yesterday, I got an injection of cortisone and lidocaine, and the pain is gone! I could have suffered forever, if I had not insisted that we get to the bottom of this. I regret waiting for so long
Next issue, my blood pressure was getting way high over the last couple of checkups, so I went to GP and she told me it was high likely because I was taking so much over the counter pain meds for hip. She prescribed Bp meds, so that solves problem 2.
I have come to the conclusion that my oncologist is only concerned with cancer issues, and does not seem concerned with hip problems or blood pressure issues. That's another reason we have to be involved in out treatment,, and not ignore symptoms that we can do something about, I just wish I had done something sooner.
Have my 3 month visit with onc next week, and it am going to show her the info Bestbird keeps posting a outing testing ascites and sending it to lab that figures out the best treatment to target specific cancer treatments. I am not getting better and can't just sit and wait for someone to figure it out. I at least will know I tried.
Wilsie
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Chrissy, you have such a wonderful, positive attitude! It had to be a tough decision. You are right. Once you get through the rough part, it will be uphill from there, and you gotta keep your eye on the prize so to speak. I wish you all the best.
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welcome Wilsie, we do have to be so involved with our medical issues, don't we? I am so glad you are out of pain for now! Did the shot work right away? I am on high blood press. meds also. You are right about MOs only really being interested in our bc issues. But that is a pretty important part of our treatment.
I forgot to take my evening pain med last night. And found that I still really do need them on a regular basis. lol. I might be getting a cortisone shot in my hand on Monday. It will be my 1st appt with this doc, so we'll see what he says.
barbe, yes we get hurricanes and storms called Nor'Easters. Since this cottage is in the coastal area, for insurance purposes they want me to use either impact glass or have shutters to put up at any time.
Chrissy, you know we'll be right with you when you go through this next knee replacement.
So I don't know if I even know what a loquat or quince taste like. Are loquats like kumquats?
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Welcome, Wilsie. I agree with Nancy that our onco's are only interested in our breast cancer issues. Glad your pain is better. I have an appt with my GP tomorrow and plan to ask about some hip pain I've been having too.
Nancy, the house is really coming together quickly now. I think I'd opt for the impact glass too because I wouldn't want to mess with shutters all the time. What if something came up suddenly and you weren't there? I love seeing the pictures of the work in progress, so keep them coming.
Chrissy, I've never heard of loquats. Are they indigenous to Australia or are they found in other places? Also, I've never had clotted cream. My grandmother used to get butter from a man who went door to door. His wife made the butter in lovely molds and it was so pretty. Good, too.
Kathy
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Chrissy, The produce manager where I shopped before moving here built up quite a business in his department. He would bring in unusual fruits and veggies and display them with "Take One" recipe cards that had a couple of recipes and some "suggestions for use". Very often the unusual became routine.
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Welcome Wilsie! Oh yeah another one agreeing that we need to stay on top of our health problems for best results.
Kathy not sure where the loquat originated but it does like warmer climate than what you would get. When they are fully ripe they are really sweet and soft but a lit of people prefer them just before ripeness as they then seem to have a tart bite with a sweet after taste. My gran used to make the clotted cream by placing the milk that had gone through the separator on a large pan and putting it to the back if her wood stove. As it warmed the cream rose to the top and then she would scoop it off and chill it in the ice box. The milk she then used for her baking, custards and puddings. We also used to call it scalded cream as the milk was never allowed to come to the boil.
BBL as I'm at the radiologist for my xray.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Ok, X-ray done and home again....yay!.....but I'm bushed! Country living is lovely until you need something medically done quickly.........that's just not the way the country is set up.......lol......there is no such thing as quickly. Anyway, all done, I have the films and report and now I just wait until Tuesday to see the ortho.
Now where was I? Oh yes, scalded cream/milk. My gran had one cow which she bought to feed me........yes, I was a bit of a problem right from the start........lol.......and nothing has changed in that department........so my early years were spent with my gran traipsing around with her when she went to the cow shed or into her garden or down to the chook and duck pens. She was very self sufficient and even made a bit of coin by selling her produce is she had a glut. Yes, I grew up on home made butter and as a special treat and if I can get some pure cream from the dairy, I will make some the same way she did. If you have ever had the home made one it's hard to not compare the mass produced one to it.........home made trumps every time.........lol.
The flavour of scalded/clotted cream is like nothing you have tasted before and almost impossible to describe........you really need to taste it yourself. In recent years I have actually found clotted cream in the better supermarkets and it does have the same flavour that I remember but is very expensive so it's unlikely I would buy it too often.
Chabba that fruit and veg manager was very imaginative in his selling technique.......good for him! It was a great way to introduce new things and tastes to a lot of people and as you say, a lot of the tastes once tried become the norm.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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chrissy' as a toddler I was taught by my Dad that if other people eat something I SHOULD AT LEAST TRY IT. It was a lesson that enhanced my life and even won me friends. On my last job before retirement I worked with a group of Philipinos . It was at a Chinese restaurant with that I encountered the only item I ever had trouble eating, It was tiny octopus about 1/2 inch across. They were just too cute to eat. I even tried the balut (embreonic duck eggs)
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Chabba I have no problem eating baby octopus, they are delicious but the embryonic duck eggs? Ahhh I don't think so! Brave girl you!.......lol. As much as I hate to say it, my mother was no cook.......everything tasted the same so at a very early age I was cooking and was very adventurous with flavours and textures. As I grew older and had some money I wanted to try all the different cultural foods........I have my favourites but I like most things. I love to cook, I think I got that from my gran although she cooked through necessity rather than pleasure but it all tasted good!
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thanks all for the welcome! I will try to have sense, I have no problem with the "older" part. Matacamty, yes the shot worked before I left the office! I am still getting used to walking without a limp, and I slept on my right side for the first time in months.
Great alternative to hip replacement, for me
Wilsie
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I haven't eaten clotted cream but we had cream that rose to the top of the milk when I was growing up in rural Louisiana. We poured the cream off to put in coffee and drank the unpasteurized milk. There were periods when we had a milk cow. Later my father bought milk from a dairy whose owner was a friend. My dad took his own 1 gallon jars and had them filled with milk. I think he paid one dollar a gallon jar. I'm sure this was not legal but no one ever got ill from drinking the unpasteurized milk.
Even my dh has become convinced that a person has to look out for himself or herself as far as health concerns. I had been telling him that for years. Recently he had to call his cardio dr.'s office and tell them he needed blood work. He heard a dr. on tv say that people who can't take statins because of muscle pain might be able to tolerate taking a statin every other day or every 3rd day. DH suggested this to his cardio dr., who agreed it was worth trying. But then there was no followup with blood work after a few months to check liver function.
This morning is my exercise at the YMCA. I never look forward to it but feel so good afterwards! Maybe it's virtuousness!
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My onc told me that my TMs are going DOWN!!!!!!!!! By about 100 points! They started an upward trend over a year ago and since then it's been up almost all the time with a short period of stable. It looks like my new tx (Faslodex) is doing its job!
What's also so nice is that when I posted about this on Facebook so many of the people who commented and "liked" the status probably don't know the difference between a tumor marker and a Sharpie marker but they knew it was good news and were happy about that.
Leah
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Yay!!!! Way to Leah!!!!! It's so nice when we get good news rather than bad and tumor markers on a downward trend sure is good!!!!!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hi All: This is my first time making comments. Hope I don't lose the thread. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer for the 3rd time. First was in October, 1996 Left Breast. Had lumpectomy and radiation. Second time was in February, 2009 Right Breast. Had lumpectomy and radiation. This time was diagnosed in February, 2014 Right Breast again. I am scheduled for surgery on March 20th and will have a double mastectomy at that time. Radiation is not an option this time, since I've already had it once in both breasts. I do not want to go the chemo route, but I'm feeling pretty positive that it won't return again -- Fingers crossed.
I was happy to find this topic. I welcome the opportunity to find support and friendship in a place of peace and tranquility. I am all set for surgery, having planned out what my recuperation will require. The hardest is boarding my largest dog at my Vets until healed somewhat. She is active and strong, which could do some damage to my sutures unless they have healed a little.
3rd time will be a charm, and I expect to recover quickly and get back to becoming healthy. Of course none of us can predict the future, but remaining positive helps a lot. Nice to meet all of you and get a chance to catch up on how you are all doing.
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Oh my! Three times! You certainly have been hit hard by BC! Hopefully the BMX will do the trick this time and send it packing for good. I guess that having been down the road a couple of times already will help with knowing what to expect this time round..........but as always, life can and does send us the occasional curve ball.
If you have any queries, worries, rants, raves, or need to shed a tear or three we are a great group and will certainly do our best to support you.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Welcome Shull. This is a great group.
Leah, Good news!!!
My DM cooked for my DF and he would barely eat anything (corn, green beans, potatoes, peas). DH loves to cook and will try anything twice in case it wasn't done right. It's good because the first try at calamari was like eating rubber bands. He's very clever at combining foods and makes great vegetable recipes.
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