CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.

I'm not sure about the dietitian. My doctor wants me to lose weight, but the dietitian says diets don't work, people gain back the weight in 2-5 years, etc. She didn't seem to think that me losing weight was a good idea. Or maybe she's just against deliberate attempts to lose weight. I'm a little skeptical about her. She's a fat positive dietitian, which I knew before I went to see her, but I don't think I agree with that philosophy.

Weight loss aside, she did recommend that I split up my calcium doses into two different times of the day. We also talked about changing the way I eat - I eat very little for breakfast because I'm not a morning person, and then I'm hungry all morning, which she thinks is leading to me eating too much later in the day when I do have meals. She recommended I try to have a couple of morning snacks since I'm not interested in eating more for breakfast. She also recommended I eat more low-fat dairy (skim milk, that sort of thing) for additional calcium. And she said that getting more exercise would help with my cholesterol.

She talked a lot about the importance of complex carbohydrates, and she says during my next visit we'll talk more about fats.

Last night I got woken up again by another twinge of back pain, this time on my left side. Once again it only lasted for a second, and didn't really hurt that much, not more than a 2 or 3 on the famous scale, but woke me up. I had just gotten to sleep only 10 minutes before, too, after having tossed and turned for hours. Since this was the second time in two weeks, I called my GP's office. I asked if I needed to be concerned, since it was one quick pain, and I was fine afterward. Of course the nurse says that with my cancer history, I need to come in and be seen by the doctor. She made an appointment for me for next Tuesday afternoon.

Lucy, that sounds like fun. I was invited to a play this evening, but I'm just too tired after my restless night. I'd probably fall asleep in the middle!

Yes, I'd think you would lose weight from eating healthier in a lot of cases, certainly in mine. I wonder if the dietitian is just against weight loss as a goal. It was a hot button, I changed the subject.

I haven't had any more pain, even though I did setup and tear down for a music rehearsal this afternoon, complete with moving speakers on hand carts, setting up a tarp, and laying out and taking up a mile of cable. It's just weird that this lone mild pain woke me up this morning and yet I have no problem doing relatively strenuous stuff.

mommy, yeap, snowstorm 3 is going to miss the east coast, happy day! Sunny sky so good chance isnow we have will melt.

Pt gave me exercises and goodness but i think they are helping, aint a gonna quit

glad you got a break from snow, Mommy and others!

my knee is a bit better, but I am spending a lot of time elevating and icing it, per doc's orders. Restful, but boring. Knee has to be above my nose when I elevate it, so basically I am flat on my back in bed or on the couch for fairly long periods. Hard to read or play on the computer....I just listen to music and nap. Obviously, there are worse treatments.

Hope all are having a good weekend!

Octogirl

Thanks, Octo. I'll have a feeling that this dietitian and I just don't fit well. She was highly recommended, and she didn't take 3 months to get into see like the local people. I'm going to try to get what I can from these sessions, but follow my oncologist's advice above all else.

That knee elevation does sound boring. Have you tried listening to podcasts? I listened to some over Christmas when I was doing some boring tasks that kept me from reading or watching a video (cutting out loads of construction paper animals for kids) and some of them are really interesting.

Octo ...napping is one of my favourite pass times :-)

Iris ..Keep warm !!! I hope skipping a dose helps the redness ..

Hugs

gee i remember when i had foot surgery years ago, pal brought me 2 bags of peas, they worked well, tied themon my foot with old elastic band

I read a on line post of someone with the hand and foot thing, her doc gave her something, forget name, but it cleared it up. My pet scan is set for next week so need to hang on.. also need to hit the store for more cortesone 10 cream

Snow in nj seems to be a bust but my sis in boston lost power

Hi everyone! Just checking in. Things are crazy at home. No evening nurse for over a week due to illness. Wyatt is still not well but seems to be slightly better on antibiotics. HUGS everyone!

I think Mother Nature is indeed intoxicated.

(( Mollyy ))..sending healing prayers for Wyatt ..

Mommy...I LOVE my Crock-Pot..I actually have two of them ..I like to have 2 different curries brewing in them if we have family and friends over for dinner in the winter . I can't wait for the weather to cool down so I can start using it again..

Iris ..will be in your pocket for the pet scan ..what day do you go??

Cubbie ..I hope the stretches help ..if not would you be able to swap to a different blood pressure meds ??

I think I am getting a cold ☹️....funny ..I was only telling someone a few days ago how I haven't had a cold in years ..how no self-respecting germ would dare live in me ..etc .! 😷

Hugs to all ..

I also have two Crock-Pots. My big one is usually for stews, chili and soups and meals too large for the small one.

Mommy ..I love to cook a chili too..

Iris ..haha ..nothing better than exercising the jaw 🤗

Looking forward to today ..Going with the family to South Bank for lunch..Octo you would know where that is !...then to see Aladdin the Musical this afternoon .

Hugs to all

Lucy, I don't think I'd be able to change blood pressure medications at this point. It took a whole year to find medications that worked for me and didn't cause serious side effects. I'll just have to hope the stretching works.

I don't have a crock pot, just a rice cooker.

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Nothing like a nice, juicy discussion of instant pot vs. crockpot to draw me back onto the boards! At my last cookbook club get-together, a few members nearly came to blows over the relative worth of them, especially the instant pot! A couple of women use them constantly; another one has tried it and doesn't see what the fuss is. Another swears by her rice cooker but is contemplating the instant pot. Me, I have a couple of Revereware stock pots and a Le Creuset dutch oven that was a wedding gift. And leek and potato soup on the stove at this very moment. And by the way, everyone should read Salt Fat Acid Heat, the cookbook for our next meeting. It is really fascinating!

Nice to see you back, Cubbie! And happy quite belated birthday to Octogirl. And hello to everyone else.

I've been not in Crazytown but in torn-in-two-town for the past month, since my mother fell. She's back home after a stint in the hospital and rehab, but she seems to me to be declining quickly, whether due to the dementia, the cancer, or more likely, a combination of the two. My siblings and I have been with her 24/7, but we're hoping to put in place some overnight care within the week, so we can, at least to some extent, go on with our lives. We're all stretched pretty much to the limit. I'm deeply grateful to Atul Guwande's Being Mortal as the single best guide to helping us thread a path through the jungle of possible care strategies to find the level of care that's necessary and not intrusive. On Friday afternoon, when I was with her, she had what I suspect was a seizure, not grand mal, since she was conscious the whole time, but frightening nonetheless. I spoke with the on-call doctor, and we decided against the emergency room. But it did make me realize that any of us could be there when something like this this happens, and it helps to have a game plan. She has a good geriatrician, who gets the big picture. But the medical establishment really isn't set up to help people who are simply in terminal decline. There are scary symptoms, and we need to figure out what they are, or will be, so we will have the means of comfort, if not cure, on hand. Of course she is scared of what's going on, but she also is in such cognitive decline that she doesn't fully understand it, and it's hard to know how to verbalize things in a way that will help her. A very great challenge.

Meanwhile, I hope that all are well and anticipating spring. Or: SPRING!!! We've not had terrible storms in NYC, but the area where my mother lives has had quite a bit; fortunately, she did not lose her power, but many in her part of NJ did.

I returned last night from three days with my mom, so fried that last night I simply had to watch the following, ever-so-silly video, so I leave it here as my gift to all Crazies, everywhere!

good jolly! Need to visit with tax person, will see the result, not much income or deductions but have bunches held back so i usually get back, will see with dt how things are this year