Smiley, have a wonderful trip. Two weeks away at your favorite place sounds like just the ticket. I am sorry that the 2 year anniversary of losing your deal son was so difficult. I am glad you are still continuing with the counselor, it is so helpful to talk to someone.
Did not know they know how to celebrate Mardi Gras over there. Any excuse for a party, right?
Last night when I was walking our dogs down our street, I met a big group of paraders of a certain age (gray headed) loading up their vehicles with parade throws for a night time parade here tonight. They were already in let us say celebration mode, drinking wine it looked like out of goblets.
New Orleans has to get past the Superbowl first I goes, then on to Mardi Gras!
Cheryl, hope your CT meeting with your oncologist went well.
Peg, did you have your MRI and petscan? Hoping all the scans come out clear. I am glad you are feeling more positive but hate that you are facing the treatment you are. Hang in there.
Patsmom, think of you. Hoping your pain is under control.
LMP, happy 4th! It sounds like you are getting good reports! What did the endo say? DD22 is so busy, I have not heard from her since the weekend. Is the weather as awful there as it sounds?
DD22 got promoted last week to associate district manager. From intern to here in 6 months, not bad. She said it was bittersweet, as the position was open since someone was leaving, and it was someone she liked a lot.
I guess she is getting a dose of the real world. She said she hopes she can handle the workload.
I am just glad we will see her in 3 weeks. Now we have a true reason to celebrate.
LMP, we are staying at the Eventi in Midtown. I looked at a hotel on the upper west side but it just was too far afield. Our son is going up too, so I ended up booking 4 rooms, at a good price. At least it is all booked.
We are trying to figure out which plays to see but my brother is guiding us. February is apparently not the best time for Broadway shows, either shows closing, or show openings being delayed until later.
Sorry I have been MIA, but my mom has had a couple of issues, eye problems (extreme increase in "floaters",) which necessitated a trip to a retina specialist, and a deflating breast implant. The plastic surgeon just put in a temporary saline one back in 2008 as the plan was to go in later and swap it out for a silicone one. She was scheduled to do that one December but backed out. So now the temp one sprung a leak and suddenly deflated. Took her yesterday to have it removed, which was not a big deal since it had basically shrunk down to nothing. She declined putting in a more permanent saline one, even though it would have the opportune time.
She is just done with it, and realized she can swim just fine without a breast!
I am on course with my Ideal protein diet. I have lost more than 15 pounds and a lot of inches, especially the chest and waist.
I am trying to drop more before our NYC trip where i will go on a modified version of the diet for 5 days so that I stabilize and not gain weight but be able to eat more whole food. I will get back to the losing weight version and try to make my goal of 125 pounds. Working out at the gym and walking the dogs seem to be helping me. I feel very fortunate. I am also a bit surprised at my will power. I don't normally turn much down, but I feel better, and am learning which foods to eat together and how to space the carbs out in the future (eat for breakfast and then dinner to have 12 hour intervals between carb intake).
There is a lot about nutrition I never knew. The good thing is that even now I can have seafood (I have been eating a lot of shrimp and even had boiled crawfish!). I am just not eating them with any starches or sauces. I was able to make a mean gumbo with just okra, shrimp and fresh seasonings, no roux. It is pretty darn good, and compliant with the diet.
I can do this.
One problem I am having is a flare up of a neuroma on my right foot. Anyone here ever have it. I saw both a podiatrist and a orthopedic years ago but all they ever did was give me a cortisone shot. I wear wide toe shoes, but my right foot still gives me that constant nerve jolt. I guess i will go see about another shot but it it seems pointless.
Well, small enough thing to complain about compared to you ladies in treatment or facing more.
Have a nice weekend, ladies.
for everyone. God is good and I am blessed.
