Carol Sue, I hhope y'all had a good day at the casino and you got some good reading done.
Oncology called early and woke us up this morning. Turned out it was the pharmacy. I wasn't ready to get up but I got up any way since DH was awake. So he got me up and helped me dress and get settled in the living room. Since I was still sleeipy I went back to sleep and slept too long and am still sleepy. I've had my protein shake and I noticed that my feet or less swollen today. This is great as far as I am concerned as I am hoping I will be able to do more as the swelling continues to go down.
We ae planning to have the rest of the roast today. I want mine with good veggies. DH told me that we have gobs of veggies, but I told him that is because I love veggies. I will have veggies and cantaloupe with it for dessert.
I hope you feel better today and had a good nights sleep. Have a good day everybody.
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Trish, I'm glad things,are going so well for you. I'm glad the swelling is less. I take that as a good sign.
DH won $1000 at the casino. A few other people around him won too, one woman won $4000. So now he decided that Tuesday is a good day, as we usually went on Wednesday or Thursday. But actually, any day can be good or bad. That's why its called gambling. But he's happy so I'm happy. He will probably want to go on Tuesday now. The day doesn't matter to me.
I have NY steaks defrosted for dinner as long as DH agrees. I can't refreeze them. I will eat veggies as I too love veggies.
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I haven't weighed for several days,because I went up to 183. Today I finally weighed and its 181.4. Happy!
I've been sitting in the sun the past few days and the sun makes me lose my appetite. Its always been like that. I don't know why. I cooked the steak yesterday and had broccoli with it. It was so good. I think NY strip is my favorite steak but I haven't eaten many others. Wal-Mart sells thin NY strip so I buy them because he likes well done. Its hard to cook a thick steak well done. Mine goes on for a couple minutes on each side.
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Something good is going on with my blood sugar. It has been much lower. It goes up when I eat but comes down much faster. I hope this,continues until June when I get my next A1c.
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Didn't weigh today. Blood sugar is still doing very good! I don't really think I'm eating any different. Its almost as if my diabetes is gone but I'm still taking my meds, just not as much. And yesterday we were out and about and I was able to walk so much better. Legs seemed stronger and no loss of balance. I didn't need a shopping cart or to hold onto DHs arm. Not a lot of shortness of breath. I can't pinpoint whats different. I started back taking vit B12 but I don't think it effects any of those things. I hope it continues whatever it is.
No specific plans for today. We will probably go out to eat but since Lent is over I want to order something different. If we go to Rodneys they have a lot of other things I like and haven't had for a while. DH might still order fish. I am able to eat smaller portions lately, and bring some home for tomorrow. It seems that my compulsive over eating is gone or under control. Another thing I hope continues.
I hope you are having some good days too, Trish and feeling good.
Carol Sue I'm so glad you are improving in so mamy ways.That is awesome. I am happy for you.
I guess there are good and bad days with this chemotherapy. I had a few good days and then now I'm having some bad days. Back to eating soup because of up set stomach. I'll be back when I can. Just checking in to say I'm hanging in there.
Have a good day.
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Day didn't start out to well but I'm feeling much better this evening.
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No scale today. Very poor sleep. Yesterday I ate a baked Italian hoagie and felt terrible. I used to eat them all the time and loved them but not anymore. Its just a lot of deli meat and cheese on a hoagie roll with lettuce and tomato. Its just not the kind of food I eat anymore and my body didn't like it. Too much fat and sodium. I tossed and turned all night.
I found several articles that said low but B12 causes loss of balance. I thought I posted it here but it didn't save. This tells me I need the B12. I am using sublingual.
Trish,I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. Just rest, and post when you can.
I looked back over my records to see what I wrote after the other 2 infusions and found that days 3 through 5 are really rough days for me. Some worse than others but bad. Then I remembered the team nurse telling me that was possible. I feel like something has changed for the good though because I slept through the whole night and didn't wake up once to even go to the bathroom. I went to bed around 1 am and got up around 9:30 am so that is good. I read about the meds I'm getting for my next infusion and while it could still be rough on those days, I am hoping it won't be quite as bed. Another good thing yesterday and today is that my swelling is going down which I think is going o make it a lot easier for me to do more for myself although I do still tire easy. I watched our local weather man who has gone through chemo/radiation therapy and he is now cancer free, but he said he still can't eat much and he still gets weak a lot. Of course, I didn't have the treatments that he had but it just tells me this is all normal. I realize that week one after infusion is iffy, but thank God week 2 I start feeling better.
Carol Sue I'm sorry you didn't sleep as well as you probably would have if you hadn't had he hoagie. I would love to have one but I also know it probably wouldn't set well with me and it isn't worth me trying it. I hope you will have a good day today and rest well tonight.
I'm going to have my chicken noodle soup and fruit for dinner today and try to stay hydrated. Not sure what DH is going to eat. He wants his chipped beef, but he will have to save half of it for another day if he has it. I think his tomatoes have turned on him and is causing him BM problems but he doesn't want to give them up. I hope he will finally stop eating them because I don't want it to cause him any other problems.
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Hi Pipsicle! Good to see you.
Trish, I will never eat a hoagie again. My eating has changed the past several years and there are a lot of things I used to eat but don't like now. No wonder I gained 80 lbs. We buy deli meat and cheese occasionally but the hoagie has so much! I seem to prefer bland food now.
I was falling asleep in my recliner yesterday so I went to bed early. I didn't think I slept well but DH said we had a fierce storm and I slept thru it. Didn't hear a thing. I tossed and turned again. I don't know why.
Pipsicle, It is always good to hear from you. Yes, I am fighting through this praying that I can have my surgery soon and able to take a pill that will keep me from every having cancer again.
Carol Sue, Like my Daddy, I am one who loves sandwich meat, but I don't think I can eat a hoagie or subway sandwich ever again. I am basically eating very little each day because there is no room for it in my stomach. Although it was a blockage that took me to the ER when they found the cancer which I hear is just part of ovarian cancer, DH wants the doctor to check that when she does my surgery to be sure I won't have the blockages any more. It is my hope that once everything is removed that it wouldn't happen again any way.
I feel like something is going on from this last tough therapy. I woke up during the night with pain in my ovaries. I have a strong pain medicine the doc prescribed for the pain, but I don't like taking them very often. However, I did take one and went back to sleep. I notice that the medicine doesn't do away with the pain completely but it does make it more bareable. I think it is because it is such a long way to the ovary.
DH cooked steak today and we had Harvard beets and sweet potato fries. It was really good. I think I'm going to have him cook steaks even when I'm back to cooking again. While I am so thankful for DH and all he does for me, I do have to say that I am getting tired of having to depend on him to do things for me and I look forward to when I can get up and dress myself without his help. I would be lost without him so I know I am blessed to have him. However, I would love to be able to cook and eat some of the foods that he won't try to cook. He really does pretty good for someone who never had to do it before.
Y'all have a great day and Carol Sue, I hope you will be able to get noriceable sleep and rest that you are aware of tonight.
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Trish, I want to try making sweet potato fries in the air fryer and also zucchini fries. I've never made either but I've had them out. There was this one place that didn't have French fries but they had zucchini fries and we both liked them.
I don't understand about the pill you are going to take after your surgery. I don't think I ever heard of that. I wonder why people can't take it to prevent cancer in the first place. It sounds lots of a good idea.
When I first met DH I don't think he had ever cooked much. When he made French fries they were frozen ones and he cooked them in the oven. Now he won't eat them but cooks fresh potatoes in oil. He also made instant mashed potatoes and scalloped potatoes from a box. Now that I make them from scratch he won't eat them either. I think the only meat he ever cooked was hot dogs. After he retired and I was working until 5:30 he started cooking more. He started cooking hamburgers and pork chops because he didn't want to eat so late after I got home and cooked. I started liking coming home and having dinner all ready. If something happened to me he would keep himself fed.
I finally got all my clothes washed and hung up. I wash my tops etc separate from all the other clothes because I wash and dry them on gentle/cool. DH helps with laundry but not my clothes. He would never take the time I take with them. I still have whites, jeans, his shirts, towels and sheets to do. I love when its all done and put away.
II want to stay up later so maybe I will sleep better. No nap today!
Carol Sue, I had never heard of the pill either, but from what I understand it has something to do with harmones after a hysterectomy. I find it interesting that they don't have a blood test to know if a woman has or could have ovarian cancer. Men can have a PSA blood test once a year to protect the prostate from cancer. After every chemotherapy they do a blood test to check my C125 that tells me how high or low it is. It was extremely high in the beginning which was a good sign I had cancer. They checked it this last time and it has come down quite a bit now. Not where it should be for cancer free but much less than what it was.
I'm not pleased with how DH does my clothes right now either, but glad he does them.
He has gone to the store today instead of tomorrow because he has a part coming for the car today and will work on it tomorrow. He plans to get Chinese food and I have to say I look forward to having it although I won't be able to eat much of it. I'm kind of tired today, but still feeling much better than I have been. I hope each day now will be better until I have to have the 4th and hopefully the last chemotherapy treatment.
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Trish, I looked up that drug and there are a couple different ones. I guess it depends on each case. I did hear of C125. I'm so glad your feeling better and your labs are improving.
We are having difficulty deciding what to have for dinner recently. We don't like the same foods. It helps when we eat out because we can choose different meals. But I like chicken and would like to eat it once a week. No restaurants serve chicken except for grilled boneless breast. He will only eat boneless breast. We used to get rotisserie chicken and he ate white meat and I ate dark but he never wants it anymore. He likes a lot of ground beef dishes but I just tolerate it. I don't want to cook 2 meals but it will come down to that. This is funny but I can't laugh about it. If I cook extra chicken to have on hand he feeds it to the dog. The dog loves chicken!
I didn't sleep well again. I think my blood sugar is up. If its in the 80s when I go to bed I sleep well. If its over 100 I toss and turn. I have to make sure I eat my last meal and take my G by 4-5 o'clock.
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No scale again. I don't like the scale anymore.
We went to Wal-Mart for a few things and got McDonald's breakfast sandwiches. I thought DH would want to go to the casino today since he won last Tuesday but he hasn't mentioned it yet.
I'm still not sleeping good and I'm not walking good like I was for a few days. I think I jinxed myself by talking about it.
