Diabetes Chat for Spring/Summer 2023
 

Have you been diagnosed with Diabetes or told you have Pre-Diabetes? If so, come chat with us regarding the challenges it presents for weight loss.

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Mad, thank you for clearing up my questions about celiac.

​​​​​​At our hospital, anyone who lives alone OR has no one at home who is capable of caring for them is required to go to a rehab center after surgery etc. Our hospital has a rehab floor. Even if you have someone at home you are taken to the rehab floor where you show that you are able to go up and down stairs, get in and out of bed, go to the toilet unaided etc. A woman who lives alone told me she had to show that she could operate a stove to boil an egg.

Just a quick check in. They say between day 10 to day 14 the immune system is the lowest so I assume that is why I am so tired right now as this is day 10. I go for lab tomorrow afternoon so I told DH that I want to get one of their wheelchairs to take me in because I get too exhausted using the walker here at home. Still not eating enough. One meal a day and some days like yesterday it wasn't even a meal.

Have a nice day.

I posted but it went poof into cyberland. It's late, after 1 AM so I will go to bed and post tomorrow.

This morning weight was down .4 to 182.0.

I'm glad you checked in Trish but sorry you are still feeling poorly. Hopefully that means your body is fighting off the cancer. I hope you lab work turns out well.

We have had a busy and costly week. DH lost his wallet. No money in it but we have had to cancel and replace all his cards. I have to do most of it because he doesn't know what to do. His mom took care of him for the first 20 years. Then wife #1 for the next 10. One year he was on his own. I don't know how he survived. Then I took over since then. He just cannot be alone. :lol: But he is helpful to me when it comes to cars and physical work. We expected someone to return his wallet or turn it in but nothing so far. Its a pain in the butt to replace cards. We did the important ones,drivers license, credit card, medical card. We have found wallets but returned them to owner or turned them in to police.

We went to the casino yesterday and lost. :(

HI Carol and Trish:
Carol, sounds like a losing day all around, the only good loss was in your weight. LOL I hope the wallet gets found and returned. Watch out for identity theft. Its possible a pick pocket got it too.
But not if none of the credit cards showed usage. Was it lost at the casino?
Trish, Chemo can be terrible this way, and you are showing good sense and self-care by using whatever assistance you can get, including being pushed in a wheel chair. Do not worry about not eating for now, maybe a bit to keep up strength, but its quite normal to not want to eat at this time, I am sure you were told that. Perhaps an ice cold not too thick smoothie would be something to sip at. I know my FIL had ice cream and popsicles only some days.

The procedures went well, but the pain is still there. I was mad hungry last night and ate a lot, so was surprised at 173 on the scale again today. I checked yesterday before I started drinking my fluids, but that was a "cleaned out" weight, and it was 173. I would have thought the weight of the food alone would do it. I had several slices of raisin toast (GF) with butter, some yogurt and some sauerkraut, so breaded fish and 2 potatoes (those done in the airfryer) so that is easily 2-3 meals. Today I hope to eat lighter and lower carb. The bread is going into the freezer. It has psyllium and xanthum gum in it, for bulk and fibre and cohesion to replace some of what gluten does. This are suspects for my pain. But I wanted to try the raisin toast first, would have given to my celiac neighbour if I didn't care for it.
The pain is still there this morning, fairly mild, at least it did not wake me. After fasting well on Tuesday, I feel a renewed desire and ability to fast at least once a week for 42 hours. I won't worry about that now until next week, will just focus on IF and lower carb. So that means making some cake today, I am going to a friend's birthday party tomorrow. She is in a nursing home now, so it will just be a few of us, but that will be lovely.
I am amazed how much better I feel, and how quickly that has happened, now that I am off gluten. Already less joint and muscle pain, less fatigue. what a relief!

Have a good day friends.

Mad, the wallet was not stolen. Its all very strange. We were at the drive thru ATM at our bank. When he tried to withdraw money it went thru the entire transaction but then just closed down and returned the card. No cash. He tried twice. After we pulled out I told him to try my card. He had put his card back in his wallet but it was still on his lap not in his pocket. I told him to try a lower amount with my card. He was not pulled up close enough to reach the ATM buttons so he opened the door and leaned out. This is when we think it fell off his lap and out the door. We left there and drove to the Dairy Queen. This is when he realized the wallet was gone. We drove back to the bank and it was not there.

I'm glad you feel better without the gluten but sorry you still have pain.

For some reason I was exhausted yesterday and fell asleep at 3:30. Slept until 8 pm. Got up and watched tv til 10 then went to bed. No food or drink after 3:30 except for water to take meds. I believe that is why the scale is down .6 to 181.4. I should be able to not eat or drink in the evening when I'm awake. After that extra long nap I was still able to sleep when I went to bed. So I am very well rested today.

I should probably make a Wal-Mart run before I cancel our credit cards but I do have 2 other credit cards I can use. I have a credit card that is only used for online purchases. I can use that in a pinch.

Hope you are geek by better, Trish. :hug:

I am under so much stress right now and need to vent. I called the credit card company about DHs lost card. I wanted to close the account and open a new one. The agent I spoke to could barely speak English and was very hard to understand. I answered all her questions to veriify who I was but that was not enough. We went back and forth and my patience was wearing thin. Before she sent new cards she wanted me to fax or text a copy of my Federal ID. By this time I was screaming. So I got irate and told her I have other credit cards, just close the account, and she did. Thing is, that was my favorite card. I might just end up opening a new one as a new customer.

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Update:

I applied for a new account with the same card. Not only was I approved, but my credit line is twice the old one, the interest rate is lower,
and I get $200 cash back after spending $500. This tells me they were not giving me the best offer available on the old card. I will never come near the credit limit and I pay in full every month so the interest rate doesn't matter. So why couldn't that woman just send me the new cards!!

I tried to semd a post yesterday and lost it and just didn't feel like writing it again. Then I got a call from oncology that the doctor had called in an prescription for Levofloxican to take 5 days because my white cells are too low. Then today I got the full reports on my labs and my hemoglobin is too low. No wonder I have been feeling as I have.

Mad I hope you are beginning to feel better today.

Carol Sue I'm glad you finally got the credit card situation worked out.

Hope y'all have a good day.

Trish, I'm sorry you are getting these bad lab results but hopefully the meds will help. I feel bad complaining about things that are really just an inconvenience. Prayers continue for you.:hug:


Trizh, I had a very bad reaction to that med! Be sure to read the side effects!

Hi everyone: well, my sweet tooth has reduced a bit, I got a Toblerone cake by Almondy and its TOO sweet. Hard to believe I would ever say that. I bought it because I did not have the energy to make my GF cake for the birthday party I went to today. My neighbour is 86, and several of us went to her nursing home where she has been living for the last few months, and had a little party for her. Everyone liked it, but I found it too sweet. Its a nice cake though and I bought a few and put them in the freezer for occasions when I need a GF dessert. There were on sale at the Walmart, so it was a reasonable expense. My energy is slowly returning though. And the overall body pain is much better, including my feet, so I am pretty happy with it.
I go to a friend's wedding tomorrow, and the supper if GF but not the dessert, and right now, I am totally over having dessert anyhow. DH suggested I take a little something to have in the car in case I want something. Then I start my low carb. No big plans for the next week or so, but its March Break, so Auntie Madeleine might get the opportunity to take a child to see Puss In Boots or something. Could be fun.
Trish, I hope you are better soon. they may wind up transfusing you before the next round of chemo, and I hope you do ok with the meds.
Carol: you must have really needed that sleep. I am still not able to nap, but I am waking up better rested than a week ago, so thats a plus

Have a good weekend.

Mad, I eat sweets but if there is another option I don't. Like at a party where cake is served, I will eat other food if available. If I eat cake with no icing I'm ok but icing is too sweet for me. That contradicts my food addiction but if we go to a buffet I will go through a second time while DH heads for the dessert table, more than once. When I entertain I never think to make dessert because I don't like it. DIL picked up on that and now brings dessert!

Last night I was reading a suspense thriller and didn't go to bed til 4:30. I could not put it down. Surprise ending!! As a result I only slept for 2.5 hours. I see a nap or very early bedtime coming. I can't nap at will but if I'm reading or watching tv I just doze off. Its not usually restful sleep unless I actually get into bed. If f I try to nap, no go.

Because of no sleep and late eating I did not weigh this morning. I did very good with food but then realized I took 2 mg of G when I should have taken 1. I ate so I would not get a hypo overnight. I hate when I do that.

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I'm making chicken tenderloins in Cream of Chicken soup but I make it in a casserole in the oven because DH liked cubed hash browns on top. I had planned on just grilling them but he didn't want that, so now dinner is going to be later than usual. I have to decide on a vegetable.

Dinner was very good but I got potty issues. DH is fine so its just me.

DH received his replacement drivers license already. That was fast but costly. I signed him up for credit monitoring. I will watch this closely for the next 12 months at least. I could probably lock his credit because I don't foresee him applying for any new credit.

I didn't take a nap specifically but I dozed off and missed the end of a Hallmark movie. I'm ready to go to bed now but will wait as long as I can. We turn the clocks ahead tonight. Its funny, but DHs alarm clock changed last night. Apparently the date is set wrong. It did that in the fall, too. I love daylight savings time. I like when it gets warm enough to sit outside and its still light out. but don't like it after the temps go over 80-85.

Thinking of you, Trish. :hug:

I got on the scale but when it flashed 183 I jumped off before it registered to the app. If it doesn't register to the app it didn't happen. ;)

I have a short list for Walmart and want to go before it gets crowded.

I slept straight thru til 5:30 and feel good.

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I rarely buy fresh cauliflower, I buy frozen. But I want to make baked breaded cauliflower so I need fresh. The ones at Wal-Mart were so small,like baseballs. So we went across the street to Aldi's and they were just as bad. I told the woman next to me "This is enough for me but what is the rest of the family going to eat?". :lol: I bought 2. I also bought green peppers to make stuffed peppers but then I realized I bought cabbage for stuffed cabbage. Now what am I going to do? DH is not going to want stuffed peppers and stuffed cabbage in the same week. I'll figure something out.

Didn't feel all that great this weekend. I sleep alot with this anyway but while taking the antibiotiid I seemed to sleep more usual. I think I was just so wiped out before this happened that I just didn't have much energy left when it was time to start therpy. Today is my last day to take the antibiotic so I hope I will have time to build up some strength round 2 next Monday.

I have made myself eat the last few days working toward that goal, but still can't eat much because feels full all the time.

Have a nice day everybody.

Trish, I'm glad you're finishing the antibiotic without any bad side effects. I think the sleep/rest is beneficial to you. I know this is harder than you expected and its harder than I thought, too. Hang in there. I've heard it said that God won't give you more than you can handle. Put it in his hands. My prayers continue.

I made stuffed cabbage rolls today. They are in the oven. I only made enough for us for today and tomorrow. 20 small rolls.

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I almost had a mess. I guess I didn't put enough liquid in the cabbages. Based on how long I usually cook them I should have checked them at 3 pm but let them cook until 4. I dozed off and woke at 3:45. All the liquid had cooked away and they looked burnt. It turned out that they taste great, but there's no sauce to put over them and the pot is burned. We might have to throw it away. DH usually checks them for me but he was in his computer room talking on the phone to his brother. I'm so glad they aren't ruined.

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I fell asleep after eating and when I woke up DH had scrubbed the cook pot and its sparkling like new! I thought we were going to have to throw it out. I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought.

This my last day of low immune system trust that tomorrow being my 1st day of building my immne system back up to getting strength back so I can ready for round 2. Other than still feeling tired I actually feel better about every thing. My niece who used to work for the American Cancer Assocation is coming to visit. She shared with me some of the things that I need to be doing to even while I am having treatment. She has told me to drink a root beer float to offset the chemo taste I also read that one of the side effects of a one of the meds is low blood sugar so I need a little bit of sugar. I believe this knowledge is going to be very helpful.

Have a nice day everybody.

No scale again today. I know I'm overeating and its,from the stress of all that's going on over the lost wallet. Once we get all his new cards I can forget it except for monitoring his credit for new accounts. Sometimes when I'm upset I don't eat and sometimes I overeat. When he was in the hospital it was a don't eat stress.

I think I said that step daughter quit that job where they had her unloading trucks. She got a check from another former employer where they deducted excess dues for something. So that's like an extra weeks pay check. Today she has an interview with a small local used car dealer and its promising. She doesn't like the hours, she will have to work Saturday. But she had a previous job where she worked 7 days a week. She can get used to hours.

Trish, you sound better today. I think talking to your niece will be very helpful. Getting advice from her will make the future look a little brighter. You need something to cheer you up.

How is DH doing with his eating now that you are unable to cook? Before I met DH he sometimes ate at his mothers, sometimes ate doughnuts, or sometimes ate French fries at the bar. Since we've been married he has learned to cook a few things so he won't starve.

I'm doing some cleaning today, and gathering my bills to be paid by the end of the month.

I don't know what's going on for us for Easter. All I know is I'm not hosting. Its too much for me anymore but I will help someone else if they want to host. Otherwise I will cook a ham and make potato salad. We don't want all the other stuff.

I have developed a lump under my thumbnail. Couple months. I can feel it but it has no color. It was very very painful if I touched it but one day while washing clothes I spilled Clorox on my thumb. It burned badly but afterwards the pain stopped. If its still there when I go to the doctor in June I will ask him about it. Dr Google was no help.

I will get back to my cleaning.

Still no scale. All the junk food DH buys is getting harder and harder to resist. I am a carboholic, trying to reform but failing. There is very little food in the house that doesn't spike my blood sugar, and the crap is calling my name. I should not be blaming my weakness on him. He tells me "You don't have to eat it" And he's right. Its my responsibility to say no. But its so much easier when its not around so much. He used to buy things I don't like but now he's buying ice cream every week and Oreos. He doesn't like chocolate but he knows I do! I need to ask God to give me strength.

My step daughter got the job. Although it is full time, her schedule is less than 40 hours a week. They told her she can come in early or work on her day off to make up the hours. I don't know if she will do that. They told her they are closed Sunday and Wednesday but she will work every Saturday. She told them she won't do that so they said every other Saturday. With her husband's work schedule she only sees him on weekends. I'm glad she spoke up about that. She can go in and work on a Wednesday even though they are closed. I hope this works out for her. I don't want her to hate her job.

Carol Sue, I am glad your step daughter got the job and I hope it works out well and she likes it.

I know how easy it is to eat the junk food. I hope you can get it straightettned out soon.

I have had a very good day. I can actually say I have felt pretty good. Eating is good and I think I will start getting my strength back each and everyday.

I forced myself to get on the scale and I weigh 183.4. I'm not happy but I expected it. I've not been doing well with my eating or my eating window. I need to develop more control and determination. This is being reflected in my blood glucose readings, too, which is not a good thing. I start the day out good but then I start snacking. I'm not hungry, I just want to eat. I need to get one good day in and then do another. I guess I will always be a compulsive overeater. I can control it for a while but then it starts again. I did well when I lived alone because the food was not in the house. I can't tell him not to have his snacks in the house. But the things he's buying now are my trigger foods. In my heart I believe he is doing this intentionally. For some reason he wants me to fail. I can't let that happen.

Trish, it warms my heart to hear you say you're having a good day! I want you to have more of them and keep feeling stronger. :hug:
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Carol Sue, I have a suggestion. I think the best way to get control of this situation since DH is going to buy the foods any way that maybe you could work those things into your eating plan. I know you like the low carb and fasting, but maybe just mostly use fasting window and plan to have one or two servings of the trigger type foods each day. Then slowly cut the portion down until they don't trigger you any more. Buy planning to have it, you are in control of it and it will alimitate feeling like a falure and out of control. That was the thing I liked about WW. I loved being able to learn portion control because I could eat a little less or a little more depending on what I was eating. This is when I also learned that just I could have more, I also learned I didn't alway want the whole serving and then I learned that some time just a bite satisfied me. Count it in the daily calories you allow yourself. Just a suggestion, but I think you need to feel like you are in control instead of your DH.

I am having another good day. DH cooked fish today and we had beets and sweet potato fries. I'm learning about foods to counter act some of the side effects I've been experincing as well as how to eat to build up my white/red blood cells and raise my hemoglobin because they were so low last week. I've been craving beef and found out it is because hemoglobin is low. I've been hungry for a Sonic HB so I think I will get DH to get me one tomorrow.

Have a nice day.

It is so good to know you are starting to feel back to your old self even though I know there is more chemo coming.

Weight is down to 182.6. That's because we went to the casino and I no longer eat there. Nothing actually tastes that good there.

I can and do fit some of DHs food into my plan, like potatoes and beef. But some things like Oreos and Klondike actually have too much sugar for my blood sugar. I try to keep my carbs to toast with my eggs or a sandwich with SL bread. The others should be an occasional snack but try as I might I cannot moderate with them. They tend to be triggers that wake up my compulsive overeating. I can eat a whole pack of Klondike bars in one day, whereas I can eat a small portion of ice cream. In fact, I'm craving one at 10 AM because I know they are in the freezer. We had a talk about this yesterday but I don't know if I got my point across. When I lived alone and craved something I knew I had to go out to buy it and usually didn't want to. If I did, I would buy a one serving size instead of having a full size in the house.

Carol Sue, I actually do understand that and I agree it is a problem since DH is going to bring it into the house. DH and I both got hooked on those a few years ago and when he started checking sugar content in food, we both agreed not to bring them in the house any more. It helps that DH works with me because he has to watch his sugar too.

It feels good to almost feel normal again. I hope I've learned enough from my niece so that it wom't be too bad when I get my next round. I think if I can eat to keep hemoglobin, red and white blood cells up, hopefully I will do better this time.

Have a nice day.

Hi friends: not doing great either, I was down a little after the colonoscopy effects subsided, but am gaining it back. I am definitely not eating as much as before, but still gaining. However, the sweet tooth is back and I am craving dessert.
Not very happy about any of it. I did OMAD yesterday, so going to put that into place at least a couple of times a week and build to fasting again. Will have to reread Dr. Fungs books and watch some of the videos again.

Trish: Be gentle to yourself and don't have expectations about doing anything but chemo. Don't plan to cook, and let others feed you or stick with Smoothies. There are some you can buy pre-made.
with your white count low, you are prone to infection, so avoid going out. You may even want to mask when out, to protect yourself. Any little cold or other virus can really strike you when you are low.
And yes, I think now is not the time to worry about pounds or blood sugar etc. unless your physician tells you otherwise.

Carol: glad the cabbage rolls were saved. Could you not just give them a bit of tomato juice on top? The packaged ones I get never have enough of the juicy stuff, so I add extra tomato juice. They have the right spices in the cabbage rolls, so plain juice seems fine. I hope you find your way back to eating better.

Still having lots of fatigue. Today is the anniversary of my mother's death. Even though its been 13 years, I still miss her. With each passing year, the memory of her dementia recedes and I remember all the good stuff. SO no St. Patrick's day outings for us, just a quite night in.

Have a good weekend friends.

I made a discovery today. Since I was born in Philadelphia I never met my maternal Grandmother until we moved back to Pittsburgh when I was 7. My first memory of her was taking me to get ice cream near her apartment. She seemed very big and old and didn't wear shoes. She passed away when I was in 5 th grade. Today I found her obituary online and saw that she was 70 when she passed away. That is 7 years younger than I am now,and I thought she was so old! And,she died on her birthday!. I thought she was at least late 70s. I don't think of myself as old.

Mad, when I make the big roasted ful of cabbage rolls I use a big can of diced tomatoes with juice and a big can of tomato puree. This was just a smaller portion, 20 rolls, so I used small cans. From now on I will use big cans even for a smaller amount as I like a lot of sauce. Also I usually check them often while cooking and add water if needed. Next time I will set a timer that will wake me up if I fall asleep like I did this time. Falling asleep while something is cooking is dangerous. :nono:

Trish, DH thinks that sugar is one of the necessary nutrients. He argues with me when I say its bad. But this week I overheard him telling his brother that he won't lose weight eating the Marie Callenders frozen pies he keeps buying.
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Fatmad It is always good to hear from you. About the only place I go is to my oncology appointments and no where else.

Carol Sue I think it is interesting the way we remember family who have gone before us.

Going through this chemotherapy, I have to eat plenty of afood and drink a lot to stay hydrated. My niece told her Mother that the reason some people die is because they don't eat enough and don't stay hydrated. I have to eat small meals throughout the day. I realized today that I am going to have to really work at getting things back under control when this is all over because my habits are so different now.

Another good day but I am tired as I am trying to do as much on my own as much as possible. I'm told that I will start feeling better either after this round or the 3rd one. I certainly hope so.

Scale went down .2 today. That's not much but down is down. It was funny because the scale stopped on 182 then bounced up to 182.2 and stopped. It sure went up faster than this.

I am going to change my diet a bit after reading some articles about activity in the gut affects weight loss and diabetes. I am going to eat some Fiber One cereal each day, around 1/4 cup. And maybe some beans. I should also add avocado but prior attempts didn't work well. I can only buy them hard and wait for them to ripen. So if I buy more than one they ripen all at once and I also don't like to eat half because the other half turns brown. So I might buy one each time I go to Wal-Mart and not eat them every day. The foods to be included are soluble fiber grains, beans, avacado, eggs,nuts such as pistachios and seeds such as pumpkin seeds. I already eat pumpkin seed kernels and eggs. I think its the fiber and the type of fat in the other foods that are effective. None of these foods are harmful so I'm not afraid to include them. Olive oil and sesame seed oil are included. I use some olive oil but not sesame seed oil. The article said most of these foods are part of the Mediterranean diet,which is said to be healthy. It can't hurt to try. I hope to be able to maintain my IF.

Trish, I would also like to know about the beans your DH has been eating. Does he eat canned or dry, and does he eat them plain or prepared a certain way, and how much. Beans were included in the articles I was reading so they would have the same effect. I have only cooked dry beans once but would not want to take the time. I would eat canned and rinse them well. I don't know what else to do with them. Does your DH still eat cauliflower?

I'm glad to hear that he cooked for you.

I am thrilled to hear that you are,feeling so much better! I hope this continues with future treatments. You might do well on this plan of eating and might not have to change back. I am trying this new plan of eating for a while because I am having such a hard time sticking to plan now.

I found a picture of my grandmother from 1944. She would be 59 in this picture. She only lived 10 years after that. She had taken the train by herself from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to visit my mother. She must have felt good to be able to make that trip but she looked so old by today's standards. I don't know what color her hair was when she was a young girl but it was full gray in every picture I saw of her.

Carol Sue, sometimes I think it is good to change the way we eat. I hope it will work well for you.

I've had another good day. DH cooked a steak for us but they were kind of old. He is going to go to the store while I'm in therappy. It is going to be cold so he can get some meat and leave it in the car. I kind of know what to expect this time and hope it will go well.

Yes, I hope the treatment goes well and also the followup. Its really cold here too. I hope this is the last of it.

Scale up .2. Still 182 ish. I thought I did well yesterday. I didn't sleep well so that affects weight. I like logging on MFP so I have a record of what I ate but it sometimes makes me eat more than I need. On Twitter they say don't count anything but eat low carb to satiety. Some days I don't track,but when I go back the next day and record what I ate I'm still in the ballpark of 1000 calories. So it seems to be normal for me. One woman ate vegan and got very thin but she said she lost muscle. She ate lots of bananas. I like bananas but I stopped buying them because they have a lot of sugar. I don't need to be losing muscle. I wish I could just eat and not worry about anything. Right now there is a discussion on eating fat or not eating fat. Each side will not not bend on their beliefs. I asked if eating fat stops you from burning body fat. Someone gave me an explanation so scientific I didn't understand it.

I don't know what we are eating today. We often go to the casino but he hasn't said anything yet. I like to go because I don't eat there anymore. I get tempted but their food is ok,not great. I am starting to want only things that taste great.

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DH finally said he wants to go. I downloaded several articles about eating fat to burn fat so I I can read them there and maybe learn why.

Just resting up for tomorrow and hoping it won't be too bad. Hope y'all have a good day at the casino.

The casino was like my scale. We didn't win but we didn't lose. I was finishing a novel I was reading and didn't get to start my articles about eating fat.

Tomorrow I'm going to start baking. I never did get around to baking the cookies for Christmas so I will bake them now and distribute them for Easter. They will be surprised. I haven't talked to my DIL to see how her sense of taste and smell are coming along and if she is able to eat meat. This m curious about what she will be serving for Easter. DH is very picky so I hope she serves something he will eat. I will be baking a ham so he can always have that when we come home.

Hopefully the treatment goes well Trish. :hug:

The scale is going in the trash!!

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While we were out, someone put DHs lost wallet in the front door, between the door and the storm door, so we don't know who returned it and why it took 2 weeks. He has been using a new wallet that he had received as a gift but didn't like so now he has his old worn wallet that's shaped to his butt. :lol:. All cards have already been replaced except for his gun permit because replacing that is a drawn out process that he wasn't looking forward to, so now he doesn't have to.

Hi friends: trying for OMAD today. All the partying is done for now. I am not going to buy Easter Candy for any of the kids in my life, they seem to get plenty, and it only leads me into temptation.
I used the Almondy GF mud pies and used two, layered ice cream in between so it was like a big chewy, chocolatey ice cream sandwich. That was the birthday cake for DD. she is 31 today, but we had supper and celebrated last night. All good. So now the occasions are over for now.
I go out to supper on the 31st with some co-op people here, so that can be my next occasion. In the meantime, watch what I eat. I am not going to do low carb for now. After weeks of eat gluten, where low carb is not possible, I am not ready to go totally low carb yet. But I can lower a bit. I don't really want GF breads, but we have been eating GF battered/breaded fish in the air fryer and we both like it. Also doing wings in the air fryer. This means a bit lower fat, so I add lots of dressing to my salads. I think avoiding the sugar will be more important, unless I am finding it too hard to do that with the carbs. I may have potatoes, rice or crackers for my carbs for a bit.
I have some flank steak, so will do a stir fry for supper I think.
I am really tired so thats been hard today, I gut very frustrated about my lack of energy as the day goes on.

carol: no words to help you, just know we all struggle.

Trish: delighted with your progress and hope things keep going well.

I didn't start the baking. We went out for breakfast and that was my calories and carbs for the whole day! Then we went to Goodwill. Then to Walmart. Then to the local grocery store. So much walking! Its good that I did all the walking after that big breakfast. I forgot to get the pistachios. We left at 9:30 and got home at 2pm.

My step son said his wife is starting to be able to eat meat. She has had chicken and pork chops so far. She cannot eat them hot, has to let them cool off a bit. Its been a year!

My step daughter had her first day at her new job and she said she loves it. I'm so glad. She has her own office and she's happy. I hope it continues to be enjoyable.

Mad, I think you will get things under control before long. Today at the store I was looking at their prepared food case and they had stuffed cabbage rolls. $9.99 per pound! I think I will start selling mine. Next time I make them I will put some on my food scale and see how much I would get for $10.

Just got a call that DHs oldest brother passed away. 83 years old. So that's 2 brothers who passed away very quickly. Did not suffer.

I guess I didn't write yesterday because it was long 7 hrs at Chemotherapy. 2 down and 2 to go. Today I go to hospital as out patient to get Blodd type & cross checking so that tomorrow I go for blood transfusion. He has ordered 2 pints because my blood count is down to 7.3. DH argued with an oncology nurse after blood test on day 11 that my blood count was too low and I needed blood transfusion or something. She claimed they wouldn't do it until it was under 7. DH told them he worked in the hospital for years with neo-natal and doctors gave blood when count went under 8 because under 7 was too low. Thank God the oncologist knew better. We go as soon as he gets up and then I got a phone call from Cardiologist and I remember the names of the people at CHF who took care of Daddy so they will be doing my infustion. I am so thrilled to know who will be taking care of me and I don't think I will be having to wait in line with the others. When I told them I had Chemotherapy Monday and doctor ordered it, they told me to come in to register and I will be taken back at 8 o'clock. I'm excited about getting it done because doc said that is why the fluid hasn't been coming off like it should have and this will make it come off. White blood cells were up but now we want to get the red back where it should be and this should make that happen as well. He said it might show up as better at first but it will. It will be nice for me to be able to do things I can do without DH having to help me so much.

Learning so many things from DN has and will help. I ate breakfast before I went for Chemo like she said. Had snacks in a little tote bag a lady makes up for new patients which I ate some yesterday and finished off today. DH got me my favorite cheese crackers and still working on those. Ate double cheese burger from Sonic and half a bag of onion rings DH and I shared. Ate all the double cheese and the veggies on it and threw away 75 % of bun. Stayed hydrated as I took water with me and there was a zero Gatorade in the tote bag. Brought home my RB to drink with CB. The only side effects I experienced was legs still heavy from Chemo which the blood transfusion I get tomorrow is supposed to eventually take away in a few days. I am thrilled to learn that the side effects can be taken care of if you learn how. I came home rinsed mouth with the salt/baking soda and no dry mouth or sores. DN has been a wonderful personal social worker/guide for me. So has the business lady that has been helping me financially. She helped me set up auto pay but things I probably won't have to pay anything after this blood infusion, but I told her I want to be paying just in case. Then I found out she is a breast cancer survivor herself. She told me after first Chemotherapy her hair came out each time she brushed her hair and after 2nd chemo it came out in clumps. So I've ordred what I need to wear the turbuns and or wigs until hair falls out and also ordered what I need to wear the wigs on bald hair. I have 3 wigs to work with so hopefully I will have all I need to wear them until I get hair growing again.

2 of the harsh chemotherapy infusions behind me and 1 more of those to go that has the blood thinner in it. Then I have 1 of the milder chemotherapy to go before I start preparing for surgery. It is strange but I look forward to getting it all done now that I know what to expect and the side affects can be minimized.

That is my update. DH has found a doctor on YouTube who helps women with fasting. We've been watching her at night when I can stay awake because I'm thinking about how I might want to use keto/fasting for toneing the flabby skin after this is all over. From what little I could gather after chemo that makes my thinking a little slow for a day or so, she recommends slowly doing 2 weeks of keto and 2 weeks of fasting and working up to longer fasts. I will have to get her name for all of us.

Fatmad You always did good on gluten. I could see that it could be difficult doing it keto or low carb, but it worked good for you with fasting. Even though I can eat and must eat some carby foods, I am being careful with what I do eat. I won't buy and candy either. The only candy they seem to encourage are hard candy you can suck on to keep mouth from being sore. I have lemon drops they recommend but it seems harsh to me so I don't use it often. Probably won't.

Carol Sue You will figure this out. It takes time to build back up to it but fasting worked good for you too.
I am sorry to hear about DH's DB. It is good he didn't suffer. Does he live close to y'all. I know the brothers talked on the phone, but did y'all see them often? I will be praying for y'all and the family.

Have a good day dear friends.
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I went to the hospital to register and get blood type & cross check blood draw. A lady was there to help DH get me in the wheelchair and stayed with me until they came to get me to take me to the back office. Then we ran into her as we were headed to lab and she took us up to the the floor to signs to follow to lab windo to check in. She helped DH take me out to the car and helped us get me in. She said she will be there to take me to register in the morning to cardiology when they open at 8 am. It turns out that I am having mine in CHF clinic maybe because I have the chemo medicine that thins the blood. She said it should only take a couple of hours. I hope so. The nice thing is that I know most of those people because that is where we took Daddy for his CHF care all the time. So a friendly faces in a place I know. I love how God answers prayers. Only thing DN advised was dress and stay warm because blood transfusions tends to make you cold. She is so helpful. I will go hoping to be out in 3 hrs but ready for longer.

Trish, I hope everything goes smoothly for you. That's so nice that the woman was so helpful to you and DH.

I am going to assume you are going to do Keto for 2 weeks then intermittent fasting for 2 weeks. I don't think you are going to fast for 2 weeks. But I could be wrong!!!

I have to wait until tomorrow to look online and see what the funeral arrangements are because 2 different people told us 2 different things. His daughter lives in AZ and doesn't have money to come here for the funeral. Its too bad that the family members can't pitch in to buy the plane tickets but it is very expensive and no one has a lot of money. She hasn't seen him for years. When her brother died someone did FaceTime with her so she could see the funeral. They will probably do that again. I'm upset and I don't think I will sleep tonight.

Carol Sue, I am so sorry your DBIL passed away and his DD can't come to her Daddy's funeral. I hope you can rest tonight.

I won't do any keto or low carbing until after I have my surgery. Then it will be for toning. I am already doing some form of fasting because I don't eat after a certain hour. I am eating small amounts of foods when I do eat and eating the way they told me with the 2nd infusion, I had very little side effects. So I will do it the way I have to get through this with as little side effects as possible.