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Trish, I have something on my forehead and wear bangs to cover it. I would like to have it removed. It started out very tiny and i thought it was going to be a pimple but then it got bigger. , like a big pimple. Ive had it for a few years. One time I stuck a pin in it but nothing came out.
We did not go to the casino. I said lets go Friday instead so he said OK. Its rhe local one. We don't go to the other one anymore. I can usually sit at a machine to read . Theres always open ones, even on a busy night. We think they are going to expand the casino to use the whole shopping center. Down the road a bit they are clearing out property and rumor says its going to be a shopping mall. The mall where the casino is, is getting deserted. It just has a Penneys and Macys, and small stores. Most casinos have a hotel attached so they might do that.
We got some snow and they said roads will get slippery overnight.
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Sleep was good. 7 1/2 hours with no wake up for the bathroom until 7am. That was good.
I held my weight loss and went down another .2 to 175.4. Blood sugar was 124, not too bad for me.
Carol Sue I'm glad DH decided to wait till Friday for y'all to go to the casino. That is great. He probably knew he shouldn't take a chance on the road but needed you to say something. Congratulations on the .2 lb down. Mine was up ,6 lbs today but Dr. Westman says not to worry about that because that is how it works.
I too slept through the night without getting up to go to the bathroom until 7ish. That is a new one for me. FBG was 105 and my bp is doing so good right now.
I've decided that I want to get back to eating within smaller eating window. I like drinking a protein shake for one meal and I think I'm going to have it for breakfast and cut my coffee back to 1 c a day. We eat at 3 and I would like to eat a second meal around 6 or 7 pm, so I decided to move my breakfast foods to that meal. I probably won't keep doing MFP because I don't think I want to worry about those days I don't even eat more than 900 calories. I like being able to eat what I want and do it within the 4 hr eating window. I'm having my Protein shake now for brunch and we are going to either get Fried chicken tenders from Bush's. I'm hungry for bbq and I think we will get that tomorrow on the way home from oncology.
I lost my debit card and was blessed to be able to get it replaced by calling the bank. I thought I was going to have to work in a trip to the bank either today or tomorrow. We are going to get my hair cut and then go by DS because our doctor isn't able to get samples of a medication for DH. It is one of those extremely high priced medications and DBIL takes it and takes 1/2 a dose so he has several that is only good till Feb so he is giving them to DH. When we get our new insurance in 2025, we can get on a plan so that we can order it. We won't use samples for anything then.
I read the results of the CT scan on my portal and although I don't understand all the big medical words, I think everything is still going okay. I was surprised to see that I have a small hiatal hernia. At least that tells me why I've been feeling the way I have. DH says that means I need to eat smaller meals. I also looked up to see why my BUN and BUN/Creatinine is high and found that I am dehydrated. I am going to have to make myself drink more water. At least I know it is something I can do to improve those numbers too. DS has a drink she drinks a lot of different flavors that I didn't like when I was on chemo, but I am going to get some and see if they won't taste better now that I feel better.
After calling the bank and having them replace my debit card, we found it when DH was helping me get in the car. I had a feeling that I would find it after I ordered it replaced. I like my haircut. I need to be in bed tonight by midnight.
I ate only one meal today besides the protein shake this morning 6 hrs apart.
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Not a good day at the casino. He didnt want to go Friday because its crowded and hard to get a good machine. Well hegot a good machine with a big jackpot but we both played it and didnt win. The machine next to him was good too but didnt hit. The woman said she had been there since ,8 am and put $2700 into the machine. I dont understand how people can do that. One time a woman told me she put $1800 into a machine. We do not spend anywhere near that amount, but if we had that much DH would probably do it. He. said we arwnot going back til after Christmas. I will make him stick to that. So i will get a break!
So many times,when I went to the ER they told me I was dehydrated and started an IV right away. But when I went and could not breath they put me on Lasix and limited my fluid.
I have a hiatal hernia that they said is severe. Thats why I take the pepcid at bedtime. I,was never told to eat smaller meals but I dont think I eat large meals. I want to eat a smaller breakfast but DH cooks what I think is a big breakfast. I like eating everything he cooks,though,the sauteed mushrooms and eggs, and slices of tomato. Nothing is really high calorie, and even the toast is SL. I would like to eat breakfast (brunch) and dinner but DH makes lunch for himself and I sometimes eat some even though I'm not hungry. I did that today because I knew i would not be eating dinner. DH got a McDouble and fries on the way home and I ate some fries, still not hungry. So I see where my problems lie. I need a longer time between eating. I dont think I will ever get him to stop giving me something every time he eats unless I start saying No thank you and sticking to it. I am sabotaging myself.
I am wondering what the drink is DS drinks. I drink water all day but dont know if I drink enough now that I stopped the Lasix. I still pee a lot even without the Lasix.
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Sleep was good. Scale is 176.6 up from 175.4. I dont understand FBG. I never checked fasting for years. When I first woke up at 6:30 it was 165. I went back to bed and woke up at 10:30 am and it was 124. I guess it went down because I continued fasting. So what about the liver dump? Did it happen earlier and cause the 165? I give up. Im going back to not checking fasting and not knowing.
Our desk top PC is screwed up. Its old and doing things it never did before and we dont know how to get rid of them. I keep telling him to buy a new one. I only use it to pay bills. He uses it to go on youtube to listen to music. He downloads the music to CDs. I wont pay the billsfrom my tablet because it has no virus protection. I only have that on the desktop. We are technically challenged and dont have anyone to help us. It sucks to be old.
We went to Rodneys and I had Eggplant Parm. It was good but I ate too much. I didnt want to bring it home so I tried to eat it all there. Scale,will be up tomorrow for sure. Then we went to Walmart for a few things. DH didnt get potatoes so we will get them at the local store over the weekend.
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My weight was up 1.4 lbs to 163 this morning, but I figure that was the carby meal from Bush's chicken. I can't resist their wonderful rolls and gravy. I don't eat them much so I always get them. They always have a problem getting your order perfect so we just get tenders there. My FBG was 97. I think it has to do with me having only 1 meal and also the fact I got up earlier to test.
My appointment with my team nurse went very well. She said the oncologist was very pleased with my test results and the scan. I do have to keep taking the Lasix because I seem to have some kind of fluid in my lower abdomen and he doesn't want that building up again. They said I am stable then I had my Infusion that went very well. As for the bone pill, she said it appears that I don't have problems with my stomach for it. The problem is the hiatal hernia. She said it is better to take Pepcid works better with the bone pill but we just bought to packages of Nexium so it was decided that I will continue taking it until I'm out and then switch to Pepcid. I am to taking the Nexium for another week and then start the bone pill next week.
We got dinner for the next 4 days. We stopped and got bbq on the way home. I had a Protein Shake while waiting for the infusion. We got home and had pork ribs with what I call a finger salad and a serving of yogurt. I had a snack of ham, link sausage and cheese. Now I'm trying to drink plenty of actual water to get my BUN when I have my next lab done. My actual meal and snack was 5 hrs apart.
Carol Sue What will you be doing for Christmas this year? Will you stepdaughter being cooking this time? I'm sure you will be cooking and baking for it. I would like to make some kind of dessert for DH and me that is sugar free, but not sure what that would be. I do have things I like to eat at Christmas, but don't want to set back my progress. I definitely don't want to gain weight. There is time to find things I could make with Stevia.
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I dont know what we will be doing for Christmas.I think we stayed home alone last year because i was sick but I really dont remember. Maybe we went to step daughters. Why cant I remember? I dont want to have everyone here. Im just not into that anymore. I will buy and bake a ham, thats all i know for sure. His kids usually come here on his birthday which is the 28th. Im just not into entertaining anymore.
Carol Sue I am like you. After being stuck at home during covid and then I had the time I couldn't be around people much during the rough chemo days when I couldn't do any cooking any way, I just don't care to entertain any more. I can't do all the cooking. Until I got sick, our entertainment was only done when we went out to eat. I don't know if it is our age or the fact that we did so much of it in our younger years that we just don't want to do it anymore. I want to have people come over, but not enough to cook. Plus the only one who eats the way I eat is baby sister. I'm open to doing something with DS but it will depend on what her kids want to do.
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Darned spaghetti! FBG is high, and scale is up 1.4 to 178. from the day before its up even more. I know its fluid from the carbs and I knew it was going to happen. I should have ordered wings. You play, you pay.
My main problem with entertaining is my house needs to be cleaned. Im going to be making food for us anyway, plus my sister in law who helped me so much is living in GA now. In the time left between now and Christmas I can either deep clean or bake cookies. My step daughters house looks like shes always cleaning. DILs house does too. I accumuulate clutter. Im not organized with a place for everything and everything in its place. My MIL had every holiday until she died at 85 years old. But her son who lived with her did the cleaningand helppedher with the cioking. If there was no other option I would do it.
My knee is hurting a lot more lately unless i take the Tylenol Arthritis regularly. I guess its time to start getting shots. Cortisone with spike my blood sugar sky high. I dont know about the HA shots. I really dont want surgery. The recovery is terrible. I use a brace but that no longer works like it used to.
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Trish,I want to mention, if you start taking Pepcid AC it comes in generic which is very effective. I have some 10mg in blister paks I carry in my purse but I have a bottle of 20mg that I tKe at bedtime. It is Famotidine and I buy it at Walmart,Great Value or Dollar General DG brand. Your doctor may advise you on mg you should take. When i first started taking it I used Pepcid brand til I found out about the generic. I used to tske Nexium years ago but had to stop with Plavix.
Carol Sue Thank you for telling me about the generic Pepcid. I will probably change to it when I finish the generic Nexium. I hate that DH bought 2 boxes instead of one. I was told that the Pepcid makes the bone pill more effective. She did say I can go ahead and use the Nexium. Even generic is too expensive not to take it.
My knee hurts when I don't use the recumbent bike. I didn't exercise much this week, but will get back into it full swing Monday.
Plans changed for Christmas doesn't want to go, but I want to see all my nieces and nephews and their babies. Baby sister told me they are cooking and having all the kids at her house so for us to come and visit or get a plate and take it home. I don't know if I can get up the stairs to her mobile home but she has big boys and grandsons who work out and she said they will get me in the house. That is the family that are going through their 1st Christmas without my nephew wife and the kids Mom and grandmother. My nephew is going through that anger stage you go through when losing a mate. Having gone through it twice in my life, I know exactly how he feels and of course having lost both my parents and grands, I know how the others feel.
Weight stayed the same 163 and FBG was 108. I had eggs, bacon and cheese scrambled for breakfast with coffee. I will make myself a salad and eat pulled pork for protein and since I forgot to make Jello, I will have yogurt for dessert. I don't plan to eat anything else. I will have a Protein shake around 7 pm and be finished for the day.
One of the FB groups I'm on has recipes if you ask for them. The lady sent me a recipe to make Christmas cookies with almond flour and I can use whatever sweetener that I want. I will make us a batch of them for a healthier cookie than the stuff you can buy at the store made with the sugar alcohol that gives me potty issues. Since Baby sister eats low carb, I can even take a batch over for Christmas if we can keep the kids hands out of them.
DH is up making his salad. Guess I need to do the same.
Oh Carol Sue, I think the drink DS drinks or used to drink is called ICE. I think she got them at Walmart.
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I hope the generic Pepcid doesnt interact with any of your meds.
Years ago a woman online told me that her knee pain went away with a recumbent bike. Thats why i bought my first one at Goodwill. When i first started using it my knee would click with each revolution. That was very annoying,but eventually that stopped and my knee started to improve. I need to start using it again because my knee pain is getting very bad.
Today I heard a disturbing story about my SIL who moved to GA. It sounds likee she is being scammed by a man she met on the internet. She has lost a lot of weight which could be from stress. The guy tells her what to eat , no drinking alcohol, wont let her see her daughter and grandchildren, who is why she moved there. Her ex husband who was before my BIL who died, is moving down there to live with their daughter to try to find out what this guy is up to. I hope she is ok. Now something else to keep me awake at night! DH said he thought she was too smart to fall for that but if shes lonely who knows what she will do.
I have seen that Ice drink. I think its flavored sparkling water. Ive had some other ones and didnt like them but might like Ice.
I have some pork chops and I want pork and sauerkraut. But I dont want to make itvbecause I will be making it for New Years. I love it and Im really looking forward to it.
