I smiled. Live life on your terms.

Seems like you've both got your priorities straight.

2) We have dropped non-nutritional foods and are eating lean proteins, whole fibers, vegetables and fruit. I never thought I'd see the day when I would see her enjoying fish and brown rice!

"Enjoy" well my love I would edit only this and perhaps suggest a change to "will eat in lieu of cheese fries"

Chemo either taught me or got me over junk food. Twelve years later I still cannot abide it with the exception of pizza once in a blue mood. Just remember if you are feeling like it you can have cheese fries once in a while. LOL

Eat your apple, darling, it tastes better than chili cheese fries, anyway. I will honor my promise and will not inflict sushi on you...

xxoooxxx

P.S.: I would suggest that it might be self-defeating to get a bed wedge for your achy bones and then let a 15-pound cat lie on those bones. Just sayin'...

Laugh, live and love.

When nothing else tastes good turn to the potato - baked or mashed, butter or gravy; it's the only thing that kept me going through chemo.

Keep some breath mints or gum by the bed along with a glass of water (lid, please) to combat dry mouth.

Be prepared for hot flashes and periods of cold. Hormonal therapy plays havoc on the body's themostat. (Yes, that was me you saw sitting on the front porch without a coat during a snow storm.)

And, my favorite advice, cry - you won't have to pee as much.

Or just plain potatoes? We like both.

She is on hormone therapy, and, yes, I have learned the art of creative layering because the windows are often flying open when it's cold.

and I hope the doorbell doesn't ring right now because I'm in cool down dress code. It's good to know those hormones are working.

I could not abide eating unless I used plastic utensils. Make sure you gargle with salt water if you can bear it. Some chemo drugs cause mouth sores. I got them and it was horrible. I also couldn't drink anything out of a can because all I could taste was metal.

so far there has been no talk about chemo, at least for now. I did decide that I'm not going to cut my hair till I know if I'm having it or not. It's like growing my own wig.

It's funny now but it wasn't that morning. I prepared and cut my hair very short. I had just about decided I needed to get a haircut and was going to call. I tried to push my hair out of my eyes and it came off in handfuls. My dog, Princess, sat beside me while I was on the floor sobbing. She kept kissing my face. To this day I don't know why I put it in a paper bag but I did. When my husband came home I met him at the door, crying my eyes out and handed him the bag. I guess I thought he would know a way to put it back. I had chemo in the summer and after I got used to being bald I didn't mind it. My daughter made a big sign that said Bald is Beautiful and we hung it on the door. My Mary told me my bald head was just part of the armor in my fight.

If you have to have chemo ginger tea is wonderful. Peppermint tea is great too. Trader Joe's has a green peppermint tea at Christmas. I grew to love peppermint tea and I buy a dozen boxes every year.

What is a running joke between the two of us doesn't translate well in this context, does it?

It's a whole new world here...

I thought it sweet and funny.

When she grows her hair out she has months of "bad hair" days. Usually they end when I ask her to trim it.

She says she's not going to cut it this time.

It's a joke between us, but when you extrapolate it to the general audience, it sounds insensitive.

I remember the spikes coming out when my hair grew back. I maintained that I wanted my hair to come back with absolutely no gray and curly. It came back baby fine, straight with the exception of a small area on the right side of my neck. I have a beautiful curl. My hair came back almost white. I get hair jokes. LOL

Nice to hear I can go all Irish girl with the potatoes. Butter, salt and pepper, yum.

I got the flashes, poor Jump has to bundle up like crazy, but then I lived through her flashes.....

My family was so glad when I stopped having them.

BTW, since you are eating more healthy I picked up a pumplin spice candle. Pumpkin is good to eat too. I thought about a sugar cookie one. :smile:

Okay, that was a good one! Ha! On the other hand, there's probably some truth in it.