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Elise4270

So I'd like to not clog up the running challenge thread with hot dog talk. If you'd like some honest support with your diet choices, just make that known here.

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rheddmobile

@noblsheep Happy New Year!

Baozi with custard filling is one of my husband’s favorite things. I used to work next door to a restaurant which was supposedly a Thai restaurant but the owner was from some tiny mountain village in Fujian. He had a crush on me and would bring me special foods his wife cooked for him! My husband would joke about how I needed to flirt more to get more bao.

quilteryoyo

@rheddmobile Thanks. I still haven't cleaned out my husband's closet. I have used a couple of his shirts to make things for the youngest grandkids. I could do it emotionally, now. I just don't have the motivation. I know that we all handle grief differently. That's why I was trying to be supportive of mom giving dad's stuff away. When I went down today, I brought a couple of his shirts home that I am going to attempt to make pillows from - one for me and one for her. Dad loved to fish and had a few t-shirts with sayings about fishing that she is going to keep. He wore them a lot.

Avidkeo

Hey all. Have just jumped on for a min, will go back and read soon.

My oldest DD had her food challenge. She's definitely allergic to peanuts. 😭

So first they did a little swipe of peanut butter on the inside of her bottom lip. She was a little hmmm not sure I like the taste, then over a few minutes was more blah don't like the taste and ended up stuffing a paper towel in her mouth. Now she has somewhat over the top reactions to new foods, so I gave her my phone to play with and that immediately distracted her and she settled down to normal.

20 mins later they gave her 1/8 tsp of peanut butter on a cracker. First again she complained about the taste. Then she started trying to scrape it off her tongue. Then she started sneezing. And then dry retching. This took about 3-4 mins to happen, so not instant.

They gave her antihistamines and prednisone and she settled within a minute or two.

So yah. Was definitive. She is allergic to peanuts. No swelling or breathing issues, that's good. Just like over the top hay fever type reaction.

Avidkeo

swenson19d wrote: »

@shanaber @noblsheep Well with the time difference perhaps we can do breakfast for lunch/dinner or something. I wanna try it even if it means a 4 am or 11pm call. Ill look for the PM. email is beheyb at gmail just in case.
@quilteryoyo or anyone else interested?

my new phone will be her any minute... I am trying to motivate myself to get kitten done so I can learn all about it.

ETA
oh I came here to tell @Avidkeo I have rad report from xray. MRI probably tomorrow. It seems a word or two is left out. Osteoarthritis perhaps?
and @noblsheep Yes 100 year old eggs are kinda gross. sorry. I saw a thing on how they were made ages ago and they are in my Chinese cookbook. I just dont think i could. Its too foreign. LOL!

Yep mild osteoarthritis. So annoying but not enough to do anything about it.

rheddmobile

Avidkeo wrote: »

Hey all. Have just jumped on for a min, will go back and read soon.

My oldest DD had her food challenge. She's definitely allergic to peanuts. 😭

So first they did a little swipe of peanut butter on the inside of her bottom lip. She was a little hmmm not sure I like the taste, then over a few minutes was more blah don't like the taste and ended up stuffing a paper towel in her mouth. Now she has somewhat over the top reactions to new foods, so I gave her my phone to play with and that immediately distracted her and she settled down to normal.

20 mins later they gave her 1/8 tsp of peanut butter on a cracker. First again she complained about the taste. Then she started trying to scrape it off her tongue. Then she started sneezing. And then dry retching. This took about 3-4 mins to happen, so not instant.

They gave her antihistamines and prednisone and she settled within a minute or two.

So yah. Was definitive. She is allergic to peanuts. No swelling or breathing issues, that's good. Just like over the top hay fever type reaction.

That’s not bad, not an epipen sort of thing at least. Wondering how much is psychosomatic but there’s no way to know without a blind test. At least you know she’s not likely to keel over from a mistake on a label!

noblsheep

@swenson19d I think MFP ate my PM. Resent.

@shanaber That cookbook is so cool! I love how it nonchalantly asks you to "form dough around balls", I would probably fail that step really hard.

@eleanorhawkins Congrats on the job!! As one translator to another, yeah machine translation is not very reliable. Sometimes I use it on really technical documents so the words are already there and I don't have to constantly look things up, but that's about it.

And HA! on the story. I suppose that's why all crooked planning should be done by phone.

@rheddmobile Happy Lunar New Year to you too! (I realised yesterday after talking about how Koreans have it too, that I should stop referring to it as CNY.)

Ahhhh custard baozi. Another wonderful southern thing that northerners can't get right lol. I always found it interesting that all kinds of Asian food would get grouped together in NA and EU and everyone would end up making everyone else's dishes. Once tried to have ramen somewhere in Ireland. The shopowner was Korean, and once we d'oh'ed on that, we changed our order to kimchi soup and seafood pancakes.

@AvidKeo Sorry to hear that the allergies are still there. I'm lucky not have allergies to anything ubiquitus like peanuts, but have enough to need to be careful in everyday coming and going. It's manageable but annoying.

quilteryoyo

@eleanorhawkins So funny about the robber. Seems like people get caught by doing the dumbest things.

@Avidkeo So sorry that DD is allergic to peanuts, but, as others have said, at least it isn't life threatening. I'm sure it's still hard to manage though.

Avidkeo

Thanks guys.

I'm disappointed because in my head she had put grown it. I'm relieved that it's just what it was and no need for epipen. And now we know for sure and I no longer feel like a fraud. While she had a reaction as a baby, she hasn't had anything in the last 5 years. So it was always I think she's allergic but not sure.

Now we know yes she is. And her reaction is like hay fever. Cool. Pass the antihistamines please!

shanaber

@noblsheep - You need to come to CA or even Seattle. We do have some pretty decent ramen shops (in LA) and Chinese food in general (SF). There have been such large Chinese and Japanese communities here for decades and more recently Thai, Philippine, Korean and Vietnamese. You can pretty much find whatever you like in those communities. Of course there are also all the 'fusion' places too that like to mix everything up.

@avidkeo - I find it interesting that they tested her in that way and not with a scratch test. When dh was tested (not allergic to peanuts) he was very allergic to crab among other things and had a huge welt where they tested it.

@eleanorhawkins - that is hilarious about the shopkeeper/robber. I am sure he is wishing he had put the phone in his pocket!

swenson19d

@noblsheep I saw the Zoom calendar. sat/sun 430PM -10PM Central according it is when I'd be available. most Tuesdays and friday's I'd also be available. I think that's 130 pm-7pm shana-time. @rhedmobile and @quilteryoyo and I are in the same time zone as I.

I have a disability hearing today. Wish me luck that I convey accurate & relevant information and am able to articulate information. I'm not feeling specifically quick this AM. I think that's the pain. Perhaps a hot shower will help once I have a bit more tea.

@Avidkeo I am not sure if peanut allergies can get worse over time? They give me a migraine and a $100 DNA test said I am likely to develop an allergy to them. I suppose it could be limited to the migraine, though.

Phone was delayed d/t weather. I am achy today. How can I do nothing and feel like I worked out with Lou Ferrgino? I am tired. I need to find a way to keep my outside cats water thawed. I suggest a space heater to dh and he thought the risk of fire was too great and there are none to be had. So for now I have disposable hand warmers to strategically place. No idea if it's help since its like 9F.

I got a photo of beans terrible abscess. It's so gross that i'll keep it to myself though. Its is the size of a quarter, (2.5cm) ^2 round, for the international folks.

DD had a date yesterday.
blind. she met on the internet. I made a pro/con list with her and was against her going out upon the frozen earth to meet a boy. Kody with a K, from lone grove ok, who has dead things on his fb page (hunts) and is 25 who is lonely and needs a friend, you don't know where he works, I cant talk to his mama... mmm no, I don't care if your 15 25 35 45 or 55. I'm yo mama and I get to veto your decisions.
She survived. conveyed to him that I was psycho concerned about her. I gave her my bright pink taser, OMG she LOVES the taser LOL! good, because the pepper spray bought a year ago was never unpackaged and the taser is a much better option when someone is in your space. It also doubles as a flashlight.

Ok think I am awake enough to make it to that shower and change these 4 day old clothes. Depression. what are ya gonna do? Just clinging to that "survivin' bus", its the one that comes after the struggle bus.

Avidkeo

shanaber wrote: »

@noblsheep - You need to come to CA or even Seattle. We do have some pretty decent ramen shops (in LA) and Chinese food in general (SF). There have been such large Chinese and Japanese communities here for decades and more recently Thai, Philippine, Korean and Vietnamese. You can pretty much find whatever you like in those communities. Of course there are also all the 'fusion' places too that like to mix everything up.

@avidkeo - I find it interesting that they tested her in that way and not with a scratch test. When dh was tested (not allergic to peanuts) he was very allergic to crab among other things and had a huge welt where they tested it.

@eleanorhawkins - that is hilarious about the shopkeeper/robber. I am sure he is wishing he had put the phone in his pocket!

She had the scratch test a month ago. Her wheal was small enough that they felt comfortable proceeding with the food challenge - it was about 3mm, half the size if her last wheal

Avidkeo

Had a great night last night. First time ever leaving the kids with an outside babysitter. They were good.

Went to Russell Howard, he's a British commedien. Was fantastic.

Am up, have eaten breakfast, about to go for my long run. I've decided to go run the walkway again. I was tempted to run at home but don't want a repeat path, and it's a great day for the walkway. I like an out and back. Also it's the best practice for next week which is an out and back as well.

17k. Should be good!

Avidkeo

swenson19d wrote: »

@noblsheep I saw the Zoom calendar. sat/sun 430PM -10PM Central according it is when I'd be available. most Tuesdays and friday's I'd also be available. I think that's 130 pm-7pm shana-time. @rhedmobile and @quilteryoyo and I are in the same time zone as I.

I have a disability hearing today. Wish me luck that I convey accurate & relevant information and am able to articulate information. I'm not feeling specifically quick this AM. I think that's the pain. Perhaps a hot shower will help once I have a bit more tea.

@Avidkeo I am not sure if peanut allergies can get worse over time? They give me a migraine and a $100 DNA test said I am likely to develop an allergy to them. I suppose it could be limited to the migraine, though.

Phone was delayed d/t weather. I am achy today. How can I do nothing and feel like I worked out with Lou Ferrgino? I am tired. I need to find a way to keep my outside cats water thawed. I suggest a space heater to dh and he thought the risk of fire was too great and there are none to be had. So for now I have disposable hand warmers to strategically place. No idea if it's help since its like 9F.

I got a photo of beans terrible abscess. It's so gross that i'll keep it to myself though. Its is the size of a quarter, (2.5cm) ^2 round, for the international folks.

DD had a date yesterday.
blind. she met on the internet. I made a pro/con list with her and was against her going out upon the frozen earth to meet a boy. Kody with a K, from lone grove ok, who has dead things on his fb page (hunts) and is 25 who is lonely and needs a friend, you don't know where he works, I cant talk to his mama... mmm no, I don't care if your 15 25 35 45 or 55. I'm yo mama and I get to veto your decisions.
She survived. conveyed to him that I was psycho concerned about her. I gave her my bright pink taser, OMG she LOVES the taser LOL! good, because the pepper spray bought a year ago was never unpackaged and the taser is a much better option when someone is in your space. It also doubles as a flashlight.

Ok think I am awake enough to make it to that shower and change these 4 day old clothes. Depression. what are ya gonna do? Just clinging to that "survivin' bus", its the one that comes after the struggle bus.

Hugs. I love you being mumma bear. As for the allergy, often childhood ones can be outgrown, and we had thought/hoped that was the case but apparently not.

shanaber

@swenson19d - I hope the hearing went well. Do you have to get paperwork from your doctors as well?
As far as allergies go - dh did not develop his until he was in his late 20's early 30's (interestingly the same with his brother) and they have only gotten worse. We are able to control some but the external dust, pollens, etc. are impossible and it doesn't help that he always wants the windows and doors open for 'fresh air'. I have stopped trying to argue about it, he is the one who has to suffer with the consequences and I just make him sleep elsewhere and close the door.
Love that you are involved with dd and keeping tabs. It is tough when their main social connection is over the internet and there is no way to know what they are really like. I don't have control with mine any longer but I do still question who she is seeing, where did they meet, what does this person do for a living... They never stop being our babies and we never stop being their moms!

@avidkeo - have to say I am envious at your ability to actually go out to see live entertainment! So glad you were able to leave the kids with a sitter and enjoy it! I was looking back at the last time I went to a concert with my friends, June 2019. I don't think that will be happening again here anytime soon, maybe by the last quarter of the year if we are lucky.
Hope your long run was great!

@quilteryoyo - how are you doing today?

I slept better last night. Didn't end up taking a nap and was exhausted when I went to bed. I did wake up this morning with the hamstring aching though and immediately put on the heating pad which seems to help calm it. It was also pouring rain when I got up when we weren't supposed to get any. I had calls from friends who were driving long distances today and wanted someone to talk to so I didn't end up getting out until after lunch. Hobbes and I just walked the neighborhood plus a little. I think this is just going to be the way it is for the foreseeable future.
I have eaten better too, the last couple of days. Haven't weighed, not sure I even want to. I am making whole wheat sourdough bread tomorrow and sourdough waffles with the discard starter. I also promised Hilde some harvest bread with walnuts and dried tart cherries.
I get my 2nd vaccine dose tomorrow afternoon and I am worried about the reported side affects. Hopefully I will be a lucky one and not have so many.

noblsheep

swenson19d wrote: »

@noblsheep I saw the Zoom calendar. sat/sun 430PM -10PM Central according it is when I'd be available. most Tuesdays and friday's I'd also be available. I think that's 130 pm-7pm shana-time. @rhedmobile and @quilteryoyo and I are in the same time zone as I.

Let's say Saturday 8pm Central (which is tomorrow, right?... the international date line is confusing). @rheddmobile @shanaber @quilteryoyo joining? We could chill out, talk about food, and I could do something quick and easy.

swenson19d

noblsheep wrote: »

swenson19d wrote: »

@noblsheep I saw the Zoom calendar. sat/sun 430PM -10PM Central according it is when I'd be available. most Tuesdays and friday's I'd also be available. I think that's 130 pm-7pm shana-time. @rhedmobile and @quilteryoyo and I are in the same time zone as I.

Let's say Saturday 8pm Central (which is tomorrow, right?... the international date line is confusing). @rheddmobile @shanaber @quilteryoyo joining? We could chill out, talk about food, and I could do something quick and easy.

Yay! Sounds good to me. Anyone else interested? @RunsOnEspresso ? @Avidkeo ? I have stuff to make homemade egg rolls which I may be motivated to do.

still no phone... dang weather.

swenson19d

@shanaber yes everything from all my doctors had to be submitted for the disability hearing. I am very lucky to have insurance who takes care of it all because they want social security to start paying me so they can deduct that amount. Their lawyers and case managers do all the leg work. I just affirm my ailments to the judge.

I think dd is annoyed and flattered that I worry about her. When they were teens and wouldn't tell me anything we developed a "not dead" check in. Kinda heart breaking now. I told her I just can't fathom something happening to her too.

Anxiety and depression.
I saw an advert for some hdd-b, magnolia bark or something of the sort. And other ingredients. It may be a placebo but it may help some. Dd took some too.

I ate too much today. Ice cream burger and chips and cheese.

Avidkeo

noblsheep wrote: »

swenson19d wrote: »

@noblsheep I saw the Zoom calendar. sat/sun 430PM -10PM Central according it is when I'd be available. most Tuesdays and friday's I'd also be available. I think that's 130 pm-7pm shana-time. @rhedmobile and @quilteryoyo and I are in the same time zone as I.

Let's say Saturday 8pm Central (which is tomorrow, right?... the international date line is confusing). @rheddmobile @shanaber @quilteryoyo joining? We could chill out, talk about food, and I could do something quick and easy.

Id have loved to join in, if for nothing else but good conversation! 8pm Central is 3pm NZ time (Sunday) and I'll be at work!

Avidkeo

Weigh in day, officially lost 700g or nearly 2lb. Stupidly I'm disappointed cause I lost down to 67.4 but went back up to 67.8, then down to 67.7 this morning wate? R weight fluxuations are weird! Trend is going down, and at expected rate of loss. Well slightly over expected loss actually but that's OK.

Had a lot of food today - long runs help with that. Actually I'm increasing my carbs over the next week so weight will probably increase a bit. Not doing true carb loading, but a small amount won't hurt.

noblsheep

Avidkeo wrote: »

noblsheep wrote: »

swenson19d wrote: »

@noblsheep I saw the Zoom calendar. sat/sun 430PM -10PM Central according it is when I'd be available. most Tuesdays and friday's I'd also be available. I think that's 130 pm-7pm shana-time. @rhedmobile and @quilteryoyo and I are in the same time zone as I.

Let's say Saturday 8pm Central (which is tomorrow, right?... the international date line is confusing). @rheddmobile @shanaber @quilteryoyo joining? We could chill out, talk about food, and I could do something quick and easy.

Id have loved to join in, if for nothing else but good conversation! 8pm Central is 3pm NZ time (Sunday) and I'll be at work!

Aw shucks. Next time then, maybe we could make it a semi-regular thing.

quilteryoyo

@swenson19d Glad you are helping your DD avoid a potentially bad situation.

@Avidkeo Glad you had a great night out with your DH! Congrats on your weight loss. I get your disappointment. You want the "official" weight to be the lowest of the week. You're doing great!

@shanaber Sorry your hamstring isn't getting any better. Glad you and Hobbes are getting out for walks and that you slept better. I hope you are one of the ones who have no real side affects from the second vaccine. Thanks for asking about me. I'm doing great, physically. Had a little bit of an emotional day yesterday, so didn't comment a lot. We're having rain and more rain, so that isn't helping. LOL

I'm not going to join in on tonight's zoom. Maybe the next one, if I figure out my camera. Hope you all enjoy it and will look forward to a report tomorrow.

So, the heat pump saga continues. See the long spoiler below, if interested.

Monday they replaced the Freon and said it should last until they got the outside coil in to replace. Well, right before I went to bed last night, I noticed that the heat pump wasn't keeping up. It wasn't even that cold. So, back to emergency heat. I makes me wonder if there is a hole in both coils and they just can't find the one inside. Anyway, I called and left them a message today. I didn't see the need to call it an "emergency" since they can't do anything about it anyway. Then, if they meant it when they said they can't replace the outside coil if it is raining, the only day next week it's not supposed to rain is Wednesday. Hopefully the part will come in and they can fix it then.

Then, I got a phone call on Thursday from my electric company. They want to put their own lock on my gate because they needed to check the meter earlier in the day and couldn't get in. They service man did walk up here, but said no one came to the garage door and the dog blocked the other door. WAY TO GO TIPPY! So, they had come when I was at mom's. Anyway, the reason for their visit was because I had unusually high usage and they needed to make sure the meter was working. Yep. It's fine. It's having to use emergency heat on really cold days. Now I'm wondering how much my power bill is going to be this month because the heat pump folks can't get their act together!

The more I thought about it, the less comfortable I felt about them having a lock they could use on my gate. So, I called the lady back yesterday and tried to convince her it wasn't necessary. It's not like they need up here frequently. I know it's been 14 years and they haven't had an issue. Why can't they just call and I'll make sure they have access. Her reasoning was that if they need up here, they don't have time to call and make an "appointment" to check THEIR equipment. She kept using that term, which really irritated me for some reason. I finally conceded, but am thinking about calling them back on Monday and talking to her supervisor. I really don't see the need and she said they wouldn't put it on until the next time they needed in (maybe 14 more years?) She also tried to reassure me that it was safe because they kept the key in the office and, when they get a work order to come out, they have to go to the office to pick up the key and they take it back when they are done. Seems like if they can take the time to do that, they could make a phone call. Plus, if they had just called on Thurs, I could have told them why it was high and they wouldn't have even had to come out. It's so frustrating and ALL because of the heat pump.

I don't know why, but in the middle of talking the the electric company lady, I started to cry. It got worse as we continued to talk. I hope she couldn't tell that I was. I tried really hard to hide it. I have no idea why I was crying, but even after I hung up the phone I bawled for about 30 minutes. All I can figure is frustration with the situation and having to handle these things on my own.

This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count. I participate when I can. This morning I counted the birds out my window for about an hour. Plan to later today too. I saw nine different species this morning. I think my favorite was the Downy Woodpecker.

swenson19d

@quilteryoyo Zoom should automatically use your camera, or you could just join by audio. We have a lot of chickadees and sparrows. I see a few cardinals and last week there were so many robins. I think I saw a mocking bird on the back porch getting dog food. And of course my favorite, there are still several crows. I saw a great heron fly over the other day. We have the redheaded woodpecker, I haven't seen any lately though. I think I am going to quit feeding the ones outside the back cat room window. Bear is going to go through the window or give himself a concussion if he hasn't already. Perhaps come spring he'll take care of those mocking birds, maybe Cori could teach him how...

DH had the thought to close in at least part of the back porch. It's a rather large area, 30 x12ish. The motive is to give the dogs an indoor area to get out of the cold. They can go to the shed but insist on the porch unless it's raining because its a metal roof and noisy. I'd been advocating for closing in the porch for years... umm hmm, glad HE had the thought too.

Still no phone. UPS doesn't even have a projected delivery date or time... ugh. I wasted $12 for next day delivery.

Avidkeo

@quilteryoyo what a frustrating situation! Damn heat pump people, just get your crap sorted!

@swenson19 also frustrating!

I've got a weird repair situation atm. I have this fancy travel mug I won off Instagram last year. Its leak proof and absolutely brilliant at keeping liquids warm for hours. Well the other day the plastic screw on the bottom of the button broke off and is lodged in the nut that holds it in place. I can still use the cup without all this, but it's no longer leak proof. So I contacted the company about a replacement. It took a few days to get a reply, but they very helpfully and promptly sent out a replacement nut, telling me to replace it but keep the button I already have. It's the button with the screw that broke! So I emailed saying thanks, that's not entirely what's wrong, the button is broken. No reply yet, because of course it takes several days for a reply.

So Monday I'll get a new nut, cool. But still can't use the cup properly.

More amusing than anything.

My weight is annoying me. I had that drop, but over the last 7 days it's crept back up. I know, I know, trend is down. And I should have another drop soon. But its really bugging me that it appears to be creeping up! It was 67.4 in Monday and has crept up to 67.9 today.

I have to keep remembering, trend is going down still. And i am sticking to deficit. So this won't last long. Lots of muscle fatigue atm = retained water. This is short term.

I hate this about weightloss. Sometimes the daily grind is a real struggle.

quilteryoyo

Thanks @Avidkeo . It's so frustrating. I know you are frustrated about the mug too. They probably sent the part that "usually" breaks. I hope you can get it fixed. Sorry about the weight. It is a struggle, but you know the score. Just hang in there and it WILL go down.

@swenson19d I was on a video meeting the other day, not zoom, and the little camera icon had an x through it and said the camera wasn't available when I tried to turn it on. It's cool that you have a lot of birds around. I like to watch them and need to do more of it. My late husband and I took up birdwatching as a thing to do together and we really enjoyed it. I just haven't taken the time lately to get back into it.

eleanorhawkins

@Avidkeo re the weight... nothing scientific about this, but remember you've ramped up your mileage in recent weeks. At peak training my body seems to cling desperately to weight even if I'm still in a deficit... like 'we need this ran to run this far'. I know, shouldn't be possible but it feels that way. And then of course there's the extra water weight. I got through 2 litres of water on my run and cool down walk this morning!
Dad phoned while I was doing my evening stretching. Said he felt fine after his vaccine, just a slightly sore arm. He hates needles though, and the oncologist has refused to accept the blood test he had last week claiming it was too early. So he has to have another one on Monday, contrast MRI on Tuesday and chemo starts on Friday. He's terrified, poor thing.

ddmom0811

Sorry, I'm just not good at keeping up with y'all anymore! Such a busy group. There is a zoom meeting? I didn't see where it was posted, but I probably can't do it anyway.
My weight is still in the range I don't like but not in the danger zone. I'm eating too much sugar! I got a thyroid test and that was fine. I think it is what I mentioned earlier -- I'm not moving as much since I'm not teaching and of course, too much sugar!

@shanaber - saw the post about your dad dying in 1988. That's when mine died too. He had an unsuccessful double lung transplant. They did just the lungs but when they got in there saw that the heart was very damaged -- or the veins (?) that connect heart to lungs were very damaged I think and they couldn't get it to work. That night a person was brought in to ER who died that was a match for lungs and they gave him both heart and lungs but his body just couldn't handle it all. I think at that time he was the 25th person in the US to get a lung transplant. There were many heart/lung but not just lung. Not sure if they kept doing them or not. He was only 46 and had emphysema starting at age 39 - from a strange alpha one antitrypsin disorder.

@quilteryoyo - sorry about the heat pump and electric company. And crying about it all. I think the stress of the past year is getting to everyone.

quilteryoyo

@eleanorhawkins I'm sorry your dad is so scared. Glad you got to talk to him and hope it is way better than he is expecting. Just so you know, I think they say the 3rd day after chemo is the worst.

Thanks @ddmom0811 . This past year, last 3 months, has been really stressful for me. Sometimes, the smallest thing sets me off. Sorry about your dad. That's so young to pass away!

shanaber

@ddmom0811 - my dad also had emphysema/chronic bronchitis as well. He was quite a bit older though than your dad. He had really bad allergies and asthma but continued to smoke. After being in the hospital for many months he had surgery to help with his breathing but also didn't survive the surgery.
@quilteryoyo - sometimes grief comes out at the most unexpected moment. I am sure all the frustrations with the heat pump and the electric company was just one more issue you didn't need to deal with right then. I wouldn't want them to have a lock on my gate either. Hope you can get both of those settled next week.
@eleanorhawkins - I hope all goes well with your dad. I am sure the thought of chemo and everything is juts overwhelming especially since it is so unknown.
@avidkeo - you are doing great. How often are you weighing? Maybe better to not weigh so often? I mean you know a bit of fluctuation day to day is normal.

We had our 2nd vaccines today. Even though dh had his changed they did take him today and said they thought it was an issue with the application because several people had a similar issue. So far we are both feeling fine. I am noticing just a little soreness in my arm again and hopefully that will be the extent of it.

We got take out last night from our favorite Italian 'fast' place. They have great food and I have learned to ask for the sauces on the side. It was wonderful and very tasty but there must have been something in it that wasn't right. A few hours after dinner I wasn't feeling right and it all came back up. Once it was over with I felt fine and woke up feeling fine this morning. I was so worried even though I was sure it was food related, that I would still not feel well and not be able to get the vaccine. It does make me sad that I only ate about a third of my dinner and had to throw the rest away.

swenson19d

@ddmom0811 I sent you an email with the zoom meet

shanaber

swenson19d wrote: »

@ddmom0811 I sent you an email with the zoom meet

Ha - I sent it to her too! 😁