Oh, Yooly. I can't imagine that and the heat!!!!

I hope you get relief from both soon.

Today it has cooled off here - and pouring rain this morning. Feels and smells so good.

Thank you, PAV! How are YOU feeling? How is your recovery coming along?????

OMG ... that is disappointing. I guess I'll need to start asking them to give me a smaller cone?????

I guess we have to be happy for any kind of progress. Even slow.

I had one tonight that I swear must’ve been close to 300 g. But PAV I’m not gonna worry about those ice cream cones. When things go awry for me it’s not because there’s 200 cal not properly accounted for when I eat a McDonald’s ice cream cone. The problem is usually the dozen donuts or a cake.

McDonald’s ice cream cone is actually not a bad thing for me even if it’s many extra calories because it means I went and I purchased ONE thing to eat and generally it does the trick.

Today turn into a bit of an eating meltdown… I am a wee bit stressed because my eye was hurting today and I have a couple of appointments regarding the boob next week and I had three days of calorie deficit. So it seemed my hamsters just couldn’t handle that all at once.

I’m glad tomorrow is a fresh new day.

Sorry sleep was interrupted.

Laurie I am a proponent of the one cone theory even if higher or lower than expected. And I can tell you it won't be 200 Cal *extra* even at max.

Hope our Yooly is doing okay??!!!!!

Glasdyou are fine, Yooly - and tested clear. I hope the pain hears that soon and leaves? I've discovered the past few years that I can have all the symptoms of a UTI without the UTI - my bladder seems to be reactive to histamines when I'm in hay fever mode (and when using some eyedrops I've discovered this year). That was something I've never heard of, but I'm hearing more of it now (probably because I know of it now???)

I agree - plans ARE good - but it seems that breast cancer is a moving target. There is a diagnoses - then a plan - than discovery of ??? more - than round and round. Just like with the eye I've been trying to adopt an "I submit" or "I reliquish control" motto. There is no control to be had in this journey. Unlike the food journey were I should try to seize control!!!!!

Yes!

Actually, Athijade I’m thinking kidney stones. Not boulders 🪨but teeny things that hurt a lot. I had a kidney stone about 15 years ago and this is kind of like that. Who knows? I’ll definitely know if it breaks loose YOW! Anyway I have a follow up in two weeks and probably an MRI thereafter.
So far it’s achy but tolerable

Went to the gym this morning after a two week break. It wasn’t too bad! We went at 5 am and enjoyed the spectacular full moon during the ride.

so you're saying I should take my boy to that movie?

😎

Thank you, Yooly 💕

The optometrist appointment yesterday was pretty fantastic. I don’t have glasses yet but the optometrist thinks that perhaps a significant contributor to my poor vision is the shape of my eye/lens has changed and my glasses prescription is way off 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

With bare eye or no glasses … the vision in the eye that experienced the retinal detachment is about 20/400. Looking through the testing device/lenses it seemed like I could - at least some of the time - see somewhere between 20/40 and 20/60.

My mind was blown.

The eye is still healing. Even during that testing process I had to stop every few minutes to close my eye and let it stop looking for a little while. Because it felt like it was trying to do somersaults.

But - I can’t tell you how hopeful I’m feeling!!!



The MRI was an experience, followed by an 8 o’clock this morning phone call saying they need more images … 😳 … I am seeing the surgeon tomorrow morning at 10. He will have received the results so hopefully he can ease my mind. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

I wanted to ask!
I did, I did!
Lucky for me, Yooly got in first!

Very glad to hear the good eye news!!!

Do not fear the cone! It is still an "ok" deal, even if not 240 Cal (still wondering how the US ones are supposed to be even fewer Cal; but I digress).

Cone research shows consistency WITHIN specific stores but not BETWEEN stores.

I have been hitting the one near the house and the one near the parental. The one near the house has been making the larger cones and the one near the parental the small ones.

So I figured I would out-fox them! I would go to the one at the mall on the way back home!

I did! And I run into the assistant manager, swing manager AND a second swing manager ALL of who used to work at the store near the house--but during the renovations used their seniority to continue to work at the store near the mall... and then stayed there!

After we exchanged greetings and almost hugs... the cone ended up similar to the ones from the store near dad! And at 147g very close to the 150g mark that I THOUGHT i remembered as the goal weight for a cone.

Of course 150g would still make the cones more than 240 Cal, don't get me wrong, but it would be well under the 300 Cal which has been my mental cone average.

My data points so far (scale positioned every time so that it shows 69g for my car key)

My local McD: 197g, 169g, 183g
Dad's local McD 158, 137g, 144g,
Other McD 147g

Which brings the average when you throw out the top and bottom outliers to 160g and 305 Cal and even if you don't throw anything out, the cones are rolling in at 162g and 309 Cal!

In the interest of science I have no option but to continue to take one for the team in order to accumulate more data points! It's hard work but SOMEONE has to do it, right?

WOW!

I wrote a big long clever text… Really I did… But somehow lost it…..😁

But really, WOW, is perfect.

You are a dedicated man, PAV. I thank you.

And Cole Robbie spirals on top of it!!! 😜😆

Heat wave, seriously Mr.PAV? How about 42 consecutive days at 100+? No rain in two months and no cool down in sight. It was 80F this morning at 5am when I went to the gym! Enjoy that lovely springlike day in Vancouver.