GREAT DAY WITH MY BABIES :)

We spent the day with my family and it was fun.  They live in a new deveopment and it's filling up and they're lots of kids there now so they played with them a lot and grandma felt a little ignored but we went out to dinner and that was great, especially since tomorrow will be my last tasting food day for two weeks.   I had chicken fingers with country gravy, corn on the cob and fries.....and TWO Calypso Coolers!  It was happy hour.  I drink maybe one drink a year, but these were really good!

We're going to a friends for dinner tomorrow.  They planned it on my day before chemo so I could enjoy it.

Have a good weekend everyone....I am!   

MESSED UP.

Why do we eat untill we're stuffed?   I have no idea and I hate it.   I decided to have a piece of pound cake....and ended up eating two...and feeling miserably stuffed.  I did it with something else a different time.  Maybe it's because I can only taste food one week out of three, but that's no excuse.   Maybe it's because I still think I need the portion I used to have before I lost weight.   It's just not worth that stuffed feeling!   I swear I'm not going to do that again!    I'm worried that when I get healthy again I'll go right back to my old eating habits.        Oh well, tomorrow is another day....and I have my next chemo on Monday so I won't have to worry about eating for a couple of weeks!

FEELING STRONG AGAIN.

I went to my doc today for some lab work and injections and the girls were amazed at the energy I had!   Heck,  I was amazed myself!   This is the one week out of the month when I can eat normally and I'm going to take advantage of it.  BBQ ribs for dinner tomorrow with a big ole baked potato with gobs of butter, cheese and bacon....yummy!   

I finally gave in and had my head shaved.   It was down to just a stringy bunch of fuzz..   I am NOT one of those with a beautiful bald head....I look like an old man....lol.  And, man, do I have big ears!    Ya never know what you'll find under that hair.

Thanks to those that visited for your comments. They mean   a lot.    

MS. WHINEY AGAIN!

I haven't been here because I just spent another week in the hospital because I kept passing out and needed blood again.  I'm getting REALLY tired of all this crap....excuse the French!   I'm extremely exhausted so I'm not posting much.  I just wanted to let ya'll know where I've been.  

I'M A LIL PIGGY!

I gained 6 pounds this week!  I went out with my daughter and grandbabies today and went to Chili's where I ate almost all of a country-fried steak, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and garlic bread!  My taste buds were too good the last few days, but it was good to taste food that wasn't bitter or tasteless!   After that we went and got banana splits....and I ate the whole thing.  Oink....oink!  But ya know what?  I don't care!   I have chemo tomorrow and my taste will go away for two weeks.  See, the thing is.....I only gained weight because I knew I'd lose it after chemo again....so of course I had to pig out! <wink....wink>  Ok...ok....not a real reason but I needed some excuse.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Hugs from Ms Oinky!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!

Today is my third wedding anniversary and hubby got me some beautiful peach-colored roses!   How time flies.  I don't know what I'd do without him in this time of my life.  He's my rock and takes such good care of me when I'm down.

Not much new to write about.  I have my fith chemo next Monday....yuck.   That means by the next Monday I'll be so weak I can barely get out of bed....but, oh well, what can I do about it!  Gotta go make dinner.  See ya'll later!

SAME OLE....SAME OLE.

Well, I lost the four pounds I gained plus one....but only because of my chemo.  I finished my 4th treatment and have two more to go.....except for the really harsh chemo I'll get in the hospital.   I am NOT looking forward to that....or the two to three weeks in the hospital.  

My grandbabies are back from Pennsylvania, but they didn't have any snow up there and were disappointed.   They're my precious angels and I missed them soooo badly.  

I hope everyone is having a great new year so far.  Talk atcha later!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I haven't been posting lately because nothing new has happened....except that I gained four pounds!

Yesterday I had what I thought was my last chemo treatment but found out I have to have two more....boo!  That'll set my transplant back and I'm afraid that I won't be able to go to Canada this summer.  I think they want you to stay within 25 miles of the cancer center for three months.  Just have to wait and see.

I want to thank all of you that sent me e-mails.  I really appreciate the good thoughts.   Sometimes I'm even too tired to type so please forgive me for not responding individually.  I love you all!    Have a great new year!  

A LITTLE MORE HOPE.

I went to Moffitt Cancer Center yesterday and came home feeling hopeful for a change.  The cancer I have is so far incurable.  You can go into remission with chemo but it usually comes back.   The specialist told me that if you used the word "cure" even a couple of years ago they would have laughed.....but they've been having good results with a new drug in Europe.  Of course it's not approved in the US yet but is supposed to be approved in 2008.   We're always behind other countries in drugs.  Anyway, he gave me hope.....even though I had to have all those needle sticks!  When I have the stem cell transplant I'll be in the hospital two or three weeks......yuck!  It's better than the alternative, though....right??

I can't get used to the docs telling me I HAVE to eat!  They drive me crazy!   What a change.....lol.  I think I look pretty good right now!

Grandbabies are coming over tomorrow.  I haven't seen them since Thanksgiving because they had colds and I can't be around anyone that's sick.  I miss them sooooo much!

Merry Christmas and have a fun-filled holiday season!

HOUSEBOUND FOR NOW.

It's been a fairly decent week and I haven't had to go to the hospital this time.....yaay!  One more treatment on Dec 31.    I haven't been allowed to go out of the house except for my daily injection at the doctor's office because my white blood count is so low I could get a serious infection and my grandbabies have colds so they can't come over.  I haven't seen them since Thanksgiving. 

Not much else to write about.  Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!