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Skriven 2011-07-29 21:04:51 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 14033 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: scheduling life
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Hi Hap,

-> Yes but Skype makes it almost like being there. Can't hold them and
-> pinch those chubby cheeks but..................

 hn> We use G-chat and G videochat...about the same.
 hn> Amanda left today for home in California, so we
 hn> are missing her bubbly happy helpful self a bunch
 hn> today.

I suspect she will either call or get a call from you at some point
today. (G)

->  hn> there, but some...and if you like frog
->  hn> legs it's gooood meat!!

-> So do they taste like chicken as is the universal claim? If so, white or
-> dark chicken?

 hn> Personally I don't think they taste like
 hn> chicken at all...slightly fishy, but more
 hn> like a cold water pike sort of flavor, mild
 hn> and "clean". Not muddy tasting...although

"Tastes like chicken" seems to be the common go to when the imagination
refuses to come up with anything better.

 hn> most of my frog legs were "wild" I can't say
 hn> what farm raised (yep they do that) frog legs
 hn> taste like.

They actually raise frog legs? Do they have a separate facility for
raising the rest of the frog? (G)

-> -> (he said with a frog in his throat.)  How did this weeek's session of
-> -> chemo cocktail go? Hopefully as easy as the first; suppose I'll see the

->  hn> Chemo was yesterday, so I never got
->  hn> online. Went mostly well, Anne got a
->  hn> headache from having one of the
->  hn> drips set too fast, and it has hung
->  hn> around even to this morning...those
->  hn> are some nasty chems!! This morning

No fun to have a headache like that in good times, even less fun at a
time like this.


->  hn> she seemed better, and is complaining
->  hn> a bit of being "weak legged"..so I'm making
->  hn> sure that if she needs to get up (we do have
->  hn> an appointment for the white blood cell boosting
->  hn> shot today) I'm there for her support.
 hn> ->
-> OK, hope all went well with the shot and she wasn't too weak legged for
-> most of the day.

 hn> Chemo was on Monday, today is
 hn> Thursday. Hair has started to fall out.


Hair today, gone tomorrow. Sigh! here's where having a good sense of
humor about it will help.

 hn> Still weak legged, she just has little
 hn> energy for getting up and walking
 hn> any distance with out a bit of arm
 hn> to lean on. Also it affects her hormonal
 hn> balance and she's a bit "down" today.

Understandable. Just keep your arm handy. (G)


 hn> Perhaps in part because Amanda is
 hn> headed back south, but she's noticing
 hn> some similarities in timing from the
 hn> first session. Tomorrow we'll go to
 hn> the hair dressers and get her
 hn> shaved and hopefully more comfortable.

The wig may take some getting used to; she may find herself happier
without it. Ultimately, it's her choice.

-> I think I've gotten over the jet lag from this past
-> trip; the upcoming one will be driving for short (6-8 hour) hauls for

 hn> I think I'm pretty much "done" for
 hn> working at the ballpark this season.

No surprise there. The way the Ms are going, you're not missing much
real baseball tho. (G)


 hn> I'll be close by for Annie whatever
 hn> she needs me for. I'm planning menus
 hn> now working around her chemo schedule.
 hn> The Cancer Resource Center gave me a
 hn> free cookbook "Eating Well Through Cancer"
 hn> which has lots of recipes categorized by
 hn> symptoms and such...which is very helpful
 hn> for me!!

Sounds like you got a good deal there. I had my "3 years after finishing
treatment" check up today. All's clear (took them a good number of shots
tho, to get to that conclusion) so I only have to go once a year now.
Yippee!


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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