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Skriven 2011-08-17 13:08:26 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Life, one day at a time                                  [1]
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Aloha Ruth!

-> ->  hn> No travelling for us this year...I am
-> 
-> -> No surprise but it would be nice if Anne felt well enough to make a trip
-> -> to California.
-> 
->  hn> Even if she feels up to it we won't be
->  hn> able to go with the schedule she's on for
->  hn> treatments. And I confess to being
->  hn> Ultra concerned about her being exposed
->  hn> to germs in her immune weakened state.
-> 
-> Sigh! I know the feeling but you need an escape every so often. Guess
-> it's a good thing Amanda is getting home more often to provide some sort
-> of a break. Good for her to get out of her workaholic rut too.
-> 
Which one? Anne or Amanda? Both of them
suffer from it to a large degree! (grin)
-> 
-> ->  hn> thinking about maybe taking Anne to
-> ->  hn> a nice hotel (maybe in Seattle or
-> ->  hn> down to the Oregon coast) for a weekend
-> ->  hn> one of these days...just a get away and
-> ->  hn> some quiet time somewhere we can
-> ->  hn> just sit and relax.
-> 
-> -> Nice to have those times. I've tried to pull Steve out of his books for
-> -> a day trip out of the area at least once a semester. It worked th first
-> -> semester but not the subsequent 3. Maybe this upcoming one will be 
more
-> -> successful. We visited an outlet mall an hour or so away, hit up a
-> -> kitchenware store or two and got me some sweaters.
-> 
->  hn> The sell sweaters at kitchenware stores now?? (grin)
-> 
-> Yes, but not the kind you could wear. After all, isn't cooking onions on
-> a low, slow heat known as sweating them? And, whatever they're in is a
-> sweater, isn't it? (G)
->
So everything you wear in Summer is a 
"sweater"??
 
-> ->  hn> canning for the three of us and quarts
-> ->  hn> were better for that. Never canned
-> ->  hn> tomatoes though.
-> 
-> -> Canning tomatoes is dead easy. Scald, core and slip skins. Stuff into a
-> -> jar, leave half an inch of headspace. Cap, process in pressure cooker (5
-> -> pounds of pressure) for 10 minutes. A teaspoon of salt per quart can be
-> -> added but not necessary.
-> 
->  hn> Up here we never grew enough tomatoes
->  hn> for me to spend any time canning them.
-> 
-> That's why I bought--half a bushel, Amish raised, for $6.00. Good deal,
-> especially since the deer are enjoying ours. We've been able to eat 2
-> small ones out of the dozens we've seen started.
->
Happily we don't have the deer problem here
in town...but the weather keeps us from growing
a lot of good tomatoes. Early Girl ( a variety developed
for our short growing season) is no where near as
good a tomato as a good southern beefsteak!
 
->  hn> Most were eaten fresh..and a few were
->  hn> dehydrated for "sundried" tomatoes..
-> 
-> I usually just buy a bag of those as needed.
->
I do that now!
 
-> ->  hn> Yeah...it tastes like chicken breast meat (grin)!
-> 
-> -> Unseasoned breast meat. OTOH, seasoned is good.
-> 
->  hn> As is seasoned Tofu!
-> 
-> True, as long as the seasonings are compatable with each other. Some
-> folks might just dump in anything to season it, without paying attention
-> to what they are adding.
->
Some folks should start paying attention
to what they're eating !!
 
-> ->  hn> Time is fun when you're having flies!
-> 
-> -> That's older'n the hills.
-> 
->  hn> Yeup...and almost as old as me!
-> 
-> But older than I am.
->
Ah but you're still a young thing! Steve
is too!
 
-> ->  hn> start the second round of chemo; once
-> ->  hn> a week for 12 weeks...THEN the radiation.
->  hn> ->
-> -> And by then, hopefully all the nasty cells will be deader'n dead. Nice
-> -> thing about radiation--Anne can lie down (and maybe even take a short
-> -> nap) on the table while being treated. She'll also become a tatooed
-> -> lady. (G)
-> 
->  hn> I'm hoping she tolerates it well...
-> 
-> Radiation or the tatooes? The former is rougher than the latter. She
-> will probably want loose fitting tops that touch as little skin in some
-> areas as possible. Good chance she will get at least a "sum burn" from
-> it, maybe some more intense burning. Extreme fatigue is another side
-> effect; this one can last years. I still have times when I'll have to
-> quit whatever I'm doing and rest--and I finished my treatments 3 1/2
-> years ago. You need patience; time will help but sometimes the time
-> really drags. Celebrate the end of each week of treatment and each phase
-> of treatment; set a goal (concert, show, what have you) that you want to
-> mark, even if it's a relatively minor one. It may end up being a major
-> marker; you just don't know ahead of time. But, keep putting one foot in
-> front of the other and repeat as often as needed.
->
She'll tolerate the tattoos..I'm hoping the
side effects will be milder. Radiation is 
NASTY stuff! 
 
-> ->  hn> Biggest thing to me was she was so
-> ->  hn> nasty and I mean NASTY to the nurses
-> ->  hn> who were giving her the Chemo...poor girls
-> 
-> -> Don't think it was karma but those workers have so much patience and
-> -> concern for their patients. They put up with a lot of flack but don't
-> -> let it show. It's the sweet folks that more than make up for the tigers
-> -> that make their job rewarding.
-> 
->  hn> I certainly know I could not do it!
-> 
-> You would be surprised what you could do if you had to--ask Steve about
-> changing my infection dressing.
->
Blood and muck don't bother me...mean 
spirited people DO. Makes me wanna just
whack  some sense into 'em!
-> 
-> ->  hn> Check and see if there's anyone selling
-> ->  hn> boiled peanuts at the game!!
-> 
-> -> They had peanuts; have to ask the family we went with if they were
-> -> boiled or not. Seemed to be roasted, hard shelled. Steve & I split a bag
-> -> Montgomery Biscuits, lost 6-4 but had a few good plays.
-> 
->  hn> Too bad you didn't get to see them play
->  hn> the Jackson Generals...they are an AA
->  hn> team in the Mariners organization and
->  hn> seem to be really doing well this year!
-> 
-> Maybe next time. We never went to a Savannah Sand Gnats game, just 
too
-> hot in the summer there. That or work or some other things kept us away.
-> They're a Mets affiliate.
-> 
I think I'd say even NC has summers too hot.
although I spent a lot of long hot summers 
in Tenn and SC...I'm HAPPY to be where I am!!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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