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I wouldn't call myself a foodie, I'm no Nigella or Jamie, but I've always enjoyed cooking and eating. Food has not only been a sensual pleasure, it's been one of the things my social life revolved around - going out for meals, cooking for the family, inviting friends round or going for a drink after work.
Picnics, pasta and parmesan. Comforting Hungarian dishes my mother used to make - stuffed cabbage, chicken paprika, goulash laced with sour cream. It's hard to make the effort, of...
Had my first injection of Pentapeptyl yesterday and walked home afterwards. Felt energetic enough to do some hours of useful work in the garden.
Today a bit stiff in the back and hips but otherwise OK. I wonder how things will shape up in the future. Feeling cheerful and optimistic right now but I know moods can hit me. Due to stop the bicalutamide in two weeks' time.
Someone recently made a very apt remark about music reflecting emotions better than you can ever express them yourself. That sums up the power of lyrics so well. It instantly takes me back to a perfect example.
There was a relationship that probably shouldn’t have been started. But it was. One of those long carefree summers when you live for the moment and nothing else matters. You both knew it wouldn’t and couldn’t last, but there were no regrets when the inevitable parting came....
So next thursday is the op. Cant say im looking forward to it. I am so anxious. I am so scared.
I am hoping that its not going to be as bad as i think.... is that possible? i think im preparing myself for the worst so that im pleasantly surprised, maybe my pain threshold isnt as bad as i think...
Had last genetics counsellor session yesterday - its helped. i realsied that i am a control freak! ha! i have this need to know EXACTLY what i need and when. I was explaining how uninforned i feel - my...
Very good day today. Why? I just don't understand it.
Yesterday was bad. So tired in the afternoon that I lay on the bed and slept an hour or so. Pains in the neck and head came on after breakfast and stayed most of the day. Took the usual ibuprofen tabs with little effect. I felt low and depressed about the whole prospect with dire thoughts about future secondary spread and the chemo that I might have to take.
Today felt fine. Took one ibuprofen with breakfast as a precaution though neither...
Someone recently described music as being the soundtrack of their life. I like this expression very much. I inspect my collection and every piece in there is part of me. Reminders of people who have shaped my life and times I have spent in their company. Family, teachers, schoolmates, work colleagues. Friends old and new with whom I have shared happy times and lots of laughs. Of travelling companions who have explored the world with me. Reminders of hours spent on dancefloors and of concerts attended...
So 2 days into her treatment, we had to take mum back to hospital, she had what we think was a seizure and was suffering from urine infections, so they put her on more drugs and kept her in for a few days...
Now she is on day 5 of treatment, and all she wants to do is sleep, its not easy, I am trying to wake her up every now and then for a drink, and trying to get her to eat is just as hard as she just cant seem to keep her eyes open :(
Theres no guidelines on this, as everyone is so different, it...
There is a problem with this word genres. It doesn’t always adequately describe the music. Some music can’t be put in categories. I know we have to define a type, or otherwise how do we navigate around enormous web sites or music stores? Even then the owners of such retail outlets can’t always agree on which category to put an artist. However we persist with the word, I am probably guilty of overusing it.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet a lot of people lately in my travels and I...
So I've been feeling a little bit better this week. My mood swings seem to have settled down, my sleeping and eating have pretty much returned to normal and I can think straight.
One thing that hasn't changed though is that I'm still not enjoying people's company very much and I've been keeping my friends at arms length - kinda cutting ties with people. I know I shouldn't do this, I know I'll live to regret it, but people are already sick of hearing about my mum, I can tell. They've already...
So its one week and two days to go.... everytime i think about it my tummy does somersaults, i get the runs and i panic.. all natural reactions though eh??
Im still at work (i come off this friday - haveign to build up flexi to take the Monday and Tuesday off though....) but its all i can think about.
Someone kindly on here suggested having a "good bye boobies" night, so im doing this on saturday, bit random, but i think id regret it if didnt do something you know. They have been part...
