Friday

Quiet morning. Karen and Bob are at the beach this week, so I'm alone for the weekend. MonsterMustDie is here but he has no interest in going anywhere or doing anything other than possibly watching the new Superman movie in a darkened theatre. He has had his flu and Covid vaccinations but I have not so I would prefer to go to the cinema for a matinee during the week when I think it would be less crowded.

I got a phone call from my oncologist this afternoon at 3:00pm.
I had a question about the likelyhood of my pancreatic cysts developing into cancer and whether or when they might want to remove them or will they just continue to monitor them every six months. I only expected a message back about her thoughts on that. Her office just phoned and they want to see me on September 17 now.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448105/#
"Given their malignant potential, all MCPNs should be excised in patients fit to undergo surgery."

After sending a message to the Oncoligist office, the nurse there replied they wanted to discuss my weight loss, so perhaps I am panicking in my usual Woody Allen-ish way. I am certainly looking forward to talking with her again about all of this.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
4.4 oz Siggi's vanillla skyr 4% (140 calories)
1 cup Oatmeal + dried apricots
Ocuvite multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Ceasar chicken salad wrap sandwich from Fresh Market (440 calories)
1 Bubbies pistachio mochi bite (90 calories)
1 The Fresh Market Dark Chocolate Almond Peanut Butter Cups (310 calories)
small spinach salad
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories)

Fit app: evening walk
55 Heart Points
3.69 miles

10:00 AM weight: 110.9 lbs

self-maintenance

I had a physical therapy appointment this morning at 10:15AM. I was back home by 11:15AM. The physical therapy started with 5 minutes on the treadmill to warm up. This time, my appointment (2nd) was with Alyssa, who was much better at coaching me through the moves I was making.
This afternoon, I had my first post-surgery haircut and style at 2:00PM. She remembered I used to live in Atlanta and we talked about Buford Highway, Doraville, Duluth - which she says has a large Asian population now, and favorite restaurants and foods. I filled her in on my health and recent surgeries without going too far into detail.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
1 Orgain 30g chocolate shake (160 calories)
Ocuvite multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 Arden's Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories)
2 slices fish (smoked kippers) + avocado toast (800 calories?)
1 Bolthouse Farms Protein Plus 30g smoothie (340 calories)

Fit app: afternoon walk
27 Heart Points
1.41 miles

9:30 AM weight: 108.7 lbs

woke up angry

I woke up angry this morning. Don't know why - maybe it was the dreams I had of RFK Jr. being a family member nobody liked but everyone had to endure. Maybe it was waking up with back pain.
Instead of my evening walk, I ended up watching two new episodes of Wednesday.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
L-Arginine L-Citrulline complex 1000 mg supplement
1 cup cranberry juice
1 cup oatmeal + dried apricots
1 Orgain 30g vanilla protein shake (160 calories)
1 Evol Frozen Butternut Squash and Sage Ravioli - 8.13oz (310 calories)
1/2 fresh tomato
6 leek dumplings, steamed (150 calories)
1 Bolthouse Farms Protein Plus 30g smoothie (340 calories)

10:00 AM weight: 111.6 lbs

Tuesday

Sunny morning. Cool afternoon. Absolutely boring day. I could swear my morning exercises make my back and hip hurt more. I finally took an Advil Dual Action late in the afternoon and I probably would have gotten a lot more done to day if I had taken it in the morning.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake
1/2 spinach spanikopita
1 Bolthouse Protein Plus smoothie
1 Evol Frozen Butternut Squash and Sage Ravioli - 8.13oz
1/2 large heirloom tomato
1 Advil Dual Action tablet at 6:00pm
1 Orgain 30g vanilla protein shake

Fit app:
31 Heart Points
1.58 miles

12:00 PM weight: 109.3 lbs

Labor Day

MonsterMustDie is off work today. He spent most of the day organizing his space in the mud room.
I was bored and went driving around to Aldi and Whole Foods in search of dried rice. I found everything but ordinary dried rice. Both stores had prefab mixes and bagged cooked or frozen rice but no simple containers of dried rice. I should have tried Harris Teeter as well but I did not.
Small milestone on my surgery healing: I finally lost the scab on my side where the drainage tube that went through my ribs and into my lung had been.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
D3 1000IU supplement
1 cup prune juice
1 cup oatmeal + walnuts + blueberries
4.4 oz Siggi's vanillla skyr 4% (140 calories)
1 Yellowtail Sushi Set, 9 OZ
1 Pineapple Apple Ginger Juice, 15.2 FZ

Fit app: evening walk
38 Heart Points
2.38 miles

9:00 AM weight: 109.6 lbs

sunday

MonsterMustDie made his first trip of the day to HomeDepot at 9:00AM.
It was too smokey outside tonight to walk. By the time I went outside to get my walk in, the air smelled heavily of wood smoke. I walked down to the school, put on my mask, and walked back inside the house. I stuck my head outside our back door later and the smell was even heavier.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1/2 spinach spanikopita
1 slice pumpkin bread
1 Bubbies pistachio mochi bite (90 calories)
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories)
1 Advil Dual Action tablet
red beans + rice + rotisserie chicken for dinner

9:00 AM weight: 109.6 lbs

Went to the Farmers Market and Deep Roots Market yesterday morning. Got my usual hot bar breakfast of grits, spinach mini quiche, and veggie links

friday

Spent the morning doing a couple of loads of laundry.
Went to the food truck event at Nomad Wine this afternoon. The truck today was Thai Smile. MonsterMustDie had a proper beer while I ate my noodles.
Most of the people I could phone during my evening walk are at DragonCon this weekend or out with friends. I had a long conversation with Audrey tonight.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1/3 prime rib + potatoes + veggie dinner from Harris Teeter
1 Orgain 16g protein shake
1 very sweet Thai iced tea
1 plate Shrimp Pad See Ew

Fit app: evening walk
45 Heart Points
3.13 miles

11:00 AM weight: 107.4 lbs

Thursday

MonsterMustDie has a check-up at Duke in Durham, NC today. He never wants me to go with him although I really want to go to at least take notes during his visit with his doctor. He never takes notes. He considers this none of my business. He left early, at 8:30AM, for his 10:45AM check-in at Duke.
MonsterMustDie told me his check-up with blood labs went very well. His numbers were perfect. That's all he had to say about it. He went shopping at a few places before coming home afterwards.
It's senior discount day at Harris Teeter grocery so we picked up a prime rib meal, which is huge, along with some other provisions in the evening.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 oatmeal-walnut-cranberry cookie
1 Bolthouse Farms Protein Plus 30g smoothie
1/3 prime rib + potatoes + veggie dinner from Harris Teeter
L-Arginine L-Citrulline complex 1000 mg supplement
1 dark chocolate almond butter cup

Fit app:
45 Heart Points
2.53 miles

10:00AM weight:109.8 lbs

Wednesday

Now that my other medical appointments are finally slowing down in frequency, I have decided my main priority now is to stay on track with dealing with my back problems in the hope that I can overcome this. I have a group of four weekly physical therapy visits coming up and a prescribed group of exercises to do daily.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
1/2 almond poppy seed muffin
Amy's Non-Dairy burrito + 1/2 avocado
Ocuvite multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement

Fit app: morning walk
21 Heart Points
1.32 miles

10:00AM weight: 110.0 lbs

Tuesday

I had a physical therapy appointment this morning for my constant back pain. I hope this provides a plan for me heal enough to travel, work at my desk, drive long distances and have a normal-ish life again. They set me up with a weekly schedule of visits and a list of exercises to try to do hourly during the day. My back hurt more after the visit so I took another Advil Dual Action this afternoon.

Sad facebook event of the day: I decided to walk to the library to attend the Hazard Mitigation Plan Public Input Meeting at 6:00pm. The presentation was nice, with PowerPoint slides and other planners online but I think I was the only person in attendance who was not a government employee. Not another regular resident showed up in person.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Orgain 16g protein shake (240 calories)
Momo Fuku noodles with 1 cup baby kale (320 calories)
1 boiled egg (78 calories)
1 oatmeal cookie (150 calories)
1 Arden's Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories)
1 Amy's Palak Paneer frozen entree (340 calories)
1 Bubbies pistachio mochi bite (90 calories)

Fit app:
40 Heart Points
2.67 miles

Monday

Sunny morning with clear skies.
My back was especially painful today so I took an Advil Dual Action tablet.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 poppy seed almond muffin
2 cups snack of flax seed blue corn chips
1 Orgain 16g protein shake

10:15 AM weight: 109.3 lbs

sunday

Another sad facebook event: tiny flea market of t-shirts.
Saw a groundhog in our yard for the first time. There are plenty of them in High Point but I had not seen one at our house before.
Talked to Sandy and Karen while I had my evening walk.
MonsterMustDie and I watched the latest episode of Jessica Payne's podcast about her trip to France.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 salmon + avocado sushi roll from Sprouts Market
1 poppy seed almond muffin
Orgain 16g protein shake
1 or 2 cups snack of flax seed blue corn chips and zen party mix with roasted almonds

Fit app:
33 Heart Points
4.51 miles

Saturday

Went to the Farmers Market and Deep Roots Market this morning.
MonsterMustDie walked with me in the evening, which made it a slower walk.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement

4.4 oz Siggi's vanilla skyre
hot bar plate: grits + 1 mini spinach quiche + 3 veggie sausage links
1 dark chocolate almond butter cup
1/2 spanikopita
1 Bubbies pistachio mochi bite

Fit app:
11 Heart Points
1.46 miles

9:00 AM weight: 111.1 lbs

overcast today

I had an eye exam this morning. Only change was to my reading glasses/close-up vision. The recommendation was to go from 1.25 to 1.75 on my readers.

What I ate today:
1 cup coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 oatmeal cookies
1/2 cup cooked kale + 1/3 cup chicken fried tofu
Orgain 16g protein shake
1 yellow tail + avocado + cilantro sushi roll

Fit app: evening walk
36 Heart Points
2.42 miles

1:30 PM weight: 113.3 lbs