saturday

We went to the Curb Farmers Market today, followed by Deep Roots (chicken salad, hot bar food, dried herbs), World Market (chemex filters, OatLy) and Target (coffee, TP).

I tried on this fantastic necklace from my favorite jeweler at the farmers market. I didn't buy it yet but now I wish I had gone ahead and splurged on it.

Fit app: afternoon walk
30 Heart Points
3.57 miles

friday

I had two very good appointments at Duke yesterday.
The first, in physical therapy for my shoulder, gave me some good new exercises and a great kneading out of the stiffness on my left side that I could never do on my own. She worked very deeply, mostly on the muscle tissue, which was stiff as a common effect of radiation therapy. It felt a lot better afterwards and feels even better today
The next was my after-mammogram visit. I got a very good all-clear diagnosis from the mammogram and she spent plenty of time explaining that I had a Diagnostic Mammogram for my dense breast tissue that was very accurate. She took the time to educate me a bit more while I was there and I appreciate that a lot.

I weighed in at 117 lbs Thursday afternoon, so I think I can stop worrying about whether I am taking in enough calories now.

12:00 PM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.8 lbs
21.5 BMI
34.8 % Body Fat lbs
71.4 lb Muscle Mass

Friday - Fitness Center

I woke up today after MonsterMustDie had already gone to work. I usually wake up just before he leaves but he got out a little bit earlier this morning.

I got a phone call from Atrium at 11:20AM today. The girl on the phone said my doctor had ordered blood labs and was sending a refill of my rosuvastatin. As she was hanging up, I asked if there was a limit to how soon to the appointment I needed to show up for the blood labs and she said any day I had fasted. This was the first time anyone said I needed to fast before blood labs there. The blood labs my doctor at Atrium ordered are "for your wellness appointment" without saying what labs would be done, and the fast only needs to be six hours before blood is taken, having only coffee and water. I had to pull that info out of her.

Today was my fitness center orientation appointment.

They did not use any of this equipment but it looks cool. They only explained and gave me access to three training machines before the person in charge of my orientation ran out of time. Pretty disappointing. I tried to figure out the treadmills on my own but I failed at that. I am looking forward to learning how to use the treadmills because that is one of the main things I think will be good to do on bad-weather days (raining or too cold).

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.2 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
3.55 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
Healthy Choice Grilled Chicken Marsala (180 calories)(17g protein)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 Pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
Sushi salmon + avocado roll (380 calories) (13g protein)
Ardens Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories) (2g protein)
1 serving Chex Mix (140 calories)
1 slice of Bob's homemade coffee cake

thursday

No plans today. a rare day free of appointments.
Today was spent mostly dealing with idiot AI calls and trying to communicate with my doctor's office at Atrium.
Among other things, the health insurance AI had me pick a time for them call me back. I thought this would be a human calling to talk to me about my prescriptions. Instead, when it was time for the call, it was the AI again. It started by giving me the choice of keying in my birthdate for ID or going back to the main menu by saying or tapping 1. My birthday is in October. No one with a birthday in October, November, or December or with a date that has a one in it can answer that without going immediately back to the main menu. I found a way to describe my birthdate as simply as possible without using a one. Had to repeat it a few times. Then the AI called and connected me to my pharmacy, who did not know what I was calling about.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
3.55 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
4 oz rotisserie chicken (192 calories)
Momo Fuku soy + scallion noodles (320 calories) (10g protein)
2 Pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1/2 cup mixed nuts
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 gimme seaweed snack pack (50 calories)

Wednesday dinner with friends

Today was a trip to Ashboro to meet up with friends for dunch.
We joined Karen and Bob at Don and Alexa's house. It was a very cozy place with a strong Shire vibe and lots of cats and plants.

Our Ellie Cat has been feeling much better now that she's on a daily dose of 10mg prednisolone. She's put on weight and has her appetite back. I still need to set up a return veterinary appointment for her.

  9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.4 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 oz rotisserie chicken (96 calories)
2 pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1 g protein)
1 Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
OLLY Magnesium Gummy (336 mg Magnesium) (25 calories)
33 oz water
20 oz herbal tea
12 oz earl grey tea

Dinner with friends:
2 slices pork roast
1 large slice of Spanikopita
green salad
Bob's coffee cake
1 glass cabernet savignon

Tuesday - Fat Tuesday - Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day

It's Fat Tuesday, also Shrove Tuesday, also National Pancake Day.
I finally got around to walking up and joining Atrium Fitness this afternoon. My orientation appointment is Friday.

Yesterday was my first post-lung surgery CT scan. The saw just enough to say there is nothing to worry about but also enough to schedule my next CT scan for three months instead of six so they could have a better baseline for what is going on in my chest. I will be counting the days until the next CT happens in May. Hopefully, these little things will resolve themselves between now and then.

No aggressive osseous lesions are identified.
IMPRESSION:
1. Status post partial left upper lobe resection. Mild soft tissue thickening around the staple line, presumably postoperative in etiology.
2. Slight increase in clustered and branching nodular opacities at the right lung base consistent with an inflammatory process or minimal infection.
3. Otherwise stable CT examination of the chest.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.2 lbs
34.6% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.4 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
18 Heart Points
2.24 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 oz rotisserie chicken (96 calories)
2 pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1 serving grilled salmon (200 calories)(19g protein)
1/2 cup roasted brussels sprouts (66 calories)
1/2 cup roasted sweet potato (110 calories)
1 large piece of caramel from Bobby Boy Bakeshop

I probably did not drink enough water today.

Monday in Durham

At Duke in Durham for a chest CT scan and Return medical visit today. 

Ate lunch at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe in the medical center to pass time between appointments. 

What I ate today:

Baja chicken wrap (760 calories)

Salt & Vinegar chips (200 calories)

Arden's Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories)

33 oz Deer Park spring water 

1/2 Lindt Dubai chocolate bar (105 calories) (9g sugar)

Friday the 13th

So far, so good. I woke up feeling well today.

Fit app: afternoon walk
15 Heart Points
1.96 miles
5,406 steps

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
34.0% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Thursday

Today started with a hair cut - just a bang trim at the salon that cuts my hair, which is only 10 minutes from the house.
I spent this morning managing calendars an cleanin house.
I also have new, improved exercises to start today for my back, hips, and shoulder.

12:00 PM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.1 lbs
21.2 BMI

Wednesday

Today was my second Physical Therapy appointment with Dr. Adams at Duke in Durham, NC.
Afterwards, we stopped at The Scrap Exchange for MonsterMustDie to hunt for materials for his assemblage sculptures.
Tonight was a Zoom visit with Brian and Laura.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee with half+half
1 Sugar cookie(149 calories)
3 oz rotisserie chicken (140 calories)
1 oz Blue corn flax seed tortilla chips (140 calories)

Tuesday - hiking on melting snow

Karen and Bob invited me to join them hiking at Hanging Rock park today, meeting at their house at 11:00 AM.
There was still a lot of snow on the ground at the park. At the opening to the park, we were invited to join a woman named Jenna and her mother at the sheltered fireplace, who were roasting mashmallows while celebrating her mother's birthday. They had brought a bundle of firewood and a bag of large mashmallows and were just enjoying the day out. As it turned out, Jenna is a digital artist and she talked with Karen about providing some illustration work for the project Karen is currently working on.

Also enjoyed talking with Audrey, Bridget, and Kim during Women's Night Zoom this evening.

This is my last day of antibiotics so I really hope the UTI is cleared up now. I have my doubts but I feel ok this morning.
I will probably drink daily Yarrow herbal tea for a while.

9:50 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.3 lbs
34.5% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
1 Amy's non-dairy Burrito (310 calories) (60g calcium) (10g protein)
1 Sugar cookie(149 calories)
2 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
BBQ plate with slaw and hush puppies

sunday

Yesterday was a good day for a lot of food.
I had leftover hen-of-the-woods parmesan for breakfast.
I hadIa plate of roasted veggies from Deep Roots Market for lunch.
had coq-au-vin for dinner with Karen and Bob at their house.

We have no plans for today. There is still a lot of leftover ice and snow outside but the streets are clear now.
I still have some sensitivity in my bladder from the infection and only two days left on the antibiotic. I hope it is completely cleared now but I really want a urine test as soon as possible to confirm it is gone.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.8 lbs
20.9 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
1 Soft baked ginger molasses cookie filled with cream cheese icing
1/2 cup Chex Mix (140 calories)
Butternut Squash ravioli (330 calories)

thursday

If it had not been for timing of all the snow and ice we're still getting, I would have planned a Superb Owl party for this coming weekend. I was looking forward to creating another social event for friends and neighbors here but I don't think there is time now to get people to plan on being here.
I am a social creature and I love to put people together in a room or project with me. I miss that life. It's always a battle to get MonsterMustDie to allow me to have people in our home but the fights always seem worth it. I pay for it all. I put it together. I clean up afterwards. He is always stressed by having more than two people extra in our space at a time and, although he actually always seems to be much better at it than me, he hates to interact with people. I am socially awkward but I love people. He can make small talk with anyone if he must and he hates it. I make word piles.
Even crowds at supermarkets freak him out. I have seen him leave the farmers market in a panic. He does his best to make himself invisible. This makes his early dimentia even worse. He spends all his time at home isolated at his desk, skimming either facebook or listing things for sale online. I wish I had a reliable third place or group to put together my follies with.

Isolation has always been torture to me.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.9 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

Still too much ice and mud outdoors to walk anywhere.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
sourdough toast with almond butter (266 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 pizzelle cookie (60 calories)
1 cup hot cocoa (100 calories)(10mg calcium)
1 slice Harris Teeter Margherita pizza (340 calories)
Arden's Garden Pinapple Apple Ginger juice 15.2 oz (230 calories)
3 oz rotisserie chicken (140 calories)(24g protein)

wednesday

We have decided to start Ellie cat on steroids today and skip the ultrasound test. I think that is the kindest, simplest option for her.
Woke up with my urethra kinda hurting a little this morning but I also did an application of Monistat last night so that might be the culprit today. I did that to try to avoid any yeast infection that often comes when taking antibiotics.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.2 lbs
34.6% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.4 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee with half+half
1 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
sourdough toast with almond butter (266 calories)
2 pizzelle cookies (120 calories)
16-piece Seaside Roll 9.1oz (415 calories)

UTI is better

After taking two double-doses of the old antibiotics I had on hand, I feel better this morning.
I was able to get a TeleMed call with Atrium late yesterday afternoon, who sent a fresh prescription of the same drug to my pharmacist.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.0 lbs
21.3 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 Oatmeal+Walnut+cranberry cookie (300 calories)
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
1 Arden's Garden Yoga juice
4 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
Momo Fuku soy + scallion noodles (320 calories) (10g protein)
1 boiled egg (77 calories)
1/3 cup fresh spinach (7 calories)
24 oz hot matcha green tea
Amy's non-dairy Burrito (310 calories) (60g calcium) (10g protein)
+ sour cream + salsa (35 calories)
sourdough toast with almond butter (266 calories)

Snowed in

We shoveled out enough of the driveway for our cars to (hopefully) get through yesterday but the streets around us are still completely frozen over. We still have power and there is food in the fridge and pantry so everything is still ok now. The showerhead in the main bathroom was acting a bit suspicious yesterday but no broken pipes have been detected.

I woke up this morning with a UTI. All doctors offices and clinics are closed today. I went through old leftovers in the medicine cabinet to find something to start on today and found one that was a gift from a friend that does not conflict with my other meds. Those outdated-but-still-good pills are a lifesaver. This kind of pain is not one I can wait on.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.0 lbs
34.6% Body Fat
71.0 lb Muscle Mass
21.3 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
1 Cystex tablet
2 cups coffee with milk
2 Oatmeal+Walnut+cranberry cookies (300 calories)
4 Cefuroxine Axetil 250 tablets (2 at 10:45AM and 2 at 9:45PM)