thursday

I am planning to make it back to the gym today.
I haven't heard from Karen this week. I think she "butt-dialed" me from her watch, as she does often, on Tuesday while we were at the restaurant with MonsterMustDie's cousin but she hasn't answered my texts that I sent afterwards. I'll take that as a sign that she is having a very good, busy first visit with her biological sisters in Florida.

9:04 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.4 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee - 1 with Half+Half, 1 with Oatmilk
2 boiled eggs
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
one D3 1000 IU supplement
1 cup green tea

Wednesday

Yesterday evening, we had dinner and a visit with MonsterMustDie's cousin, Brian, and his wife, Chantelle. They were on their way to vacation at Virginia Beach. We ended up eating at BlueRock Pizza.
His cousin, Brian, had a serious mortality check with nearly dying in the most random way. He had a very bad reaction to a drug they used during his eye surgery, Fentanyl. He said that he was apparently he is allergic to it. They almost lost him... from a routine surgery most of us get at a certain age.
They also discussed the condition of other cousins who he saw at the recent funeral of MonsterMustDie's uncle. One brother is in fantastic, age-defying shape. The other is swollen, mentally fading, and nearly gone.
We came back to our house. MonsterMustDie showed them around a bit and discussed his garden.
Chantelle is delightful. I talked with her about books we have read and want to read.
It was a very good visit.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.0% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee - 1 with Half+Half, 1 with Oatmilk
3 Macaron cookies (130 calories)
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories)(1 g protein)
Amy's Indian Palak Paneer (340 calories)(14g protein)(170mg calcium)
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
1 Dumle chocolate caramel
2 slices Hawiian pizza
1 glass red wine

Tuesday

New day. No plans, other than going to the gym.
Slept ok last night after going to bed a few minutes before 9PM. I didn't have too many body aches last night but my Restless Legs kept waking me up. That's the price I pay for spending too much time in the car yesterday. That's still a lot better than my absolute inability to travel in a car when my back/muscle injury experience started April 13, 2024, The morning I woke up unable to move enough to even put on my shoes. I think I can handle travel now as long as I am allowed to make frequent stops to stretch and move my body.

I am still concerned about my Lab Results and Notes From Care Team yesterday.
In the first document from yesterday, it says
“No significant change in mucus plugging/nodularity in the anterior right lower lobe within bronchiectatic airways. No concerning nodule identified.”

In the Notes From Care Team yesterday, it says
IMPRESSION:
...
"2. Slight increase in clustered and branching nodular opacities at the right lung base consistent with an inflammatory process or minimal infection. "

It is the words "Slight increase" that worries me.
That, it turns out, is a note from Comparison: 5/13/2025.
I sent a message to my Thoracic care team and the PA who saw me last phoned me back this afternoon.
My PA says it is just mucus. The lower right and middle right lobe of the lung is the most common area for mucus from aspiration, like the sort I have often when saliva goes down the wrong way, to settle.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.5 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
a bit of leftover hot plate meal from yesterday
B12 supplement 1000 MCG
1 Airborne immune support tablet (zesty orange)
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
D3 1000 IU supplement
Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1 g protein)
1 small Ceasar salad

Monday

Good news! The results of my chest CT scan this afternoon were great.
I was still a bit confused because the NP said the spot in my right lung had resolved itself.
However, the report says

"Slight increase in clustered and branching nodular opacities at the right lung base consistent with an inflammatory process or minimal infection."

I asked the PA who saw me yesterday and she assured me that comment was from the original CT scan back in February.

FINDINGS:
Lower Neck: Stable nodular thyroid.
Mediastinum/Heart/Esophagus: Normal size heart and great vessels. No pericardial effusion. No coronary artery calcification is identified. . No adenopathy. Small hiatal hernia.
Upper Abdomen: No significant change in a hypodensity in the right hepatic lobe which presumably represents benign hemangioma when correlating with a contrast CT May 13, 2025. Stable simple cystic hypodensities in the tail the pancreas.
Chest Wall: Prior bilateral lumpectomies. Left axillary surgical clips. No adenopathy.
Bones: No suspicious osseous lesion.
Lungs/Pleura: No pleural effusion or pneumothorax. Postoperative changes of left upper lobe wedge resection, stable bandlike scarring along the suture margin. No significant change in mucus plugging/nodularity in the anterior right lower lobe within bronchiectatic airways. No concerning nodule identified.
IMPRESSION:
Prior left upper lobe wedge resection. No evidence for recurrence or metastatic disease in the chest.

from the medical exam today:
Blood Pressure: 112/69
Temperature: 97.9
BMI: 20.96
Pulse: 60
Weight: 114 lb 10.2 oz
Respiration: 16
Height: 5'2.01"
Oxygen Saturation: 98%

9:30 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.3 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
71.0 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
Kind breakfast protein bars (220 calories)(8g protein)
14 oz Hot Bar food plate
Ardens Garden juice (130 calories) (2g protein)
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement

I was incredibly tired the rest of the day, probably from the sun in the car. The sun tends to make me very sleepy. I ended up going to bed a bit earlier.

Sunday

Karen is flying to Florida this morning to spend a week meeting her biological sisters for the first time.
Brian and Laura are on a two-week trip with family to Italy.
The weather forecast is 90 degrees today.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
1 serving Naan bread (140 calories)
small Greek salad (150 calories)

Saturday

We went to the ribbon-cutting celebration and walked a bit on the Greensboro downtown greenway today with Karen and Bob.
We got together with Karen and Bob at their house and went in one car together there. By the time the ribbon-cutting speeches and ceremony were over, it was getting pretty warm outside. We walked a short distance and had lunch at the food truck park.

9:30 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.5 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
71.0 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

Somehow, the fitness app didn't get any of this. Maybe there were too many stops and starts.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 serving Oatmeal (150 calories) + 0.50oz dried cinnamon apples
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Vegetarian plate from Morocan food truck
Ardens Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories) (2g protein)

Friday

Yesterday was fairly active. I started the day taking the car in to have a brake light replaced and my emmissions inspection was done while I was there.
I saw a weird thing in my next door neighbor's front yard in the morning as I was leaving home at 8:35 AM. It was a brief rain shower that only covered a small area in the middle of her yard - like a giant watering can was in the sky.
I went to Cardio Dance at the gym in the afternoon.
Later that night, I met up with K and B at CharBar7 for live music and snacks. I really need to remember to only order one appetiser or small plate that I can share with someone else. The portions are too generous for me to eat alone.
MonsterMustDie was drinking at home and not good company for anyone, including me.
I started to have a bit of nasal drainage yesterday evening as well, starting right at the time I showed up to the restaurant.

This evening, the plan is to join K and B for dinner at their house.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.5 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
71.0 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 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 oatmilk
1 serving Oatmeal (150 calories) + dried cinnamon apples
3 Macaron cookies (130 calories)
3 oz rotisserie chicken (210 calories)(20g protein)
1 piece Dubai chocolate (124 calories)

Dinner with Karen & Bob:
roast lamb, roasted fingerling potatoes, fresh tomatoes
toss salad with candied pecans and pumpkin seeds

wednesday

Still not driving until I get my brake light fixed tomorrow.
Should have taken an Aleve last night because I'm aching a bit this morning.

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

Fit app: evening walk
Heart Points
miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
1 Aleve 220mg
.505 lb Kale+Apple+Walnut salad (450 calories)
1/2 bag Hot & Spicy potato chips (160 calories)
10.10oz black beans and brown rice
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1 g protein)

Tuesday

I went to the Power30 mixed workout class at gym today. Then I did some exercises on the gym machines before walking home.
City recycling pick up was today. I watched a guy in a John Deer Green tractor trim the plants on the curb at the dry pond.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.1 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Fit app: evening walk
22 Heart Points
1.59 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
1 bowl oatmeal (100 calories)(120mg calcium) + 1 dried apricot (10 calories) + cinnamon + honey
8 fresh cherries
1 Amy's Black Bean burrito (290 calories)(40mg calcium)(8g protein)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1 g protein)

Monday

I went to Yoga class today. It was a colder-than-expected day and it was threatening to rain as I left the gym later. I did not make a good choice of walking there without an umbrella or jacket. On my way home, a neighbor saw me running down the street and gave me a ride three blocks home.

Zoom tonight with the ladies was very good. Seven of us showed up for the conversation. We caught up on Nick's progress after his heart procedure. Also heard about Audrey's first experience in a float tank. Lisa's class schedule is a lot easier this semester, with just two classes a week, instead of every night. Gilli showed everyone around her new house. Bridget discussed future plans for remodeling their house. Kim and Bridget both talked about camping.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
112.7 lbs
33.8% Body Fat
69.9 lb Muscle Mass
20.7 BMI

Fit app: evening walk
11 Heart Points

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half

Mother's Day 2026

No plans today. K has daughter visiting this weekend. MonsterMustDie prefers to remain at home.
Most of my friends were busy with family-related activities. I did have a phone conversation with Gillian today while I was walking.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.4 lbs
34.1% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

Fit app: evening walk
44 Heart Points
3.85 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
1.85oz home made soda bread + blueberry preserves
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Amy's Indian Palak Paneer (340 calories)(14g protein) +
1 Tablespoon Taziki (14 calories)
Chicken Bahn Mi sandwich

saturday

The yard is verdant after the rain a couple of days ago.
I almost forgot about the Bowling meetup today for the StarTrek fan group.
One neighbor behind us on saved a bunch of Snapdragon plants they were throwing out from the planters at the school and she told me to take as many of them as I wanted for our yard. I took four plants home and MonsterMustDie put them in the ground for me. I am told the winters here are mild enough that these flowers will come back from the roots.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
Healthy Choice Grilled Chicken Marsala (180 calories)(40mg calcium)(17g protein)
1 slice home made soda bread (quite solid)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)

at the bowling alley:
1 large soft pretzel
3 Chicken fingers
French fries

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

Fit app: lunch walk
11 Heart Points
miles

friday

Perhaps this is a good day for Greek food. Still very overcast and wet this morning. It rained last night.
I joined some neighbors at the Revival rooftop bar just down a few blocks from the house - Loraine, Nicki, and Wendy(?).
I was already in my cup at 1/2 glass of red wine.

What I ate yesterday:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
1 bowl of Oatmeal + fresh blueberries + walnuts + kefir (150 calories)
1 CholestOff supplement
Momo Fuku soy + scallion noodles (320 calories) (10g protein)
1 cup Arugula (Rocket) (4 calories)(32mg calcium)
1 TimTam cookie (95 calories)

1 cup Mudwtr + honey + oatmilk

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.2 lbs
34.5% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.4 BMI

wednesday

I had a long day with K on Tuesday, traveling to Durham for her 10 AM Neurology appointment at Duke. After that, we had lunch at Guglhupf Bakery & Restaurant. Then we went shopping and got home a bit after 6 PM. The medical appointment didn't go as well as she hoped and they want to see her again today. It is interesting that I tend to buy more when I am jolly. She told me that she buys more when she is sad. She spent a lot more money than I did yesterday. I hope the good meal out and shopping cheered her up.

What I ate yesterday:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
1 bowl of Oatmeal + fresh blueberries + walnuts + kefir
Nekot Peanut Butter crackers (240 calories)(4g protein)
Lunch: Kippered Salmon plate
evening snack at home: 1 serving each potato chips, tortilla chips one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement

Today, Karen is going back to Duke with Bob.
I'm going to try to begin getting back on my exercise plan, starting with floor exercises this morning and going to the gym this afternoon.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
1 slice wholegrain toast
1.55 oz curry chicken salad
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
1 TimTam cookie (95 calories)
Gimme Roasted Seaweed snack (25 calories)(1g protein)
1 avocado (250 calories)
1 Amy's Black Bean Burrito (290 calories)(8g protein)
1 Seaside Roll - Salmon Tuna (490 calories)

Photos of yesterday's adventure.
The German restaurant

some of the visual merchandising I saw while shopping

tuesday

Today is Cinco de Mayo, which would a good day to go to an Irish pub.

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

Fit app: afternoon walk
22 Heart Points
2.34 miles

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 + milk
1 curry chicken salad sandwich with wholegrain bread
2 Pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
vegetable samosas (480 calories)
1 Motrin PM

May the 4th be with you

MonsterMustDie went alone to Duke this morning. I think he chooses to go this way because
1. He is still very private about everything in his life (bad partner).
2. He is more comfortable treasure-hunting at multiple antique and thrift shops on the way home.

This means I am alone most of the day.
Yoga class at the gym this morning was cancelled. The instructor badly injured her hand on the way to class. I worked out on the weight machines instead before going home.

MonsterMustDie tells me he had a great check-up today. All of his numbers have remained at the same, very low levels. He says his doctors are quite pleased.

I also found out there is a woodpecker nest high up in a pinetree behind our back yard. The sound of the chicks got my attention and I looked up to see the adults returning to the nest. Meanwhile, there is also a Northern Mockingbird nest in the shrub in front of the kitchen window now.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Fit app:
43 Heart Points
3.49 miles
8,983 steps

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee + oatmilk
small plate of Greek food leftovers - meat, bread, hummus, taziki
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1g protein)
Salmon Avocado Roll (420 calories) (23g protein)
2 shortbread cookies
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
9 Gummie Bears (81 calories)

sunday

Saturday, we had lunch with Karen and Bob at The Mad Greek. I ordered the vegetarian platter with Greek green beans.

MonsterMustDie spent most of the day gardening in the back yard, planting and watering new plants he bought yesterday.

2:00 PM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.4 lbs
34.1% Body Fat

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee + milk
small Greek Salad leftover from yesterday (360 calories)
2 fried chicken tenders (440 calories)
4 triscuit crackers (80 calories)
1 grilled salmon filet (275 calories)
1 roasted purple potato (100 calories)
1 cup bok choy + garlic + ginger (65 calories)

friday

No plans today.
Went to the Gala fundraising event at The Art Gallery here, which had a huge turnout. I had to park in the stadium lot nearby. Should have probably walked. Anyway, I went in to take a good look at what art had been donated for the sale and to visit the large glass goldfish I am obsessed with one last time.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
39 Heart Points
2.08 miles
5,548 steps

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee
Oatmeal + fresh blueberries + walnuts + kefir
3 oz rotisserie chicken
1 HC Organic fudge bar (100 calories)(3g protein)
1/2 cup rice crackers