Could it be? I am almost afraid to hope... but... it appears that I may be skipping my regularly scheduled fever for this round of chemo! YES!!!Normally, yesterday or today would be when I'd start to feel like road pizza and wind up in the ER with a 101 temp, but so far, so good. And that is all I want to say about it, for fear I'll jinx it.
Perhaps my friend Brian's good luck gift of the jade bracelet is working!
Other than that, this past weekend was bbq-fest 2009, with yummy food at my engineer's parents' home on Saturday, followed by a pool party bbq where I made a bean salad, after raiding my sweetie's mom pantry: chick peas, kidney beans, shoepeg corn, diced green bell pepper & onion, butter beans, and dressed with dijon mustard, a teensy bit of olive oil, red/apple cider/white/and rice wine vinegars and a whopping bunch of chopped fresh cilantro. My engineer's mom liked it enough that I left her a bowful, and borrowed her Tupperware to bring to my friend's party on Sunday.
I covet these fabulous old-school Tupperware bowls. They work by pressing the square in the middle of the lid, which creates the suction/seal. However, I have honorably left the leftovers at my engineer's apartment, for future return to his mom.
I did remember to call my friend Joel in DC and mention that I am glad he is an honoree of Veteran's Day and NOT Memorial Day!
And now, my lunch hour is over, but I leave you with some actual knitting: a baby chemo hat for my friend Judy's younger son Alan. The poor sweetie is going through chemo and unlike yours truly, has lost all his hair. Enter: Filatura do Crosa Baby Zarina Merino (i.e., machine washable). I am severely tempted to make him a looooong stocking hat, as he is currently too young to protest female wardrobe decisions. ;-P
I'm glad you're skipping the chemo flu this time, because I'm a little too ill to spend the night in the hospital with you!
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note, PJ Clarke's. I's sure they're fine the other 364 days of the year, but when it comes to a mega-crowd, they dropped the ball big time.
Yay to no fevers!
ReplyDeleteAnd that bean salad sounds yummy! did you just throw it together or is there a recipe you can share.
I've been a slacker about getting you Alan's head circumference, which is funny since they do measurements at the same time they do vitals at the oncologist. I'll be sure to note it next time!