Tim is finished with chemo and got to ring the bell! He has 3 more days of radiation, and they have their own bell he gets to ring his last day, on Friday.

Woo!

Unfortunately they are on ALL the Marketplace podcasts, grr.

That's where I hear them. Glad I am no the only hater!

Coughing up blood is never not scary as hell, but glad it's got a less scary explanation! Yikes.

Yeesh, I'm glad Aeryn's okay.

Do you get side effects when you increase the dose? I really dislike the queasy stomach I get the first couple-few days after my Zepbound shot, and I worry that if I increase the dose, the side effects will be worse.

I get the queasy stomach after my shot or upping my dose, but the effects don't get worse. It's just the same slightly wonky feeling for 2-3 days.

I have slain the Lutherans! My sink is empty and I'm bleaching it clean and the dishwasher is churgling away making its homey little sounds.

I've also attended to some administrativa and online banking. I need to shoot an email out and vacuum and then I will be officially Productive and Not Sluggardly.

Well, I could also do some laundry.

Oh lisah I’m so sorry about your girl.

Yay for boring ERs and only slightly shitty side effects.

Timelies all!

I'm sorry, lisah.

Got back Sunday afternoon. Sadly, my brother is a Trumper. Between him and his FIL, there were a number of times I had to bite my lip, or leave the room as soon as I could.

I got my flu shot yesterday at work, and am having some side effects.(Chills, body aches)

I'm about at the maximum dose now, but I'm also close to my goal weight.

That's wonderful. Enjoy the new clothes! I have so many in smaller sizes tucked away, but clearly I will deserve new ones when I get to a goal weight.

Tim is finished with chemo and got to ring the bell! He has 3 more days of radiation, and they have their own bell he gets to ring his last day, on Friday.

That is wonderful to hear. I hope he enjoyed the bell ringing! I saw a picture of Joe Biden ringing the bell today and thought about Tim getting to do that too.

I'll take a boring ER visit over an exciting one any day, but UGH not how any of us wanted to start the week.

No fun at all. I do hope Aeryn is doing much better tonight.

Got back Sunday afternoon. Sadly, my brother is a Trumper. Between him and his FIL, there were a number of times I had to bite my lip, or leave the room as soon as I could.

It gets harder and harder to control the rage around these people. Harder when they are related.

Busy day today. Over 2 hours at the nail salon getting the works before I leave for the season. My sister and I timed going to the gym to finish up in time to go to the movie theater in town so as to only make one trip. Tomorrow off to the big city (Utica!) for acupuncture and maybe see my nephew while I am there.

I’m sorry, Lisa.

I’m glad Tim’s chemo is done.

Enjoy the new clothes! I have so many in smaller sizes tucked away, but clearly I will deserve new ones when I get to a goal weight.

My therapist, who lost a lot of weight on Ozempic, calls it "shopping your closet" when you go back through your older clothes that didn't use to fit and they all fit again.

Tim is finished with chemo and got to ring the bell! He has 3 more days of radiation, and they have their own bell he gets to ring his last day, on Friday.

That is wonderful to hear. I hope he enjoyed the bell ringing! I saw a picture of Joe Biden ringing the bell today and thought about Tim getting to do that too.

Awww, yay Joe! I had to go look up the picture, and good for him!

Yay for Tim ringing the bell!

Lisah I'm so sorry.

The beach has been great. Had a nice visit with my aunt yesterday. She told me Jack is doing well as can be expected. He has been getting shots every 4 months as his only cancer treatment and then cancer is gone or mostly gone from his bones. It is still growing in his prostate and he is tired a lot but it's a better prognosis than expected

I mentioned Tim to her and she said that two of Dad's cousins (brothers) had throat cancer. But different kinds. One of them who had the lost aggressive form finished his chemo months ago and is only now on soft foods. I'm glad Tim didn't have to deal with that.

I finally put on on swimsuit. It's swim shorts and a tankini top. And of course they fit better than 2 years ago but it surprised me. It's a long top and before it barely came down to the top of the shorts because of my stomach and now the hem sits at my hips. The shorts are loose enough on the legs to be a skirt .

Dad went back to town Sun but he is coming back down today and stay a few days before he has to go back to town

I'm sorry, lisah.

Great that Tim got to ring the done with chemo bell!

Thank you to yesterday’s GLP-1 discussion for making me realize I was confusing mgs for units and basically micro-dosing the past month. And wondering why I was feeling no particular effects, side- or otherwise.

I lost almost 85 lbs doing a reduced carb (Optavia, not keto) program over a couple of years, got within a hairs-breadth of my goal and then somehow last year just lost the drive. I’ve put about 25 of it back on and keep starting over and over and it’s just not sticking. So I’m trying this. Ok, now I’m trying this.

I’m off to Anaheim next week with a stopover in Temecula to do some wining (not whining) with old friends. I was really hoping to have made some progress by now but apparently progress is for chumps who read the directions.