aKathy's what's for dinner? 6/7

Happy Monday diner friends!

I survived the weekend with little to no energy.Saturday I had to get out of the house, so I took a drive, came home and took a2 hour nap. Yesterday I managed to do a grocery pick up and sort a couple of dresser drawer along with cutting out a quilt. I'm starting to wonder what I have. I keep having weak icky spells, touchy tummy and headaches. I have an eye apt later today and hope I can manage to get thru it. I've lost almost 20 lbs now in 6 weeks and wonder if I need to add something in to boost my energy, does anyone have any ideas? I'm watching carbs and just eating healthy and until satisfied.

DH is still at the ranch, so I will heat up a can of soup or make a frittata for dinner.

Off to read the weekend threads. Wishing everyone a great day!

What is your stress level like? I know I can have these same things when my worry meter is over the top.

After a really horrible weekend weatherwise, today has been lovely and sunny again. I went out early for a walk, then surprised myself by deciding to walk to the grocery store - it’s only about 15 minutes, and totally flat, so I should do it more often when the weather is kind. I am not silly though - I caught the train back home!
Dinner here tonight will be bratwurst, potato salad and grilled corn. Maybe salad, but I don’t think we really need it as well as the other things.

Steak, sweet potato and macaroni salad are on tap for tonight.
Have a marvelous Monday everyone!

I don't want to cook.  I will suggest Chinese take out.  

We had a graduation party on Saturday and it was sooooo hot.  But I stayed in the garage with a fan blowing on me, so that really helped.

Sending prayers, happy thoughts and relaxation to all.

And just like that I've decided cannellini bean soup is for dinner. I think there is sourdough bread in the freezer to go with it. I'm also craving tuna melts for some weird reason, so might add those, too.

It is raining here right now to our shock and surprise so soup and sandwiches sound perfect for dinner. 

jeremysgirl, is Esther coming home with you or has she been able to hang onto her apartment? I do think getting meals delivered is a great self-care option for you right now. 

We are going to have enchiladas. I'm making both chicken and ground beef. Some will be with a green sauce and some with red.

I'm thinking about defrosting some corn on the cob and making Mexican street corn as well.

We fly out on Thursday morning. My dad will come and stay with the dog, so I need to make sure the fridge is cleaned as well as stocked for him

Hi Everyone,

scrapmaven I hope that your shots work and the procedure goes very well and smoothly for you.

austnscrapaddict I am another one who thinks that you need to get an appointment with your doctor, just to make sure everything is okay with your health. 

jeremysgirl I think getting Freshly will help. 

cadoodlebug That meme is so true. What a wonderful world we would have if everyone could follow this philosophy.

YDS did an amazing job at the graduation on Saturday. He was the cameraman for the podium. We had Philly Cheesesteaks Saturday night and on Sunday, everyone forged for food and fended for themselves. Tonight we are having hamburgers with caramelized onions and salad. It is stinking hot here today. Thank heaven for air conditioning. It is supposed to get hotter as the week continues. 

I had a really late lunch and I’m nowhere near hungry yet. Also DD is not home so I might just have some lettuce wraps to use up some of the lettuce from my farm box.

Or maybe a hard cider & avocado toast who knows.

Hi friends! Long time, no chat. ❤ I've missed all of you so much. I'm so probably not going to be around for a bit but I thought I'd give a quick update. It seems that some of you are still struggling in one way or another and I have managed to read the thread a few times here and there but got distracted before I could actually post. So I've been thinking of you all regularly and sending lots of good vibes out there for you.

Me? I'm healing very well. My graft is all healed and I've stopped putting aquaphor on it. That in itself makes it so much easier. My chest on the other hand? I can't remember if I updated but I had a pinhole size spot in the donor site scar open up the week after the stitches were removed. It leaked fluid for almost 2 weeks and then seemed to close over. Only it was temporary as one day I got out of the shower and it opened back up and was filled with fluid again. Clear fluid this time... but the brownish,gross stuff from earlier. And so that seems to be the cycle. It closes for a bit until the large pocket behind the incision fills completely and then opens back up, drains, and then closes back over. Since there's absolutely nothing that concerns me(pus, lots of pain, etc), I imagine this is kind of par for the course. I have my checkup July 1st.

The bigger issue right now is my dd#1. A few weeks ago, she was fine one day and the next day at dinner she was having a lot of pain in her lower esophagus. For the first several days, we chalked it up to something scraping her throat but it just got worse and worse. She insisted that it wasn't acid reflux as she's had that before and this felt completely different. I ended up taking her to the pediatricians office but they couldn't do much but recommend seeing ped gi. They prescribed 40mg nexium daily. She's been in intense, debilitating pain since that day. We ended up in the ER last weekend where they ruled a bunch of stuff out but couldn't give us any answers. I was on the phone first thing Tues morning with ped gi and they fit her in last Thursday. The APRN we saw was wonderful, really listened dd especially regarding her pain. We told her that the ER didn't really take her pain level seriously. In like the girl has migraines plus she broke her ankle and walked around on it for a week... she knows the pain scale and she doesn't exaggerate. So we went over everything, took 45 mins. Basically she said dd needs a barium swallow, an endoscopy, and a colonoscopy. She was really pushing for it to be crohns or celiac but neither myself or dd believed it could be either of those. She has NO lower gi issues. It's ONLY her middle and lower esophagus and around the sphincter. She ran a bunch of blood work, made her do a stool sample... everything came back great. Negative for celiac bloodwork. No heightened inflammation markers. My guess is severe stricture - but from what? They originally scheduled her endoscopy and colonoscopy for June 30th, which they were booking into August so they did us a favor. But while they were there, they realized that in 2 weeks time, she'd basically lost 10 lbs which put her bmi below 1% and she's now considered malnourished. So that was Thursday... Thursday evening, Friday, over the weekend I kept sending messages. I'm like look, my almost 17yo daughter is crying several times a day in excruciating pain. There HAS to be something you can do sooner. They had prescribed the magic mouthwash for her to swallow to basically numb her esophagus but she said it didn't help with the pain at all and it made it where she couldn't taste anything. They also prescribed cyproheptadine to help "reset her gut". And with all of my pushing, and probably more because of her malnourished status, they moved her scopes to this week. She's having a barium swallow on Wed and both scopes on Thursday. And if course, ds graduates high school on Friday and I'm going to miss stuff like the senior walk through the schools, and probably the car parade(which he's looking forward to the most)... but I absolutely cannot put these things off. She's crying so much... can barely function enough to go to school, work, and soccer(although I've already told her no soccer this week since she's not consuming enough to sustain her body at rest, let alone for a sport.

I have a close friend I went to high school with that has a son with a very rare syndrome and paired with that is major esophagus issues. She's basically a dr of the esophagus at this point. So she's helped me wherever she can with soft food/smoothie suggestions and what meds do what. She's been a lifesaver.

But omg,I cry right along with her. It's heartbreaking to watch my happiest, most easy going child, my child that loves to eat meat and fruit, not be able to eat or drink and just wither away. Her twin went to prom on Saturday with a friend and dd#1 went with us to do photos and I took a selfie of her and I- she put on a smile but it was forced...as were the pics of her and her twin. She hasn't really smiled at all in almost 3 weeks. I'm not the praying kind at all... but I'm praying that she can hold on until Wed for these tests... and that she can get some answers and some relief from the pain.

Since ds has his senior things this week, I'm on my own taking her to these tests. Dh will be starting behind to go to ds's things and take pics and video so me and dd can see what we missed.

Dinner tonight is leftover chicken meatballs and pasta for everyone but dd#1. She probably won't eat anything.

homemade smoke salmon corn chowder for me.  taco salad and spanish rice for DH.

brandy327 I am so sorry for your poor DD. I am keeping both you and her and the rest of your family in my thoughts and prayers. I hope that they get this figured out and it is easily treatable. Know that I am here for you; as well as the rest of our tribe. 

brandy327, how awful for your DD. I hope it gets resolved quickly.