aKathy's what's for dinner? 6/8

scrapmaven - I hope your’hangover’ doesn’t last too long.
I have had a relaxing day - acupuncture early, then home and a long walk. I am now watching the French Open tennis on TV and knitting until DH gets home from work. It is a bit amusing at the moment - he works for a hygiene company (TP, sanitary products, plasters, diapers etc) and they have a new project looking at the needs of women ‘of a certain age’. I must be the only woman whose DH is late home because of his ‘menopause workshop’!
Dinner tonight will be Greek marinated lamb, served with pita breads, tzatziki, hummus and salad. DH will just have to cook the meat when he gets home. Everything else is ready to go.

Haha!

@sunnycamom hugs to you. It's amazing what stress can do to a person isn't it? It wreaks havoc with my mental illness. I'm still in recovery mode too. Take care of yourself.

Not a huge fan of McDonald's but I agree their breakfast rocks. I totally stop in for a morning biscuit when I can.

I have looked into it for dd and myself. Insurance does not cover it and right now that $70-90 per visit it just isn't something I want to pay for right now since we are paying OOP for ds' formula.

Right now I am dealing with IRC, disabilities rights group, law firm, CCS/GI clinic, medical records AND making sure dd's IgG med is covered for the next 6 months.

And dh can't help. I would love to have help but he doesn't know all the diagnosis that ds has or who to contact or what to ask for or what to say...being ds and dd primary care giver its on me. Always on me.

Good Tuesday morning my friends! Thank you to everyone for your caring thoughts yesterday!

I am finally starting to feel slightly better. I had another apt about my eye surgery yesterday and as part of the pre-op I have to have an apt with my GP, so I'll be seeing her early next week and am definitely going to mention the lack of energy. One of you lovely ladies, Sorry,I'm too lazy to go back and open that thread to find out exactly who, asked if I have intentionally lost weight and yes, I have, I've just been really watching carbs and eating healthy, but I think in the last week of not feeling well, I didn't eat enough, so last night I ordered Japanese noodles and chicken,veg stir fry and didn't allow myself to feel guilty. I'll finish it off for lunch.

brandy327 My hugs and prayers for your daughter, how horrible that she has to go thru this. I hope they find answers. Have they mentioned doing a chest/abdomen CT? I would push for them to explore options outside of digestive.

jeremysgirl Enjoy your quiet day with time to scrapbook. My office is still debating how to handle the return to office. I'm hoping I can remain remote, but I suspect I'll have to go into the office 2 days a week. My hope is that there will be enough co workers that are in your opinion and they "fill" the office. I am also so glad that Esther is home, are her roommates supportive of her and understand without adding to the challenges she is facing right now? Absolutely all of my very best vibes for her and her precious momma!

sueg I chuckled at the Menopause workshop keeping your husband late to work. That is the perfect dinner party chatter after a few drinks. :-)

cadoodlebug Enjoy your get away- Tahoe is so beautiful and peaceful.

scrapmaven my continued healing thoughts with you. Have an easy day! you deserve it.

DH is coming back to the ranch today, so I have to plan dinner. I am leaning toward a ham and veggine Frittata with a green salad for dinner.

My processed guilty pleasure is a banquet chicken pot pie. I love them! When I was a teen, my parents would go out to dinner on Friday or Saturday night and that was my choice for dinner, I still have one occasionally. 

Wishing everyone a fabulous day!!

cadoodlebug enjoy Tahoe!

jeremysgirl In n Out cheese fries, chocolate cupcakes, and when I could eat it Carl's Jr cheesecake.

That might be like our CCS - Ca Childrens Services. Ds had it for a year after being a NICU baby who failed hearing screens. We tried previously and were denied. But GI said it may be because he has so many qualifying diagnosis.

Gastroparesis

Mega colon

Intestinal psuedo-obstruction syndrome

Short bowel syndrome (while his small bowel is intact, it does not function).

Low motility of stomach and all intestines

Severe allergies, some what they call GI allergies meaning when food gets to a certain point, he reacts.

Hemicolectomy (removed a good portion of his large intestine)

So basically while he can put food into his mouth, he is limited to what he can eat due to allergies and any food gets stuck, not digested and causes severe illness, a trip to Children's, an NG tube for clean out, and infection.

His body was able to figure itself out enough that he can orally drink. He is a rare case and only a handful of kids have been able to do well on oral feeds. Majority are on g-tube/jg-tube and or TPN feeds.

@sunnycamom Thanks for the info.

His medical formula is somewhat like pre-digested and formulated in a way that he just takes nutrients and it moves along without the need of his GI system properly functioning.