aKathy's What's for Dinner 10/21

Good evening,
Today has been really frustrating for me. I need to book follow up appointments for my brain surgery, so I started with calling the radiology department where I’ve had my other scans. No, can’t make appointment as there isn’t an order in my file. Ask if I can make appointment and get referral from my GP (I am seeing her tomorrow) - no’ it has to be internal not the LMU system. Email neurosurgery department, asking how to get info on my file. Just had a call back - no’ they can’t do that anymore. New boos (not sure if Radiology or neurosurgery) has decided that they are only doing internal referrals for hospital patients, so I need to get referral from GP and make appointment at regular radiology place. Then I need to call back ASAP, as they are already booking appointments to see the neuro doctors for JANUARY! I said I was supposed to have 3 month check and she apologised and said that’s how it is. So it seems I should have booked my follow up before I even had the surgery on that timeline. Hopefully, I can get things sorted with my GP tomorrow.

DH is winging his way to Gothenburg as I write, so I’ll be on my own for the week. Dinner tonight is the doggie bag I brought home from the ME restaurant we went to Saturday. I have a combination of all the mains we ordered and I also have some hummus and some red pepper dip in the fridge to eat with it.

scrapmaven - I hope you are feeling better soon and that they have a solution for your device.

scrapmaven , I hope your cold goes away and they have answers to get your device working.

sueg , I hope you can get your appointment sorted out. Good grief!

I'm skipping AquaFit this morning because I have another appointment at 11:00. I'll go tomorrow instead.

Dinner will be either ribs or ham.

I made chicken soup with wontons and veggies last night, so that will be dinner tonight. Tomorrow I will cook the chuck roast for sure.

scrapmaven and sueg, I’m sorry to hear about your medical woes. Hope everything gets straightened out soon.

Marina, I saw you asked about the Costco chicken pot pie the other day. It’s freshly made at the store and available in the same area as the rotisserie chicken, by the meat cases. Only sold during the cold-weather months. Be forewarned, they are gigantic. Share with someone else or prepare to eat it for days. I like them a lot but it may be slightly saltier than I would actually choose. Hard for me tell these days as I’ve lost some sense of taste from chemo, including salt for some reason.

PolarGreen12, I was thrilled to see you posting last week. Please drop by more often. Try not to worry about the callback. They’re usually nothing.

Well I had a quiet night last night, the phone never rang..made for a long night! 
The surgical resident that was on doesn't call with info on added cases, she just appears, coming out of the ladies locker room which exits near the OR desk....it is startling to have her "just appear"  Anyway cases were cancelled (MD ill) Four total shoulders, that left a huge hole in the schedule. But gen surgery added 4...not really an even swap.

I had a nap and some leftover squash for lunch and will go for my walk...It is a Glorious 75 degrees....Not bad for the 21st of October.
Dinner will be grilled steak tips a salad and a veggie to be named later. 

Scrapmaven hope you are feeling better soon
sueg, Hope your GP can navigate the system and get booked what you need done...so frustrating!!
cadoodlebug...that meme🤣🤣
Jeremysgirl...Of course she now has lupus....No surprise there😳😳

No, but that's probably not a bad idea!

 Sending all the positive energy your way that this gets figured out.

Sorry, but this did make me laugh. Mostly in the "I've dealt with my share of run around for medical bookings this year" sisterhood way and really feel your frustration. Fingers crossed your GP can sort through the new "efficiency" that has been put in place.

I'm envious of your dinner.

Oh dear, I can't write out the words for fear of getting banned, but FFS!!!

I think I know where it is! Everything tastes salty to me. I can't taste garlic at all though (can smell it fine). It's frustrating when you cook to taste and can't trust your taste buds.

I'm enjoying a quiet Monday doing my laundry and a few other chores. Homegrown butternut squash has been roasted and will transform into a Thai inspired peanut ginger soup for out meatless Monday dinner.

I have to take the pup to an unusually late grooming appointment, so will delay errands until after dropping her off. The timing will be perfect for DD to pick her up after work which gives me time to finish the soup before they all show up hungry. 

Good Morning!

I was going to make a chuck roast today, but that sucker is still frozen solid. I have got to come up with a plan B.


jeremysgirl I think your co-worker is addicted to Dr. Google. Shaking my dang head.

scrapmaven sorry you are feeling under the weather. Also hoping they can get your medical device sorted out.

Tearisci Ugh, I hate that you have such a bad cough, that is the worst when you are trying to sleep.

Tearisci hopefully you get some downtime between your cousins leaving and your DS arriving.

Does it remind you of the scene in A Christmas Story where he he says super slow oh, fudge! bc2ca Except it wasn't fudge? Yes that was my reaction this morning. 😂 Good thing I have a sense of humor about this.

What if your coworker truly has lupus? It’s a horrible disease and very difficult to diagnose. A very good friend of mine was just diagnosed with lupus and it hasn’t been a fun journey for her. So with all of you questioning her diagnosis and poking fun at someone that we don’t even know bothers me immensely.

I think we have to keep in mind that when anyone of us post something here we’re getting one side of the story. This woman has some mental health issues going on, we don’t know. We only know what’s been told to us.


This thread is no longer fun for me. Contrary to what a lot of people think there is a hierarchy here. There are certain people that are treated with kid gloves, and others who are not. Case in point Leanne. what she said about Elannah came from a place of concern and it wasn’t even a nasty post. Many people liked her post and I even posted that I agreed with her. But then jeremysgirl was not very kind to her in her response. Once again no one came to defend someone who disagreed with Jeremy’s girl. I’ve seen it a lot and I’m done. I won’t be posting here anymore.


So I hope everyone stays well and I will be in touch with a couple of you but at this point, I am no longer going to participate here not that like I said anybody cares.

When my dad was going through chemo, he lost pretty much all sense of taste. We went out for Chinese and he covered it with Sriracha. I didn't know at that point how bad it had gotten. I asked if he wanted some food with that sauce. He said he couldn't taste the food but could get a bit of tingle and taste of the Sriracha. I still think about this and him when I use Sriracha.

I feel Mondays are not a good day for me to post. I don't have dinner on Mondays. However, I might tonight. I roasted some sweet potatoes yesterday and made some roasted chickpeas. So I may make a concoction of those 2 things with some sort of sauce. Or just be too tired to do anything when I get home and just call it a day.

scrapmaven danggit!! Hope you get to feeling better soon.

sueg that does sound very frustrating. Dinner sounds great!

jeremysgirl I would like to see the official diagnosis. Man, she is a piece of work. Knowing 2 people with lupus, it's more than just headaches and fatigue. But again, I'm not a doctor nor did I sleep at Holiday Inn last night. Stir fry sounds good.

cadoodlebug, my DH will be over shortly. I do think those are 2 of his favorite dinners. And the meme!! Being from the south I say, PUH-kahn. My DD, also the quintessential southern girl says PEA-can. I tell her she is all sorts of wrong yet she continues...

lucyg, I made a roast on Saturday for sliders. We had it as actual roast last night. It was good. 

hutchfan yum!

teddyw I love a veggie burrito out but I never make them at home. All the veggie sauteing, wears me out. 

Tearisci I hope you can get the coughing under control. Sometimes that is the worst symptom.

taylortroop do you just do the meatballs or is there any kind of sauce? I wish I could do meatballs more often. My DH just doesn't care for them.


Can I  just say I understand people need help but when you call the office of a church asking for help and it is something we don't do or you don't like the answer, don't call me evil (I've been called worse) or talk about me as you hang up. That really makes me giggle.