What we are eating,and whats eating us,Monday...

Hiya Cheryl,you are off to a great start! Don't forget that nothing is written in stone. If your menu varies,that's life...smile.
I know I had to learn not to be so hard on myself. I am my worse critic.
You take care too,baby girl!

Where do you get that toast. I think I need some! Sounds wonderful.

Hi Karen,

I get it at Great Harvest Bread Company. They have one on the South Hill and one in Liberty Lake. They have a calendar telling which day they bake which bread. That bread is called Dakota.

C

Hmmm, Just might have to make a Spokane run one of these days. Sounds absolutely yummy. . . I know, carbs, even healthy carbs, I'd probably want the whole loaf!

Would you believe Wenatchee is the closest to me? Perhaps there's a reason for that!

Wenatchee,is the closest bakery; still talking carbs here. Sounds like I need something to clear my mind. . . Perhaps a slice of that Dakota toast!!

If you ever get over this way, give me a weeks notice, then I can see which day they are baking it and pick some up for you and give to you when you get to town. I could get you more than one and you could freeze the extra.

Good morning to you our sweet little Linda! I hope that your week end, or what there was of it, was good...even though it seems to be fleeting thing. I know that it sure is around here.

Food around here is getting back to what it was before. Something that just makes me sick to my stomach so I know that it is the anti biotic. I will be so glad when I am off those terrible things for good....but sometimes I wonder if that will ever happen.

B: cheerios with milk..can you tell I am hooked on them right now?
L: cheese
D: hamburger patty with 2 t. of potato salad
S: none

i am hoping that today is better...I just can't seem to get anything down without feeling so sick. I find it just easier to leave it alone. Each time I ate yesterday I wished that I hadn't. Even with the cheese...I guess it is what it is and I have to either accept that or work to change it. But can I change it until I am done with the pills?

I better get moving. The nurse will be coming shortly and I am sitting here in my nightshirt. Not a pretty picture either...  I am sending love and hugs to you and sending prayers up for you and yours. Have a great day and spread the sunshine in your life.

Aloha dear Brenda......I continue to feel frustrated with your doctor who keeps prescribing the same medication for you in spite of the fact that it makes you sick AND is not kicking the infection out! This is WAY too long for you to be healing ... IMHO!!

My dear friend and neighbor has a doc who is doing the same to her. She is depressed...sleeps 16 hours a day, and he has given her an antidepressant that she has taken now for three months and it obviously is NOT doing what it is supposed to do. She goes to see him, and he tells her she is doing better and may need to take this for a year! Hello! That is ridiculous! Antidepressants usually take two weeks to kick in and then you feel better and are out and about. Not my friend! She LOVEs this doc...he has been her PCP for something like 35 years......so I dare not suggest he's not being responsible, but I so worry about her. It is so hard to be assertive with a doctor......we are conditioned to believe they know what they are doing. But.....I believe there is a time when we have to stand up and say "Stop this treatment!"

Brenda.....after this bout of the SAME antibiotic...if you still are having smelly drainage, and needing to be packed and seen by a nurse on a daily basis...please do whatever you need to do to get the treatment you need to give you back your health. I worry about you, too.

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen

Hello my sweet sister. I so love you and find so much peace from your writings.

I am so frustrated also..but I seem to making a tiny bit of progress. I am getting any where with Dr. Stanish. He hasn't even bothered to see for the past 3 visits. My GP has stepped up and is doing something. She had to prescribe the same old anti biotic since the pharmacy said there was a allergy to the one she did prescibe. I straightened that problem out since there was not an allergy. I am taking it but it just bothers my tummy so bad. But .... I will get through this...I am a strong woman.

I go see the GP next Wednesday and finish the antibiotic on Saturday morning. I know the GP said she would get another culture after I am done with it this time. If there is any infection there I am going to ask for a referral to a Infection Disease doctor...they are much more trained in this stuff. I need to do something.

I have felt like I have been beating my head against the wall and I am tired of it. I feel like I have nothing to say to Stanish...he has let me down with this whole thing.

I feel better now with the infection at least...there is no pain and that is wonderful. The nurse is saying the same thing.

I am sending love and hugs to you...my dear dear sister. You bring peace to me..I feel a calm when I hear what you have to say...about anything. You have such a wonderful gift of words. Thanks so much for being you.