Food, Family, and Lifestyle
I have shared with you that the Leukemia has relapsed, but I have not shared the treatment plan. Long story short, I will need a stem cell transplant. Step one is to have chemotherapy for 8 weeks, undergo another biopsy, and once in remission, undergo a stem cell transplant. Due to the fact that my…
Hello my friends, Although I have yet to finish telling you about all that has occurred during my chemotherapy, and the many months since I completed treatment, I must first update you with this fact: the Acute Myeloid Leukemia has come back. Relapse. Refractory. Whatever way you say it, the fact is the same. It…
I decided to give it a try via the whole foods/elimination route, and commit to the Whole30 diet. Seeing how it has been almost three weeks since I started, I asked some fellow food bloggers for some Whole30 recipes ideas. Why am I doing this? Soon after I completed my chemotherapy treatment for Acute Myeloid…
My last tale of Acute Myeloid Leukemia involved my first round of HiDAC treatment, and about patients feeling empowered by knowledge. This story is about the second round of consolidation therapy, and the unnecessary distress I endured. See, the previous two Leukemia treatments took place on the Hematology-Oncology Floor of the hospital. I knew the nurses,…
I had a dream come true last week. My friend Rebecca came to visit me all the way from Germany! There are the so many things we did in the week she visited, that I have so much to share, but first up, is the story about us making homemade marshmallows. While I was working…
I have shared that I have finally began playing with my Instant Pot Pressure Cooker, and have already learned more about how I like to use it most. I have learned that I, so far, I have not been impressed with using it for soups, unless maybe one containing dried beans, as the Instant Pot…
Two and a half years ago, I received an Instant Pot for Christmas. For two and a half years, it had collected dust. When I first opened my gift, I dutifully washed it, read about performing the initial steam test, and then the flashbacks began. I thought about my Grandma’s pressure cooker: it would bounce…
A few days ago, I told you about the mother-daughter trip to Vermont, and said I would share where we ate. What I did not tell you is that we spent quite a bit of time roaming around to find exactly where we wanted to dine. As soon as we approached Worthy Kitchen, we both…
On June 6th, our daughter graduated from 8th Grade. On June 7th, we embarked on a mother-daughter trip to Cavendish, Vermont. We love to travel, and decided to head North, and explore Cavendish and Woodstock, Vermont since we only had two days. Naturally, we had to stop at the Yankee Candle Flagship store (Is it…
