gilliansings's Notizen, 28 Sep 14

I'm back from vacation and feeling reacclimated. It was a great bonding experience for my dad and I. Seeing my mother in Vermont was lovely, but she dropped a bomb on me, admitting that she'd been diagnosed and treated for TWO separate types of cancer over a year ago. She stated that the reason she didn't tell me was that she wanted to do the BRAC1 & BRAC2 genetic testing first. She still hasn't done so due to various insurance issues and her two different physicians' reluctance to deal with a new genetic testing company. The old one that had cornered the market gets $3,000 for the test. There is no a second viable alternative that costs half as much.

Anyway, my mother is doing well and had the best treatment available. She is doing all the follow-up I could hope for and I have enough medical knowledge to feel alright about things.

My dad and I did a road trip from my mom's in Vermont down to Cape Cod. There were three wonderful days of family events and I felt enveloped in their love and caring. I plan to initiate ongoing relationships with those I only met on this trip and continue the wonderful relationships I had formed from those I'd met on previous trips.

I didn't always succeed at having healthy snacks available and as I suspected, sometimes breakfast didn't happen until 11 am or later (my dad has always had a different schedule). Despite the hurdles, though, I feel that I did fairly well and am grateful to only have gained one pound.

I hope everyone is well and I look forward to catching up on my buddies' goings-on. It's a beautiful autumn day here in the NW, so I'm off for a much-needed long walk.

73,5 kg Bisher verloren: 12,7 kg.    Still to go: 0,9 kg.    Diät befolgt: Recht gut.

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1026 kcal

Fett: 43,49g | Eiw: 60,37g | Kohlh: 99,34g.   Frühstück: Isernio's Breakfast Chicken Sausage, Maple Syrup, PAM Butter Cooking Spray, Smart Balance Original Buttery Spread, Eating Right Multigrain Waffles, Kraft Shredded Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese, Egg White, Egg, 1% Fat Milk. Mittagessen: Kikkoman Soy Sauce, Trader Joe's Shaved Brussels Sprouts, Olive Oil, Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Ground Turkey. Abendessen: 1% Fat Milk, Trader Joe's Cranberry Almond Clusters. Snacks/Sonstiges: Lancaster Vanilla & Caramel Soft Cremes, Lancaster Vanilla & Caramel Soft Cremes, Trader Joe's Roasted & Salted Pistachios. mehr...

2430 kcal

Bewegung: Ruhen - 5 Stunden und 30 Minuten, Schlafen - 8 Stunden, Sitzen - 6 Stunden, Stehen - 3 Stunden, Hausarbeit - 1 Stunde, Gehen/Walken (Sportlich) - 5,5 Km/h - 30 Minuten. mehr...