Thanksgiving
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's getting on that time of year. Thought maybe a thread to express thanks, share a funny Thanksgiving story or quote might be appropriate.
As cancer patients I think most of us have counted our blessings daily, not just on Thanksgiving. This is the time of year when a lot of the rest of the population catches up with us.
Thankful for this forum and for all my CSN friends, especially those I've grown closer with and my 'sisters'. Wishing you all many blessings and I give thanks for you all daily.
Funny Thanksgiving Quotes
Johnny Carson: "Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often."
Stephen Colbert: "Thanksgiving is a magical time of year when families across the country join together to raise America's obesity statistics. Personally, I love Thanksgiving traditions: watching football, making pumpkin pie, and saying the magic phrase that sends your aunt storming out of the dining room to sit in her car."
Jim Gaffigan: "Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?'"
"I love Thanksgiving turkey... it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts." ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
Comments
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Thanksgiving....
Here's to lots of rich food. And the apetite and the ability to eat it.0 -
Hi Sweet
You are so right we all could count our blessing with the many trials we have all been through everyday of our lives and the blessing we get being here on CSN.
I like to just take time to Thanks everyone here for Giving to others and helping them along there way, like you said we do this everyday.
I am not sure who said this quote I just remember it this way: Thanksgiving is a time when you know who the real Turkeys are. Eat right and sleep tight so the bead bugs don’t bits. :+})
Hondo0 -
T'giving story
(A repeat maybe?)
My first year after surgery and treatment, I tried eating with the family, smaller portions of what they were eating. As you know, Dawn, and others do as well, that can be a struggle, and it was for me. As it happens we traditionally invite a couple of widowed ladies over for this holiday and the one sitting next to me, noting my small portions and the way I was picking at it, commented "I wish I had your willpower."
Maybe you had to be there, but it's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
Take care,
Joe0 -
Ladybugs
Ever since I made us spend Thanksgiving in a renovated caboose in a camp near Shenendoah National Park, my daughter has been thankful for the lack of ladybugs. The caboose was really neat - the guy bought them and converted them to "cabins" with heat, water and furniture. Unfortunately, some ladybugs got in near the end of summer and had multiplied - no one had been in this caboose since August, I think. Dead ladybugs everywhere (crunch crunch) and hibernating ladybugs who came to life when we turned on the heat (bzzzzap bzzzzap) hitting our faces while we slept, ate, watched old movies, etc.
Stinkbugs have tried to fill the void in recent years, but it's not the same.0 -
Thanks Dawn...
Thanks for the laughs from your funny quotes!! Like all of us I am thankful for each day I am given but I am eternally thankful for all the great people I have met here on CSN.
May we all have a wonderful holiday season and EAT, EAT, EAT!!
Love ya all,
Glenna0 -
Thankful for....
Thank you for sharing.
I am thankful as I am everyday for my very ordinary life! I am thankful for a place such as this, to share and read of others journeys and to know I do not travel this road alone.
I spent Thanksgiving last year in the ICU and my family would not have Thanksgivng without me, so it was Sunday before we had Thanksgiving.
I am really looking forward to a big Thanksgiving this year with my big family.
God Bless
Teresa0 -
Hey Sweet, How are you getting along? Great words for thosetrspaw said:Thankful for....
Thank you for sharing.
I am thankful as I am everyday for my very ordinary life! I am thankful for a place such as this, to share and read of others journeys and to know I do not travel this road alone.
I spent Thanksgiving last year in the ICU and my family would not have Thanksgivng without me, so it was Sunday before we had Thanksgiving.
I am really looking forward to a big Thanksgiving this year with my big family.
God Bless
Teresa
of us how have a hard go at this time of year. I can now
say that I am no longer a part of that group because I truly
REVEL in every day that I am blessed with from about 19 mths.
ago until now. May you have a merry, joyful and boisterous
holiday season.
Steve
Oh, and post script:
That goes for everyone here!!!0 -
What to eat
The Washington Post had an interesting article in its food section today (it's also online at www.washingtonpost.com). They talked about a traditional Hawaiian Thanksgiving turkey - slow roast in a pit and then pulled apart, like pulled pork. They suggested alternate ways to do it in the oven. I'm wishing I'd done something similar last year - maybe a turkey thigh in the crock pot and then pulled and mixed with gravy. It might be worth considering for those that are still on the way back.
This year, it's not needed - Doug's eating pretty well, which is something our family is grateful for indeed.0 -
Hi Teresatrspaw said:Thankful for....
Thank you for sharing.
I am thankful as I am everyday for my very ordinary life! I am thankful for a place such as this, to share and read of others journeys and to know I do not travel this road alone.
I spent Thanksgiving last year in the ICU and my family would not have Thanksgivng without me, so it was Sunday before we had Thanksgiving.
I am really looking forward to a big Thanksgiving this year with my big family.
God Bless
Teresa
Wow you been through a lot this passed years and I am so glad to see everything is going well with you. Enjoy your holidays as we have sooo much to be thankful for and giving back to all who have giving a part of there self to us when we needed it the most.
Wishing you a very marry Thanksgivings
Hondo0 -
Hi Stevestevenl said:Hey Sweet, How are you getting along? Great words for those
of us how have a hard go at this time of year. I can now
say that I am no longer a part of that group because I truly
REVEL in every day that I am blessed with from about 19 mths.
ago until now. May you have a merry, joyful and boisterous
holiday season.
Steve
Oh, and post script:
That goes for everyone here!!!
I am so very glad to see you post and know you are still doing well. Take care my friend and enjoy the wonderful holidays.
Hondo0 -
Hi Steve.stevenl said:Hey Sweet, How are you getting along? Great words for those
of us how have a hard go at this time of year. I can now
say that I am no longer a part of that group because I truly
REVEL in every day that I am blessed with from about 19 mths.
ago until now. May you have a merry, joyful and boisterous
holiday season.
Steve
Oh, and post script:
That goes for everyone here!!!
I am getting along ok. Glad that you are reveling every day.0 -
Thank you Hondo, I wish youHondo said:Hi Teresa
Wow you been through a lot this passed years and I am so glad to see everything is going well with you. Enjoy your holidays as we have sooo much to be thankful for and giving back to all who have giving a part of there self to us when we needed it the most.
Wishing you a very marry Thanksgivings
Hondo
Thank you Hondo, I wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving.
God Bless
Teresa0 -
Dr Mary & Doug
So glad he can eat better. That's a big thing to give thanks for, fer sure! The Hawaiian turkey cooked like pork, sounds amazing. Will have to check out the article. Cooking a thigh in the crock pot, is a great idea, that is what I'm doing.
Last Thanksgiving, I tried to just eat what my dad served. That was an epic fail. I've since learned to bring my own food. Don't care if he thinks or anyone else thinks it's too much food or doesn't go with the rest of the meal. I know that if my step mom's sister is there, she doesn't eat a lot of meat either. My dad tends to be heavy on meat dishes.
I decided I wanted roasted cauliflower, soft and easy to swallow. I'm going to try a crockpot stuffing, and cook a thigh on the top. This way the stuffing will taste like it was cooked in the bird, and im hoping it will be moist and tender enough for me to eat. Got that idea here, in one of the comments:
CROCKPOT STUFFING
I think stuffing was always the best part of Thanksgiving, and last year, my dad put a ton of black pepper in the stuffing and sausage. :p
Cauliflower is easy peasy:
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER
This is darn close to the one I used to make, I think. I believe mine also had raisins. Want to try this. It does make a lot, but I can preserve the rest and give it to people as gifts:
CRANBERRY FRUIT RELISH
To those that cannot eat this year, my heart goes out to you. I know how that stinks! Wishes for full recovery for those currently in treatment xoxo There are some nice cream soups on the superthread. I actually made a creamed spinach soup tonight for dinner.0 -
Thanksgivinglongtermsurvivor said:Thanksgiving....
Here's to lots of rich food. And the apetite and the ability to eat it.
I ponder back to last Thanksgiving. I was into about week 4 of my treatment and hit that wall. Was living with my friends about 80 miles from my home. They were going to a family member's for dinner and invited me to go along. I was at that point where all food tasted like dirt and I also had had a bout with throwing up practically my toenails when I even saw food in a magazine or on tv, let alone smell it. So I stayed home in my room with the dog for company and cried a great deal. I didn't feel sorry for myself very often, but that was one of those days.....
I have come such a long long way since then. I bake, I cook, and I eat ALMOST everything that I used to. A few things don't go down easily but I am very thankful it all tastes like it should and that I once again, enjoy dining.
Congrats to those who share my joy and to those just on the road to being better, a year can bring great changes. I am proof as many of us are.
Hang in there!
Peace
Nancy aka toughcookie0 -
Dinnersweetblood22 said:Dr Mary & Doug
So glad he can eat better. That's a big thing to give thanks for, fer sure! The Hawaiian turkey cooked like pork, sounds amazing. Will have to check out the article. Cooking a thigh in the crock pot, is a great idea, that is what I'm doing.
Last Thanksgiving, I tried to just eat what my dad served. That was an epic fail. I've since learned to bring my own food. Don't care if he thinks or anyone else thinks it's too much food or doesn't go with the rest of the meal. I know that if my step mom's sister is there, she doesn't eat a lot of meat either. My dad tends to be heavy on meat dishes.
I decided I wanted roasted cauliflower, soft and easy to swallow. I'm going to try a crockpot stuffing, and cook a thigh on the top. This way the stuffing will taste like it was cooked in the bird, and im hoping it will be moist and tender enough for me to eat. Got that idea here, in one of the comments:
CROCKPOT STUFFING
I think stuffing was always the best part of Thanksgiving, and last year, my dad put a ton of black pepper in the stuffing and sausage. :p
Cauliflower is easy peasy:
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER
This is darn close to the one I used to make, I think. I believe mine also had raisins. Want to try this. It does make a lot, but I can preserve the rest and give it to people as gifts:
CRANBERRY FRUIT RELISH
To those that cannot eat this year, my heart goes out to you. I know how that stinks! Wishes for full recovery for those currently in treatment xoxo There are some nice cream soups on the superthread. I actually made a creamed spinach soup tonight for dinner.
My sister and I had KFC for dinner tonight , I have always liked their coleslaw, couldn't really taste it and my sister said you can't taste the vinegar, nope, so my thoughts were either salt or sweetner..dipped if I could choose, so I finaly added sweet n low , still didn't taste the vinegar but it brought a different nice taste to the slaw, there was no problem with the chicken or potato and gravy. Now next week when I will already be thru 18 treatments, I'm hoping to taste something or add something to taste something, I'll surely miss the candied sweet potaoes, the cranberry sauce, and stuffing if I can't.0 -
KFC for dinner.osmotar said:Dinner
My sister and I had KFC for dinner tonight , I have always liked their coleslaw, couldn't really taste it and my sister said you can't taste the vinegar, nope, so my thoughts were either salt or sweetner..dipped if I could choose, so I finaly added sweet n low , still didn't taste the vinegar but it brought a different nice taste to the slaw, there was no problem with the chicken or potato and gravy. Now next week when I will already be thru 18 treatments, I'm hoping to taste something or add something to taste something, I'll surely miss the candied sweet potaoes, the cranberry sauce, and stuffing if I can't.
Well, that's good that you could eat that and I'm glad the vinegar didn't burn. It's funny, when I lost my taste after 10 treatments and ate Easter dinner that second weekend of rads, I ate way more than usual because I kept trying to taste, and I didn't feel sated because I couldn't taste. I bet I ate twice as much as I normally would have if I could taste. I sure hope you can eat something on Thursday.0 -
Funny how differently we lose our sense of tasteosmotar said:Dinner
My sister and I had KFC for dinner tonight , I have always liked their coleslaw, couldn't really taste it and my sister said you can't taste the vinegar, nope, so my thoughts were either salt or sweetner..dipped if I could choose, so I finaly added sweet n low , still didn't taste the vinegar but it brought a different nice taste to the slaw, there was no problem with the chicken or potato and gravy. Now next week when I will already be thru 18 treatments, I'm hoping to taste something or add something to taste something, I'll surely miss the candied sweet potaoes, the cranberry sauce, and stuffing if I can't.
my sweet taste exited early, leaving me this horribly magnified sense of sour. I remember having a vitamin c tablet light up my mouth, and being surprised when my mother tasted it and termed it mildly sour. Then, of course, all sense of taste vanished. When my sense of taste began to wake up, the simpler tastes were first. Vanilla. Complex tastes took much longer, and somethings tasted bad for a long time. Chicken dark meat. Funny how I can remember all this 13 years later. It must have been important.0 -
Funny how differently we lose our sense of tasteosmotar said:Dinner
My sister and I had KFC for dinner tonight , I have always liked their coleslaw, couldn't really taste it and my sister said you can't taste the vinegar, nope, so my thoughts were either salt or sweetner..dipped if I could choose, so I finaly added sweet n low , still didn't taste the vinegar but it brought a different nice taste to the slaw, there was no problem with the chicken or potato and gravy. Now next week when I will already be thru 18 treatments, I'm hoping to taste something or add something to taste something, I'll surely miss the candied sweet potaoes, the cranberry sauce, and stuffing if I can't.
my sweet taste exited early, leaving me this horribly magnified sense of sour. I remember having a vitamin c tablet light up my mouth, and being surprised when my mother tasted it and termed it mildly sour. Then, of course, all sense of taste vanished. When my sense of taste began to wake up, the simpler tastes were first. Vanilla. Complex tastes took much longer, and somethings tasted bad for a long time. Chicken dark meat. Funny how I can remember all this 13 years later. It must have been important.0
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