Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!  I am so glad to be alive to celebrate this day.  For those of you who can eat, enjoy it to the fullest.  For those of you who can't, I hope you can find some way to partake. The Stivarga (or nighttime mouth breathing - I am not sure) has given me little cuts in my mouth which make chewing hard and sharp foods painful, so I'll be noshing my meal like a street dog gingerly eating a chicken bone, but you know? I don't care... I'm just so glad to be alive, I just don't *&^%n care anymore!  I will be the last to leave the table and my food will be cold but I just don't *&^% care, 

Have started helping my Mom cook - she's working on the stuffing now, and I've had my face in the bowl about four times just to sniff it.  I made pecan bars last night, and after the turkey goes into the oven at 9, I will start the rolls.  Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday and will treat this year's as if it could be my last.  This is my third T-day since diagnosis, and having cancer has made me notice and appreciate everything more.  I'm glad to have energy this year to be able to help prepare the meal. My first year of diagnosis, my Mom was unable to cook so I did the whole meal and managed, but as soon as we were done eating, I went to bed!! 

Our meal this year is as follows: turkey, two kinds of stuffing - regular bread with sausage and apricots in the bird and cornbread and sausage (not sure about the oysters) outside, mashed potatoes, gravy, homemade cranberry sauce, fig chutney, brussels sprouts, butternut squash, parker house rolls, and cherry pie and pecan bars for dessert.  The rest of the family will have wine and I will have soda or tang.  For one day, I can honestly say life is good. 

anybody else want to post their t-day menu? Bet we get a lot of variety, since we all hail from different parts of the country and have different traditions.

Happy Day everybody!!

hugs,

Karin