casseroles......update clear scan

what an awesome sight!
You are so right, it touches the heart deeply to see others reaching out to their fellow man. It feels so good to be remembered when you are sick and it's even better when we can pay it forward! There were quite a few special angels with skin on when I was in treatment and recovering from surgery, I was truly blessed!
mary

maglets said:

how are you
Mary how are you? i was upset to hear you were in hospital with impaction....is that the right word? If it's not too nosey Mary what does that involve and how is it solved

hope you are ok

hugs
mags

I'm doing ok
I have been having problems with pain and having to really manage my bowels for 6 months now. It's finally gotten to the point that I need to find out what is going on and resolve it, I'm in pain every day and sometimes it's very bad. I'm only working part time because I can't sit for long periods of time. Impaction is just a fancy word for major constipation! At least the scans show no true obstruction. There is soft tissue showing narrowing of various parts of my intestines and rectum, so hopefully we can figure this out. Thank you for asking. And all they did in the hospital, outside of giving me great meds for the pain, was a soap water enema. That cleaned me out great! It took most of the next day to get the pain under control, but other then that it was pretty uneventful! The food was great and I have new appreciation for the miralax and stool softener regimen I have to stick to until we can get this taken care of!
mary

That is a beautiful sight to
That is a beautiful sight to see. Just this week I brought dinner to my neighbor who had just had surgery. Being on both sides its hard to figure out who gets more pleasure from it, the giver or the receiver, either way it gives a warm feeling all over.

Bonnie

Happy summer
from here mags! LOL,don't understand but are you aware that Barcelona is at the same latitude than NYC? l never understood that, any way it's starting to be chilly, I'm afraid no more beach this year, LOL. Any way happy thanksgiving ,Christmas , new year and everything! LOL.
Hugs mags.

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday
Hoping that you have a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy all the things that you do. Wonder if you have turkey, stuffing and all that cranberry stuff like us USA people do. Actually, I'm making a turkey dinner in a week for the kids because there are always extra turkeys in my freezer. We have 8 kids and 11 grandkids so we need to add a ham with that meal also. Wishing you the best time for the holiday and hope you have a great time.

Kim

me, too
Maggie,

Our Thanksgiving here is in November, and I was diagnosed Thanksgiving week and had my colon resection the day after Thanksgiving, so I always feel super grateful and teary at Thanksgiving.

*hugs*
Gail

Annabelle41415 said:

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday
Hoping that you have a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy all the things that you do. Wonder if you have turkey, stuffing and all that cranberry stuff like us USA people do. Actually, I'm making a turkey dinner in a week for the kids because there are always extra turkeys in my freezer. We have 8 kids and 11 grandkids so we need to add a ham with that meal also. Wishing you the best time for the holiday and hope you have a great time.

Kim

Hi Kim
I am going to answer your question, but hope Mags will as well. Thanksgiving day for Canadians is always the 2nd Monday in October. To accomodate for families getting together etc. we tend to celebrate it the Saturday, Sunday or Monday, whichever is most convenient. Some celebrate at two or even three dinners with family +/or friends. In my extended family, for many years one of my sisters + her family host Thanksgiving on the Saturday of the holiday weekend. She lives 2+ hours north of me in a beautiful cottage country called Muskoka. The leaves there are always beautiful this time of year. I will not be going this year as I just had chemo today, will be disconnected on Saturday + will likely feel crummy most of the weekend. My husband + youngest daughter are going up Saturday, will stay overnight + return Sunday. My oldest daughter is coming home from university + is staying here to keep me company. We are going to have our own little Thanksgiving dinner here on Sunday night. Traditional Thanksgiving here is very similar to the US - turkey, stuffing, cranberries, potatoes, lots of vegetable dishes, yummy pumpkin pie, etc. Abundance is key. For Canadians, Thanksgiving is a celebration of the harvest (correct me if I am wong, my fellow Canucks!). I remember reading some time ago it is believed the 1st Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated in the 1400s on the East Coast. I always have a giggle when I think of Thankasgiving - when I was first married I actually lived in the US, in Cincinnati OH. When I was talking to my co-workers about taking time off to come home to Canadian Thanksgiving, one of them basically asked "What do Canadians have to be thankful for?" She didn't ask in a mean way, more curious. I told her what I knew about the origins of our Thanksgiving, + the things I felt thankful for as a Canadian. To this day I continue to be very thankful. One of the things I am extremely thankful for is that Canada shares the longest undefended border in the world with the USA. This, to me exemplifies the friendship, respect, business opportunities, etc. that Canada + the US share. I am also truly thankful for this forum, which trandscends all national borders to bring hope, caring + understanding to us all.

AnneCan said:

Hi Kim
I am going to answer your question, but hope Mags will as well. Thanksgiving day for Canadians is always the 2nd Monday in October. To accomodate for families getting together etc. we tend to celebrate it the Saturday, Sunday or Monday, whichever is most convenient. Some celebrate at two or even three dinners with family +/or friends. In my extended family, for many years one of my sisters + her family host Thanksgiving on the Saturday of the holiday weekend. She lives 2+ hours north of me in a beautiful cottage country called Muskoka. The leaves there are always beautiful this time of year. I will not be going this year as I just had chemo today, will be disconnected on Saturday + will likely feel crummy most of the weekend. My husband + youngest daughter are going up Saturday, will stay overnight + return Sunday. My oldest daughter is coming home from university + is staying here to keep me company. We are going to have our own little Thanksgiving dinner here on Sunday night. Traditional Thanksgiving here is very similar to the US - turkey, stuffing, cranberries, potatoes, lots of vegetable dishes, yummy pumpkin pie, etc. Abundance is key. For Canadians, Thanksgiving is a celebration of the harvest (correct me if I am wong, my fellow Canucks!). I remember reading some time ago it is believed the 1st Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated in the 1400s on the East Coast. I always have a giggle when I think of Thankasgiving - when I was first married I actually lived in the US, in Cincinnati OH. When I was talking to my co-workers about taking time off to come home to Canadian Thanksgiving, one of them basically asked "What do Canadians have to be thankful for?" She didn't ask in a mean way, more curious. I told her what I knew about the origins of our Thanksgiving, + the things I felt thankful for as a Canadian. To this day I continue to be very thankful. One of the things I am extremely thankful for is that Canada shares the longest undefended border in the world with the USA. This, to me exemplifies the friendship, respect, business opportunities, etc. that Canada + the US share. I am also truly thankful for this forum, which trandscends all national borders to bring hope, caring + understanding to us all.

Hi, i'm from Canada too
Hi, I am from Canada also. Just wondering what parts of Canada all of you fellow Canadians are from. I grew up in London, then moved to Orillia and lived in a little town called Lagoon City, then I moved here to New Jersey. I really miss Canadian Thanksgiving - I don't get the day off here at my work, so I can't even go home to celebrate it. My husband always tries to make me a turkey dinner on that day for me (as he is off of work). Anyway - I also had someone ask me a very long time ago, what do Canadians have to be thankful for? I gave them the same answer as you. I also get why can't you celebrate your Thanksgiving the same time as us? Uhmm cause it's not the same day! Oh well, Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians - those of you celebrating have a piece of pumpkin pie for me, i like mine with whip cream.
Happy Thanksgiving !!!
Sandi

AnneCan said:

Hi Kim
I am going to answer your question, but hope Mags will as well. Thanksgiving day for Canadians is always the 2nd Monday in October. To accomodate for families getting together etc. we tend to celebrate it the Saturday, Sunday or Monday, whichever is most convenient. Some celebrate at two or even three dinners with family +/or friends. In my extended family, for many years one of my sisters + her family host Thanksgiving on the Saturday of the holiday weekend. She lives 2+ hours north of me in a beautiful cottage country called Muskoka. The leaves there are always beautiful this time of year. I will not be going this year as I just had chemo today, will be disconnected on Saturday + will likely feel crummy most of the weekend. My husband + youngest daughter are going up Saturday, will stay overnight + return Sunday. My oldest daughter is coming home from university + is staying here to keep me company. We are going to have our own little Thanksgiving dinner here on Sunday night. Traditional Thanksgiving here is very similar to the US - turkey, stuffing, cranberries, potatoes, lots of vegetable dishes, yummy pumpkin pie, etc. Abundance is key. For Canadians, Thanksgiving is a celebration of the harvest (correct me if I am wong, my fellow Canucks!). I remember reading some time ago it is believed the 1st Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated in the 1400s on the East Coast. I always have a giggle when I think of Thankasgiving - when I was first married I actually lived in the US, in Cincinnati OH. When I was talking to my co-workers about taking time off to come home to Canadian Thanksgiving, one of them basically asked "What do Canadians have to be thankful for?" She didn't ask in a mean way, more curious. I told her what I knew about the origins of our Thanksgiving, + the things I felt thankful for as a Canadian. To this day I continue to be very thankful. One of the things I am extremely thankful for is that Canada shares the longest undefended border in the world with the USA. This, to me exemplifies the friendship, respect, business opportunities, etc. that Canada + the US share. I am also truly thankful for this forum, which trandscends all national borders to bring hope, caring + understanding to us all.

Thanks
That was a great explanation and glad you wrote that. We are thankful to the Canadians also. Actually we are about 45 minutes west of Windsor. Happy Thanksgiving.

Kim