I guess I have my appetite back

Hissy_Fitz
Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
Tonight I ate TEN hot wings. TEN! And some carrot sticks and celery, too.

My husband told me if I keep this up, I won't be able to get into "those cute little pants". I told him I did not care. This time last year, maybe. But not now. On Monday I have another CA125 drawn and I get the results of my CT scan. Those are the only numbers I care about, not whether those size 6 jeans still fit.

PS....the wings were great! I enjoyed every bite!

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  • msfanciful
    msfanciful Member Posts: 559
    #2
    Before, I got sick I didn't
    Before, I got sick I didn't realize how much I took small things for granted i.e, good hot wings! LOL!

    It's so good to hear you've got a good appetite!
    Your new look is fantastic!!! It's hip. :-)

    Love,

    Sharon
  • nancy591
    nancy591 Member Posts: 1,027 Member
    #3
    hot wings
    First off, I like you new pic. You actually look much younger!!

    I guess my appetite never left..LOL! I don't eat hot wings but 10 doesn't sound like alot to me. 10?? Hot wings are tiny, aren't they?
  • BonnieR
    BonnieR Member Posts: 1,526 Member
    #4
    wow
    Yep that is my comment.. hot wings and ten of them.. I am impressed. :-) I haven't eaten food like that for a long time. LOL I love your new picture and prayers for good ca125 and clear scans. Hugs bonnie
  • Mwee
    Mwee Member Posts: 1,338
    #5
    Hot Wings
    HA... I recently had a hot wing craving after an infusion :) Enjoy, enjoy and here's hoping the counts are as "yummy" as those wings!
    (((HUGS))) Maria
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
    #6
    nancy591 said:

    hot wings
    First off, I like you new pic. You actually look much younger!!

    I guess my appetite never left..LOL! I don't eat hot wings but 10 doesn't sound like alot to me. 10?? Hot wings are tiny, aren't they?

    They are very small, yes.
    They are very small, yes. But I had such issues with eating for such a long time post-op. When I first came home, after 16 days of being fed via TPN in the hospital, it took me 3 days to eat one sausage biscuit from McDonald's.

    For weeks, all I wanted to eat was fruit. Getting hard protein down was a chore, but my hemoglobin was so low, I had to keep at it. I worked harder at eating than I ever did at dieting. Damn cancer takes over your life and changes everything.

    Carlene
  • catcan
    catcan Member Posts: 119
    #7
    yea
    Good for you and now I feel like visiting Buffalo Wild Wings. lol You look great Good Luck with the CT scan and CA125.
  • kayandok
    kayandok Member Posts: 1,202 Member
    #8
    We have been
    testing out different recipes for hot wings. A huge hut around here, too!

    Love your new do, Carlene!!!

    kathleen:)
  • dorion
    dorion Member Posts: 183
    #9
    kayandok said:

    We have been
    testing out different recipes for hot wings. A huge hut around here, too!

    Love your new do, Carlene!!!

    kathleen:)

    oh Man!!!
    I am so jealous! Good for you! I am so darn hungry as I write but this chemo has left me so ill, I am starving but when I eat I get so ill. The pills don't help. I can actually taste those wings too. Who cares about those tiny pants eh? I would almost give anything to have some fat back on me again, after complaining lastyear of how much I had gained. Keep eating Hiss, I already told you how much I love your hair. You look beautiful. Actually all you ladies look beautiful.

    Linda
  • lindaprocopio
    lindaprocopio Member Posts: 1,980
    #10
    dorion said:

    oh Man!!!
    I am so jealous! Good for you! I am so darn hungry as I write but this chemo has left me so ill, I am starving but when I eat I get so ill. The pills don't help. I can actually taste those wings too. Who cares about those tiny pants eh? I would almost give anything to have some fat back on me again, after complaining lastyear of how much I had gained. Keep eating Hiss, I already told you how much I love your hair. You look beautiful. Actually all you ladies look beautiful.

    Linda

    I gained 10 lbs. in my 10 weeks of weekly taxol!
    I have some fluid retention, but honestly, I know the 10 pounds that I gained over my 10 rounds of weekly taxol can be attributed to my piggy- piggy- pigginess. I'd like to blame it on the steroids (which, of course, my sweet family does!) but I really think it was my consistent commitment to always finding room for tiramisu or cheesecake after dinner when I was feeling my best, and drinking the Carnation Instant Breakfast twice a day when my bowels were screwed up and I was on the low-residue diet. The fatigue kept me sedentary those 3 months and my appetite keep the calories pouring in. Voila! : 10 pounds of winter weight! I hope to walk some of this off, but need to knock off the 2nd helpings too. My digestion is still messed up, so I don't know why my BRAIN doesn't pay any attention to what's happening to my BODY!

    Wings DO sound yummy! Could I get a dozen down before I had to high-tail it to the bathroom??! It would be a close call! Might be worth it! HA!
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
    #11
    lindaprocopio said:

    I gained 10 lbs. in my 10 weeks of weekly taxol!
    I have some fluid retention, but honestly, I know the 10 pounds that I gained over my 10 rounds of weekly taxol can be attributed to my piggy- piggy- pigginess. I'd like to blame it on the steroids (which, of course, my sweet family does!) but I really think it was my consistent commitment to always finding room for tiramisu or cheesecake after dinner when I was feeling my best, and drinking the Carnation Instant Breakfast twice a day when my bowels were screwed up and I was on the low-residue diet. The fatigue kept me sedentary those 3 months and my appetite keep the calories pouring in. Voila! : 10 pounds of winter weight! I hope to walk some of this off, but need to knock off the 2nd helpings too. My digestion is still messed up, so I don't know why my BRAIN doesn't pay any attention to what's happening to my BODY!

    Wings DO sound yummy! Could I get a dozen down before I had to high-tail it to the bathroom??! It would be a close call! Might be worth it! HA!

    I love tiramisu and
    I love tiramisu and cheesecake. In fact, I make a killer cheesecake, if I do say so myself. The steroids amp my appetite up big time, plus I bake when I'm stressed. Then I eat it.

    My kids used to call one another, especially toward the end of their dad's terminal illness, to give the heads-up, "Mom's stressed.....she's baking again."
  • saundra
    saundra Member Posts: 1,370 Member
    #12
    Hissy_Fitz said:

    I love tiramisu and
    I love tiramisu and cheesecake. In fact, I make a killer cheesecake, if I do say so myself. The steroids amp my appetite up big time, plus I bake when I'm stressed. Then I eat it.

    My kids used to call one another, especially toward the end of their dad's terminal illness, to give the heads-up, "Mom's stressed.....she's baking again."

    Love your new picture!!!
    That new wig and picture is just great! All of my wigs are artificial. I just gently wash them after turning them wrong side out in Woolite, dry like a sweater in a towel, put on the wig stand and let dry. They go back to the original shape. Never use a curling iron, but you can use hot rollers if you don't get them too hot. I never have had to on mine.
    My oncologist wants me to stay about 10 pounds over my normal weight for sick times.... like surgery etc.
    I do crave sweets though. Saundra
  • Tina Brown
    Tina Brown Member Posts: 1,036 Member
    #13
    lindaprocopio said:

    I gained 10 lbs. in my 10 weeks of weekly taxol!
    I have some fluid retention, but honestly, I know the 10 pounds that I gained over my 10 rounds of weekly taxol can be attributed to my piggy- piggy- pigginess. I'd like to blame it on the steroids (which, of course, my sweet family does!) but I really think it was my consistent commitment to always finding room for tiramisu or cheesecake after dinner when I was feeling my best, and drinking the Carnation Instant Breakfast twice a day when my bowels were screwed up and I was on the low-residue diet. The fatigue kept me sedentary those 3 months and my appetite keep the calories pouring in. Voila! : 10 pounds of winter weight! I hope to walk some of this off, but need to knock off the 2nd helpings too. My digestion is still messed up, so I don't know why my BRAIN doesn't pay any attention to what's happening to my BODY!

    Wings DO sound yummy! Could I get a dozen down before I had to high-tail it to the bathroom??! It would be a close call! Might be worth it! HA!

    Hi Linda
    Your post makes me feel much better. I too have put on about 8 - 10 pounds since chemo. I can't blame fluid retention because that has now gone. I try to blame the steriods for everything but the truth is my appetite. My chemo makes me feel nauseious and the only way to cure that is to eat. I try not to eat "bad foods" but I have to eat what I fancy or the nausea doesn't go away. I like cheese and savoury things but do manage to squeeze in thre occasional chocolate cake or shortbread :) I used to be a runner and was over a stone lighter before I was diagnosed, so my weight gain does concern me. I can't do much running now because of the fatigue.

    I know once the chemo is over and the steriods stop I am hoping the weight will come off and I can do more exercise.

    Now I am craving a cheese sandwich - will go and make one now!!11
  • jtotten1
    jtotten1 Member Posts: 21
    #14
    Huge Fam!
    I am a huge fan of the new 'do! You were gorgeous with the other one as well, but this style really frames your face!

    I was told "protien & calories, protien & calories, protien & calories" when I was going through the chemo, and it really did help; the more I ate, the better I felt, and I had gotten way too skinny with the stress of the diagnosis and the surgery anyway, so I needed to put a few back on.

    Let me just say that I look NOTHING like my photo anymore, which was about 6 months before diagnosis! Picture the same general features with 60 additional pounds on them!!!!

    I am of the mind set that life is too short not to eat dessert first, and cheescake is a personal favorite! Can you share your recipie??

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