InstaPot, Firsts and New Do!

April 18th

The hottest kitchen appliance the “InstaPot”. It is a pressure cooker, slow cooker and rice cooker all in one! Sounds wonderful that is why we got one! Especially since my attention span is so short and my energy to stand for long periods of time is limited, so throw it all into a pot at 6 and dinner is ready by 630 or 7 – sounds perfect!

I am a pretty good cook, so this can’t be too difficult… “Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup” should be a snap! Snap it was – it took 10 minutes to load the pot and turn it on and 45 minutes later I added in the roux and DONE! I was so excited cause it smelled so good, I could not wait for dinner. Time for dinner…Ugh it was AWFUL, yes that is right awful! Not edible-but why, well first chemo/cancer brain caused me to leave out one major ingredient, the onions, then I realized I left out some salt…maybe that was it but I am not sure since I added salt and more spices cause it was so bland…still really bad. The worst part was I ate it for dinner – what was I thinking that it miraculously would get better, NOPE, not so much. I finally threw out my dinner and the remainder of the soup. The ONE thing I will say is that the texture was spot on so next up – roast chicken.

I have had a few first in the last few weeks, cooked dinner, read a short book (26 pages with a sentence on each page) and worked on some jewelry design! Two doctors appointments this week, surgeon yesterday Tuesday and oncologist today Wednesday!

I am on track or ahead of the game even with the crappy 10 days! I am feeling stronger and that maybe because my liver enzyme levels are coming down and are not at the level of someone who spent the last month on a bender in Cancun. They want me to maintain or gain weight and the plan for the next two weeks is just that, rest and exercise as I can. I am cleared to drive, bike and do whatever I feel up to!

So as I mentioned I was losing my hair pretty rapidly so I decided to cut it short and cut my loses – so no more lose of hair and a sassy new do!

I am feeling better each day and hope to be up on my bike in the next week or so and anticipate driving in the next day or so! My warriors have been amazingly helpful and supportive while I was doing my best to be upbeat! More to come in the next week as I work on my tan and rest!