Another PB friend is doing something like this now, so I figured I'd hop on the bandwagon. Ask me all the things! I'm especially fond of weird, random, silly questions, but I'm up for anything. Feel free to leave multiple questions, even if you feel it's an obnoxious amount :P
In other news, Nesmith seems to be doing better with his extra dose of furosemide. Huzzah! We'll have to bring him in to be seen by Dr. J in the near future to get his bloodwork done and such. And by we, I mean Aaron as I'm avoiding germs and such. Whee.
Speaking of germ avoidance, I nearly lost my damn mind in Whole Foods today. They usually have samples out, which I'm cool with avoiding now because ALL THE BACTERIA and people touching stuff and other boring immune compromised related reasons. But today they had people making tiny sample sized salads and people were walking around all over the place eating their delicious looking tiny salads. I wanted to weep with longing.
With neutropenia, you're supposed to pretty much avoid fresh, uncooked produce. I have been and, for the most part, it's been OK. I eat frozen veggies, apple sauce, canned fruits, cooked veggies, etc. The first sign of losing my mind was probably when I ate half a jar of (really good) salsa on my own a few days ago because it was almost like eating raw tomatoes due to being cold. But those damn tiny salads were the straw that broke the camel's back! I want to eat summer produce! I especially want tomatoes and nectarines. But every damn website on eating while neutropenic I encounter says no. On Wed when I meet with my oncologist, I'm going to ask if I can eat fruits and vegetables that are flash boiled and rapidly cooled because that's almost like eating raw produce aside from making the skin fall off and it should kill everything.
One of my photo requests was for my favorite nail polish. I have a slight compulsion to buy nail polish (and then not use it because of lazy) so I have an embarrassing amount of it. I joined Julep's monthly box thing and can't resist their mystery boxes so I have a lot of that right now. (Also if anyone wants to join their monthly box thing, let me know. If I refer people, I get free stuff) Since I literally haven nothing better to do as of late, I've been trying to keep my nails up for shits and giggles. Mostly failing :P About two weeks ago, I did both hands and feet:
Went all out and did base coat, two coats color, and a topcoat. It's lasted quite well. The middle color is called something like "Mischa" and is a great orangy-red with tiny sparkles. It's my idea of a nearly perfect color for toenails.
Fingers:
And toes:
Please note the mildly hobbitty (read: fuzzy) nature of my feet. My mother is shorter than me and my grandmother shorter still, so I think it's a pretty safe bet that a hobbit made his or her way to Italy sometime in the past and married into my family, giving us all furry feet and a great love of eating many meals throughout the day.
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