Janet sometimes gets food cravings. Its a bit odd and I suspect it may have something to do with a medication she is on, a steroid which as a side effect stimulates her appetite.
She has been through a number of cravings for things that were absolute must have's for a short while and have subsequently passed by the wayside. These have included, Hedgehog Ice Cream, lemons and particularly lemon sorbet, blood oranges, fresh squeezed lightly pulped orange juice (she mixed this with Champagne on Christmas Morning) and her latest which is double cheese and pepperoni thin crust pizza.
The best thin crust pizza in our neighbourhood comes from Rocky Mountain Pizza Company which is only a few blocks from us. They use all natural organic ingredients (including organically fed beef etc.) and tack a extra dollar on every bill to go towards saving the planet. Most importantly they have some kind of Mongolian oven in there which cooks up a really great pizza. Yesterday I found a parking spot within 2 blocks and picked Janet up a 10 inch double mozza and pepperoni pizza. She eats it one slice at a time, savours each bite, and has been working on it for over 24 hours now. Usually the pizza doesn't stay down. But that doesn't matter. The important thing right now is that Janet really enjoys the taste and pleasure of actually eating the pizza. After watching Janet savour each bite of her favourite pizza I don't think I will ever be able to gobble down a pizza again. Its a real lesson in enjoying what you have while you have it.
Janet has had a good day although I would like to have seen her keep more calories in. She spent some time this morning reading emails and well wishes from friends and visited with her Dad and her Dad's wife Joanne and with her friend Anna M. and with Patrick T this afternoon. Janet usually gets tired after each visit and has a sleep for a little while before the next visit. Its good for her to get these cat naps in.
We have had to deal with very little pain today. I get Janet to rank her pain on a scale of 1 to 10 and I break out the serious pain killers once it reaches 5. So far today pain has not gone over 5 and this is an improvement over yesterday. Janet's back has continued to bother her but today its been more an irritant than actually painful. We were able to control that with muscle relaxants instead of pain killers. Its a small victory and it makes for a much more pleasant day for her.
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You go girl! I love that you are indulging in all that brings you absolute euphoria! You deserve the best. Glad to hear your day was fairly good. I miss you my beautiful sister and Monkey #1, but will see you both on Monday morning. Keep enjoying your wonderful friends who are coming to visit, savour every moment knowing you are loved and cherished! Good night! Love always,
Marilyn
P.S. I love you!
Yum! you are making me hungry when I hear all the stuff that you were wanting to eat AJ!!!!Sounds like you had some nice visitors yesterday! We love you!
xoxo
Chanelly
Hi Janet,
You continue to teach us the simple joys in life. You have always been the one person always smiling, always laughing and always with a kind word. I can just picture you savouring that pizza and enjoying even the simplest of pleasures. That is you - loving and living life to its fullest. You are one in a million Mrs. Dennis! No wonder Mark is so in love with you. And Brad and I were just talking this morning about how lucky you are to have such an amazing man at your side - Mark - we couldn't ask for anyone better to be with our adored Janet. Thank you for everything - how you love her (OK, that's easy, it's Janet), but also keeping us up to date with this blog, scheduling visits on the calendar, and just going out to get her her favourite pizza. Thank you Mark - you are a wonderful man, obviously head over heals in love with his wife.
OK, enough mush. Now I'm hungry for pizza!!! Hey, Brad . . . !
I hope you are having a good day today Janet, and you too Mark. Let us know if we can bring anything on Tuesday. Looking forward to our visit.
Love,
Colleen & Brad
PS - I have forgotten my password that I set up and already lost one message I tried to post, so I will tag this as anonymous so it gets posted. I am blonde you know, so this blogging stuff is a challenge!
Aaah, pizza - excellent choice Janet! I took an hour to peruse your photos this morning, Mark sure does a great job of photographing everything important to him (note: there are lots of YOU)! I was thrilled to see that your smile is as infectuous as it was when I worked with you, and I pondered happily the days we tried to figure out what the heck Anna did every day, with our heads close together, deciding that a quick trip over to the shops would assist us in figuring out her paperwork. Does she know that this is how you 'covered' her job when she went on vacation?
Here is hoping for another beautiful, sunny day! Hugs to you!!! Love, Andrea
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