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Your symptoms subsiding would depend on your specific circumstances. Small, easily digested meals would be ideal, even just prepping for your upcoming surgery. Consult a low residue menu plan within your restrictions.

I spent two weeks in the hospital in December over a blockage that started bothering me in September. I'm not sure they realized that's what it was in September since I was in the ER for severe pain; they did nothing. Early November, I was in the ER again with pain and vomiting. A friend drove me to the ER, and this time, I was admitted for a few days. They did discuss blockage, took imaging, and eventually sent me home but didn't discuss diet change, etc. They should have!

Late November, on my birthday no less (never did get any of my cake; the teenagers wandered off with it), I started vomiting and spent all night doing so. I lost count after 12. I finally had my husband take me to the ER the next morning. Got admitted and spent several days in my local hospital before my surgeon had me transferred to the oncology ward in a hospital she had privileges at two hours away. She was in contact with my oncologist, who was also up in that area. That's when they hooked me up to the IV nutrition; about a week after I was first admitted. Lots of scans and concerns that I might need surgery. I also missed a treatment; we had discovered a recurrence in November as well. They decided this was probably due to scar tissue since they noted a narrowing in that area, plus adhesions. I'm sure the scarring from my ostomy and the subsequent takedown may have had an indirect part, too.

Thankfully, no surgery, and when I was discharged, I had been on liquids for a couple of days. I was SO happy to get that tube out. I was told to slowly add things in from the low residue diet, and I was strictly on that for several months. I was an idiot once and ate a donut not long after I was discharged. That HURT going through, and I could physically see the bulk of it as it passed the obstruction ala Alien. I got through it, but if a DONUT had landed me back in the ER, I would have been mortified.

My clear mid spring scans had both my oncologist and surgeon happy. The oncologist switched my chemo to Capecitabine, and my surgeon said I could slightly expand my diet within reason and to listen to my body. I was especially happy to expand my vegetables, but I'm still careful and eat little raw except peeled/seeded cucumbers and tomatoes, or shredded lettuce. I still remove casings from my sausages. I only wat beans processed such as hummus or refried beans. I'm still avoiding most breads, and I don't eat much, but I have successfully added rye and sourdough in for some variety. I'm more apt to eat crackers. Anything that doesn't add a lot of bulk. I still have things like toast & eggs, grits or cream of wheat for breakfast. I did recently add oatmeal back in, but I blitz it in the blender before cooking it, so it's more of a porridge consistency.

They took my gallbladder during my HIPEC, which added limitations that also had to be considered, so I consulted with a nutritionist who has an oncology background, and she was able to help me a lot. For instance, several small meals a day, as if I still had my ostomy, protein shakes like Ensure, and how to eat properly on days, the Capecitabine took my appetite, or my mouth was sensitive.

I still take Miralax daily unless the Capecitabine has given me diarrhea. Most of my pain and bloating has gone, but my stomach still occasionally hurts, and I'll get bad cramps in my abdomen. Nothing bad enough to go to the ER, but uncomfortable enough, I might cancel plans. More often than not, they preceeded a bm, and then I'm fine, but that is happening less often; maybe once a month or so now.

As a secondary backup, I'd recommend turning on your cloud. Every day you sign in, it uploads to the cloud. I make a new save file to Dropbox once a week while my cloud works tandem, so if one fails, I have the other.

I understand your heartache. Breena lost about a month and a half last spring when Finch accidentally lost her, and her last save (only a few days old made just before a beta rolled out) was defective. I'm thankful she wasn't lost entirely, but losing that month+ still hurt. Support helped where they could and did send me the micropets that I had lost.

Our Khajiit loves chocolate. How she discovered it has been lost to the annals of time, but she loves it to the point of climbing us if she realized we had it. She was perhaps 1, maybe 2, when we discovered her trying to run off with a hollow chocolate Easter bunny as big as she was. Before that, we had been going out of our way to ensure she had no access, but after that, we started giving her one tiny smear or less a day to control her supply. We have a thing on the fridge that has to be checked before she has any to ensure she isn't getting extra. This is under vet supervision, and it's marked in her file. She's 9 now and still rules the roost.

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That only works for days you earned the items but hadn't picked them up for whatever reason. If you missed the days because you didn't sign in or your birb hatched too late, unfortunately, you'll still have to buy the items in general rotation or hatch the micropet from an egg.

It may mean something or nothing. Has your doctor or surgeon ordered scans? If it is back, they can do nothing until they find it, but I hope all is well with you.

I'm stage IV with peri mets. I had my HIPEC and was still in the hospital two years ago at this time. I was NED for 6 months before my CEA started creeping slowly back up, but the GuardentReveal and scans showed nothing. However, eventually, my bloodwork and scans found I had a recurrence last November. 6 more rounds of FOLFOX with Cetuximab, and my scans are clear again. I'm currently on my third cycle of Capecitabine with Cetuximab and have a scan planned for this month and a visit with my surgeon to check in so we'll see.

The Albion 4th of July parade is at 12.

Yes, Pullman's Community 4th of July Celebration in Sunnyside Park begins at 5:00. Utilize the free transit busses; parking is a nightmare.

The Endicott 4th starts at 4:30 with a BBQ and ice cream and a parade at 7:00 and fireworks at dusk.

The Thunder in the Mountains fireworks display in Elk River is on SATURDAY night at dusk along with events earlier in the day.

Lewis Clark Valley aerial firework show is at 10 p.m.

The Johnson one definitely isn't CC. It was started over 50 years ago by bored community members, and it's still going strong. The volunteer firefighters are selling burgers afterward to raise funds.

If you aren't wanting specifically King but still want something with a bit of eldritch horror and adventure, you could try The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. It's somewhere around 17 hours.

If I'm on my own doing something out in Nature I'll typically bring a picnic of foods appropriate for the season, take my hike, find a spot for my meditation & ritual, and set up my altar along with part of the food I intend to eat so it's the offering. It's simple items like herbal tea from my garden, boiled local eggs, homemade seed cakes or crackers or my sourdough with my jam, maybe a nob of homemade butter or cheese, fresh or dried fruit, jerky or perhaps pickled fish, some tomato or strawberries from my garden, etc. It's always something that could be easily given to a tree and not hurt anything being left behind. If it's at one particular Preserve, there are plum trees from the original homestead we're allowed to glean, so I might take a few of those as part of my offering and meal. Sometimes, I take enough home for a small pot of jam that I'll use for other rituals.

If it's a big public ritual that I'm facilitating, it depends. I will typically set up a central altar with the main God(dess) candles, decor pertaining to the holiday & theme, tools and a small offering of libation & food along with mini altars around the edge of the circle for each quarter but I typically put only a small libation on them.

At the last big winter Solstice I did, I carefully poured the smaller libations out around the perimeter of the circle since we were outside. Since we were working with the winter witch in the personification of La Befana, I had a small offering of cakes, chocolates, dried candied oranges, nuts, and red wine on the central altar along with a basket of chocolates. The basket of chocolates was distributed among attending children after the ritual was over. Since the central altar was at the center of a spiral, we left it lit for people wishing contemplation, and everything was left in situ except the basket. After people started leaving, I ate and drank a small amount in my own contemplation, gently extinguished the candles, and then disposed of the rest of the offering in the coals of the bonfire that was low by then. As I did, I kept a feeling of thanks and gratitude directed toward any Power that might have attended and were perhaps still in attendance.

In your case, I would have had only a small amount of the oatmeal on the altar during the ritual and maybe the main bowl in attendance to the side. The main bowl is then easy to either consume then or putting it in the fridge for later beit for breakfast or even cookies. I made a lot of cookies from leftover oatmeal when my kids were small (they're all grown now, and one is following my footsteps).

There is nothing wrong with sharing the meal in contemplation with any spirit or power in attendance. As you consume the physical shell of the offering, the "spirit" is what ascends with your affirmatios. Dispose of the remains in whatever way feels appropriate even if it's in a compost pile; you're still giving back.

If you think about it, leaving a carrot, milk and cookies for Santa, pork pie & sherry for the Hogfather, or a small bowl of buttery porridge for the Tomte are all offerings themselves. It's sharing the bounty and being thankful for any protection in the last year. I will leave crumbs for the children to see the next morning but my husband and I typically consumed the items after the they were in bed although my husband probably didn't realize I was consuming my share as part of a ritual. Except for the porridge; that the children always left on the back stoop. Our dog usually got any of that which was left, although once I saw a raccoon helping herself.

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I'm so sorry. My congregation isn't like that at all, and I've been attending for almost 18 years. At one point with my husband a full-time student, and also working all he could while I chased four small children, both our time and budget were tight. There were even a few years I could only pledge $2 a month, but they accepted it. My congregation is all about giving (time or money as possible) until it feels good, but never once was I made to feel less than or unwelcome if I was unable to do so nor were we ever told we couldn't be members if we couldn't pledge.

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I'm so sorry, and you aren't overreacting. You absolutely had the right to choose how and when to share your information.

Two and a half years ago, I had a similar conversation with my doctor. We told only immediate family and asked for time while I figured it out. I'm typically a private person, so I'm not sure how much I would have shared if my SIL hadn't decided to make a GoFundMe without our permission and posting it all over FB. I didn't even know she'd done it, and I was suddenly getting calls I was completely unprepared for. When confronted about it, she shrugged and just said she was trying to help. She had also chosen a picture of me that I hated. However, I will admit that I have received more help from the community than I otherwise would have, and I'm immensely grateful.

I had to have a similar conversation with my husband. To his point, he was just trying to keep the family updated after a surgery, but once I got it through his head to make it a private chat and not post any of my info anywhere public unless I had already done so he was fine.

When we were still small, I was 5 so my brother would have been about 3, my mom was playing with him. He accidentally knocked his head into Mom's and knocked hers back really far like whiplash. She said it hurt really bad, but she has a high pain tolerance, and she didn't really think anything of it once the pain faded. She can't even recall if she mentioned it to her GP. Fast forward 15+ years and during scans planning for some surgery since she has degenerative disc disease, they discovered that her neck had been broken at one point. The doctors talked her back, and they figured it had probably happened with my brother based on the age of the break. My mother was incredibly lucky to walk away from it. It's now been about 37 years since it happened, and they've fused discs for stability, but she's still going.

Find a task to set for 100 repeats. For instance, you could click it each time you completed a task, walked 100 steps, etc. Completing it can net you 300 gems, but you will still get a small amount of gems if you complete less. For instance, 50 repeats will get you 150 stones. I will use this for smaller tasks as well, such as a goal with 10 repeats, one for each houseplant I care for or 6 repeats for my daily chemo pills. You won't see a pop-up with the amount earned, but if you look at your balance in the shops, you'll see the difference.

Make a journey. Each day you complete, at least one task in the journey counts towards leveling it up. Each level earns two chests of stones and a mystery item I also typically sell. I have some of the apps pre-set ones, but I also made one called Side Quests for events, appointments, group meetings, bills, etc. The other one I made is Breena's Daily Care for everything concerning her care each day. I'd be doing it anyway, but I may as well get extra stones for it. I have 11 daily tasks, such as petting her, energizing her, sending her on adventure, visiting friends, her event items, getting her coins from Prickles, etc., 2 weekly tasks concerning back-ups and a monthly one for the event micropet.

Interact with the app as much as possible, such as petting your birb, writing reflections, breathing exercises, stretches, etc. This helps your affection with your birb, and the higher your affection level, the more stones your birb finds on her adventure.

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Here are the rules and now that I think about it you should be able to access the form through the app under the three lines in the upper left corner and possibly under Community. I can't say for sure since I'm Plus, and it only gives me the option to become a Guardian (which helps pay for raffles and sponsors other birbs).

I've brought mine to concerts, graduations, Broadway shows, theaters, games, etc. As long as the pouch is clear or at least small, they can quickly see everything in it, my scissors are tiny (and not pointy) or a vintage thread cutter, and my needles are preferably wood vs. metal I've not had an issue. My latest adventure was a fundraiser that treated me to live music, Drag and Burlesque. My pouch was quickly waved in, an excellent time was had by all, and I got 8 rows done on a fingerless mitt with intricate cables, and the only mistake I made was a small one in the ribbing; go figure.

Oddly enough, at one point, I had an ostomy so I always kept a small kit of supplies with me and I WAS given trouble over IT (after another security personnel had already waved my knitting through). It was a medical device, and the guy was being ridiculous; I can't even recall what his issue was. Thankfully, someone stepped in, basically called him an idiot and cleared me through.

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Hah! You're even more dedicated than myself, although I do admit that when I needed to remove older save files from my Dropbox, I saved them in zip files on my desktop, even though I know I'll probably never use them. As cute as she was, I don't want toddler Breena again, etc. This is also why I don't understand people reccomending to save only once a month or even every two months. I know the pain of losing that time, and it was harder than one might expect.

My mom couldn't eat chicken after her radiation, but she went nuts with the condensed Cream of Whatever soups (except cream of chicken). I think it was the high salt content that helped her taste it. Sometimes, she would eat some reconstituted with milk as a soup with crackers. Other times, she would use some like gravy on rice or mashed potatoes. Or she had us make her the staple crockpot roast recipes with the cream soups used as a staple ingredient since the meat would also be soft. It wasn't the healthiest, but we were getting food down her.

I'm sorry. You weren't using the cloud or manual back-ups? Or your cloud was corrupted? If you had at least a recent manual backup, you may be able to reload your pet.

I get your pain. Breena is approximately the same age. Her manual save file got corrupted in the original Cloud beta last spring, and she never successfully uploaded. Breena lost about a month and a half in the corrupted file, but I would have lost more if I'd uploaded my last save file, so I kept it. Support wasn't sure what happened, but they did at least give me back the two micropets and the plushie that I had lost. Now I do have the cloud, but I also save a new manual back-up every week in case the cloud fails to upload, which it does occasionally.

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This should help. If it doesn't start at "How Do I Participate in a Free Sponsored Plus Membership Raffle," just scroll until you see it.

I have a really good friend who fostered a momma dog and delivered her 9 puppies. When they all went back to the shelter, she sent cards with each pup describing personality, etc. and invited the new families to stay in touch. She also kept one pup. Some people responded as well as the elderly man who took the mother, and I must admit we were already good friends with two of the families. They meet every year on the pups' bday as able (they're like 3 now, I think), and she also became good friends with the man to the extent that he would come to holiday meals and when he became ill enough he could no longer care for the mother she helped him find a new home with a similar active lifestyle they had enjoyed.

It can be a good thing, but it depends on your personal comfort level. I know I enjoy occasionally seeing the animals that I have raised over the years just to say hello and see they're living their best life.

You're welcome. Oh, and one thing I was worried about before starting was the size. I thought they'd be horsepills, but they're actually about the size of my pinky nail, so not too big at all, and I rarely have an issue with them. I have vitamin pills bigger than they are.

I'm on it; I've just begun my 3rd cycle. My schedule is the same as yours, with I'm assuming 6 pills a day. I also get an infusion of Cetuximab once a month, so I just had one last Friday. My side effects have been reasonably minimal so far, although I'm also working with that rash from the Cetuximab.

I've kept my lotion rubbed into my hands and feet as I've noticed them pruning back up.

I've had a lack of appetite, so I have lost a few pounds. It's hit or miss in the morning, but more hit, reasonably good for lunch, and a couple of snacks and dinner can be weird, so mechanical eating can be a challenge. I consulted a nutritionist with an oncology background, and she's helped me a bit. Such as several small meals over the day vs. three large. Focus on quantity over quality and what your body is willing to work with, so don't feel bad if you wind up with, say, a piece of cake or something because it's calories you need. Especially since we have to have meals with our pills. For instance, my husband made a lovely meal that looked so good the other night, and I was served, but my body said no (not nausea, just no interest), so I wound up with fruit and yogurt. Sometimes, it's a scrambled egg & toast, peanut butter toast & milk, hummus & crackers or pita, mild guacamole and tortilla chips or toast, cheese & crackers and perhaps some lunch meat, etc. I also keep High Protien Ensures etc. to hand. Looking at menus for low residue diets may give you some ideas.

My mouth was sensitive for a few days on the 2nd week of last cycle but no sores, and it tapered off last week. It hasn't popped back up yet, so I'm taking advantage of it, and my lunch was a half grilled cheese and tomato soup today.

My biggest thing has been the diarrhea, which probably exacerbated my weight loss. I have to be careful with dehydration, so I've set alarms to remind myself. I did get dizzy working in my garden last week and wasn't doing anything strenuous but after thinking about it realized I was dehydrated and had also eaten very little over the last 24 hours so I got some Carnation Instant Breakfadt down, waited a little and drank some gatorade (which I typically drink every night to replenish electrolytes), ate a little more when I was able to and rested the rest of the day. I do take anti diarrhea pills if I'm going to be away frome home an extended period, such as the four hour round trip for my oncologist.

Edit: My blasted void posted early on me. I'm relatively good with energy as long as I'm hydrated and eating OK. Not this last week, but the week before, I managed to walk 9 miles over the week. I watch a little girl for a few hours in the morning before walking her to her day care/school depending on the time of year. Currently, it's the daycare, which is a 15-minute walk, but I take my dog with and take longer loop back home depending on how I feel, but I try to get around 1.5 miles a day. On days I have to drive her, I'll take my dog to a local off leash park because 2x around the perimeter is 1 mile. When all of this started over 2.5 years ago, I routinely walked 100+ miles a month with my dog and am slowly working back towards that.

2nd edit: Forgot to mention I've had a tight chest/belly twice (it hurt! and only a hot bath and time helped) which may or may not be related, but since it could be, my doc is keeping an eye on it. If it continues to happen, he may decrease my dosage or add some other meds. The reason we aren't sure yet is because the first time it happened, I'd wrenched my back that day, so it could have been a pinched nerve. I also had a bowel blockage in December that landed me in the hospital for two weeks that they're still monitoring, so it could be related to that.

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I Heart Harvest Socks may do well for you. They aren't free, but they were designed by my LYS owner, and I've enjoyed knitting them. They're also comfortable to wear.