Posted 9/19/2011 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for all the great input. Tried coconut water yesterday, and she did not care for it. I never thought about trying to make homemade Chai tea. I'll look for some good recipes. She loves the tea that is made from dried fruit (really expensive). Lactaid milk has been her mainstay, which I'm happy about due to the amount of calcium it has since she has been on some level of Prednisone all but 4 1/2 months since Feb 2010.
Big decision coming up about whether or not to keep the appointment in December for surgery. She feels really good now, especially since the pred side effects are beginning to wane and her lovely personality is back. Only goes 2-3X/day and is exercising (cardio & weights) 5x/wk. Since she feels so well right now I was really hopeful she could avoid surgery. Then I spoke to my sister-in-law, who has a cousin that is an oncologist who said he was really happy she is getting surgery to avoid bad problems down the road (colon cancer). My head is spinning and my stomach is in knots. She is just so busy with her college classes (anatomy and physiology, statistics, develop. psych) that she doesn't have much time to think about it (or at least she is not telling me). Sorry for the rambling. It's pretty off topic for the "what do you drink". Sometimes its just good to have a place to say what I don't get much chance to talk about.