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Thursday, July 10, 2008

July 9 Reeses Cups are a good source of protein

You know you have a top notch medical team when they agree your diet of a couple Reeses cups for breakfast, a couple for lunch and then a sensible dinner is ok.

My team all along subscribes to the "if ya don't barf it up, go for it." Which I in turn took to mean try to eat from my favorite food group first, chocolate. In my attempt to have some semblence of nutrition, I opted for the healthy peanut butter added chocolate. I tried snickers but the caramel is too dense and then there are nuts, yada yada, so I am sticking with the Reeses.

My doctor and RN who I must meet with weekly are both ok with this so I decided they are super! The head intern who follows my doctor around didn't seem to agree but he just shook his head in the background and laughed. When I left and thanked my care providers, I told the resident he didn't do anything today so, do better next week. I don't know how my humor translates to people from other cultures. I think probably not so well. They seem to just smile and nodd like "just humor the crazy brain cancer chick."

When we discussed calories coming from reserves I said "ummm, when I get to a size 2 or 4 we can discuss reserves, right now, my booty has plenty." But my RN told me I need to eat something everyday to have enough calories to fuel my body so it can burn off the reserves, who knew. So alas, I bought more Reeses cups. I have also taken up potato chips which I was never a big fan of but alas, potatoes are a natural acid absorber.....so go Zapps!!! From the little chippery in Gramercy, LA.

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