So you have cancer. Now what?

Food glorious food

So, turns out I have prostate cancer. I wrote about it first here…

It’s not like it’s gonna take me out anytime soon and I am continuing with frequent check ups and mri scans and all of that sort of nonsense just to make sure it’s not getting any worse. So not a great deal to worry about.

I did though take the opportunity to review my working hours at work and dropped a few and now I only work 4 days a week Tuesday to Friday.

Not wanting to be overly dramatic, it did occur to me that perhaps I might use this as an opportunity to rethink things a little bit and just try and give myself a little bit more time in the day. Again it’s not because of worries of any sort, it’s simply because I thought it’ll be rather nice to only work 4 day’s week. I’ve not had an epiphany or some such.

I did do it previously but they were particularly long days I didn’t really have the energy of the inclination to be working for 9 hours A-day. So now I only work 8 hours A-day 4 days a week which is fabulous and I have every Monday off. It’s only an hour difference but that hour does make it quite difficult to squeeze all of the working time into the day when I don’t want to start before 8 and I don’t want to work after 5. Makes me seem a bit picky doesn’t it…

Anyway to get to my point what I’ve actually been enjoying doing is bulk cooking for a couple of hours on a Monday morning so that I don’t have to do a great deal of cooking for the rest of the week. I know I need to eat healthier and stay fit and well as I can so this all seemed to fit nicely together.

Just means I don’t have to spend as much time during the week preparing food and after work I can take the dog out for a walk after I’ve thrown something in the oven and Hey presto all sorted.

I realised I could have done this before and there was absolutely nothing stopping me I guess it just felt like I was taking some sort of actions to improve things in terms of both preparing better food as well as not being quite so busy.

So each week I whip up a quick menu and pop to get whatever I need. I then usually have to pop back to get the things I didn’t remember. I then head into an absolute frenzy of cooking and pot washing and Try to do everything in about 2 hours. I was a bit worried about how long you can leave food in the fridge I’m kind of wondered whether I was going to give everybody diarrhoea so I tend to put Tuesday and Wednesday is food in the Friday and Saturday goes into the freezer. This week we had burgers on Monday and then Tuesday is fish pie, Wednesday is a Thai green curry, Thursday is a vegetable filled cottage pie, Friday it’s a beef Madras curry, There is a vegetable pasta thrown in there as wellAnd if I remember correctly some sort of chicken chasser.

I think I need to work a little more vegetables in there but mostly I’m rather enjoying it.

Not really sure why I’ve told you all that and if my writing seems a little odd it’s because I’m doing it through dictation While I’m lying on the couch with the dog.

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Author: Michael

Husband, dad,(ex)programmer, comic collector and proud Yorkshireman. I have no idea why im here or why im writing but i rather enjoy it. no great fan of punctuation;

16 thoughts on “So you have cancer. Now what?”

  1. Vegetarian Chili is my go-to for bulk cooking. I make a big stew pot of the stuff and try to get some in the freezer before Bill intercepts me. I used to do massive amounts of lasagna for the freezer, but like you, I’m trying to be a little healthier. Kudos to you for doing that. And for shortening your work-week. You know I wish you well…and your little dog, too. 😉

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  2. Vegetarian Chili is my go-to for bulk cooking. I make a big stew pot of the stuff and try to get some in the freezer before Bill intercepts me. I used to do massive amounts of lasagna for the freezer, but like you, I’m trying to be a little healthier. Kudos to you for doing that. And for shortening your
    work-week. You know I wish you well…and your little dog, too. 😉

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  4. That looks delicious. Google for some recommended ingredients to help your prostate if you haven’t, and add some healthy habits if possible. Please, keep us informed. I find your occasional glimpses in life very interesting.

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  5. Sorry about the cancer…. I know that sounds lame, but I truly am. I am also a strong believer in early detection, fighting like hell and keeping a positive attitude about it all. I know you can do all that!

    As for the time off and food, good place to start. It all looks tasty but, yes, you should add more veggies to the mix. I just did a fairly quick salad to have for a few days – chopped up multi colored bell peppers, cucumber and tomatoes and tossed in some Italian dressing, so fresh and yummy! I am sure you will find that balance with better eating though! Hang in there Michael and don’t forget to keep positive. (((HUGS)))

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  10. I was just wondering if you were still working from home and I didn’t realize you worked such long hours … by all means go for four days a week Michael and cut an hour off your day. I am hoping my 76-year old boss will see the light on less phonecalls, clients retiring and slower business and retire. He’s gung ho to keep on going … I am not so gung ho as I will soon turn 67 in April. Keep eating healthy, but do splurge on something sinful (food I mean) for Fat Tuesday. Theo keeps you healthy and fit as well to help halt “C” in its tracks.

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