Friday, March 10, 2017

Intro

Hi, I'm Shell!

I have another blog but my medical issues and a nasty divorce have made that a not-so-safe place to vent.

Oh, and let's not get started about nasty people on Facebook or my Go Fund Me pages. Those attacks have ranged from accusing me of faking a rare (in the Western Hemisphere) genetic cancer to my husband cheering those people on. I can only hope that karma works.

So, here it is in all unvarnished glory. I'm not going to spit sunshine and fart rainbows. This will be real. So far chemo treatment has been fairly easy and I'm grateful for that. The background noise and alarming medical bills, not so much.

I'm working on an Ensure/Boost recipe book. It may never be published, but good Lord, someone needs to figure out how to make that stuff more appealing! First up is the strawberry-flavored stuff. Ick. I used to be a bartender, so creativity gives me something to do. (No, I'm not turning Ensure/Boost into party drinks, but non-alcoholic mixers work.) Ensure Shamrock Shakes? Ensure Mojitos. Strawberry-banana milkshakes. See? Writing gives me something to do with free time at chemo appointments!