The Last Supper

We're three caballeros,
three gay caballeros,
and we are all birds of a feather...

Mess, HP, and I got together for lunch today. The three of us haven't been together since maybe April. I was thinking it but HP called it my Last Supper, since tomorrow I cleanse and Monday I go in for my procedure. I've decided it's a freckle, a mole, an ingrown hair, a pimple.

Like I blogged earlier, it's difficult for me to find restaurants with 'safe' foods I can tolerate. We settled on Chinese buffet because there would be something for everyone.

First thing to report is Mess's hearing. He has a wax problem that got out of control and his ears are all clogged up, so HP and I were screaming at him throughout lunch. Other than that he's looking pretty good.

HP was content with his sushi. We were all just so excited to be together again. I heard a little more about the camp out and they're already making plans for the September one and they're adamant that I should go, if only to gently nudge them to do karaoke. See what happens when the head nut isn't around?

Boy, I'm already starting to forget the whole affair and it was just a few hours ago. It's the AIDSheimers. Overall it was just nice to get to see two fabulous friends and not think of AIDS or Monday in my case.

Gall Bladder Update

Well, it got yanked out and all the stitches finally healed. Now I have to adjust my eating habits. Gone are spicy foods and fried foods. For some reason, everything I prepare at home turns my stomach, so I've been slowly cleaning out the fridge and cupboards. I mean even smelling a spice will give me a gag reflex.

I'm pretty much down to boiling pieces of chicken tenders and potatoes for lunch followed by my crackers and 7-Up dinners. I manage to eat at Sunday group and not have problems. I do okay with restaurant foods and buy sandwiches at the store that don't give me any problems.

The other biggest change is no vomiting. After over 40 years of vomiting I don't anymore. I feel like that's a major accomplishment.

My tummy is just more delicate now and I guzzle on my bottle of Maalox at least once a day. And I need to talk to my doctor about renewing my script for marinol, which really does work wonders for a bad tummy.

Birthday Boy

Happy 36th Birthday to out actor Chad Allen. Most of us remember him from 'Dr Quinn Medicine Woman,' but in 2005 he starred in some films for the here! network as Donald Strachey, a gay private detective in a monogamous relationship. And yes Chif has seen some of the films.

Birthday Boy

Happy 25th Birthday to the real winner of Dancing with the Stars! LOL. Hey, he isn't a professional dancer/singer and he came in second. I have another pic that I'm saving for a rainy day unless I get enough requests.

Birthday Boy

Happy 43rd Birthday to Silver Fox Anderson Cooper. Check out them biceps, hawt, hawt, hawt! And he's got a great sense of humour to boot. Gotta love da guy.

Ladies Luncheon

Went to lunch with Purple 13, haven't seen her in a few weeks. She brought co-worker R along and we met up at Blanco Cafe. I had the green enchiladas because they're a 'safe' food for me, my stomach can tolerate them, they're not spicy just tasty. P13 says I ordered them because I'm a creature of habit. The woman has known me for over 30 years. Oy vey!

Anyhoo, P13 had promised to sign my Living Will and Power of Attorney, which she did, thank you. Turns out R used to work for an attorney so she was familiar with the forms and volunteered to sign them as well which I thought was nice of her, considering I've only seen her three times. I guess I made a good impression.

Being the needy person that I am I also asked P13 to write out my rent check for me. My penmanship is just so bad because of the tremors, I can't read my writing sometimes. My niece B says it's my father's writing and he had a palsy.

P13 did say she could lose 25 lbs like I did and I said sure, just have a colonoscopy, have a gall bladder removed, and find a tumor. I did forget to mention my crackers and 7-Up diet. For dinner when my tum's in turmoil, I'll just eat some crackers and that will make me feel better. And nothing like a 7-Up, except a Big Red!

So overall I had a very productive day. I had emailed my case manager to set up an appointment to take care of these forms, but I called him when I got home and set that up. I also took my meds which I had meant to take before lunch, the important thing is that they be taken with food.

Whew! I was worn out. I lay down for a serious nap after all my adventures.

Mental Health Day

I went to see my psychiatrist today and he was surprised at the weight loss. It's only 25 lbs last time I weighed in, but the loss has been slow and even, it looks normal.

I told Dr J about my medical problems, I mean honey, I just jumped in with everything because I wanted to make the most of my time with him since I only see him quarterly. He was also surprised at all my surgeries. I'm really racking up frequent flyer miles here guys.

He did notice my tremors and gave me a script that might help, so cross your fingers.

Birthday Boy

Happy 32nd Birthday to Dominic Cooper. Loved him in 'Mamma Mia!' and he's really great in period pieces. The man can do it all and with abs like that, it's easy to see why!

Birthday Girl

Happy 37th Birthday to her Hawtness Heidi Klum. We love Heidi on Project Runway, auf weidersein.

'Bout Last Night...

I did something I hadn't done since my sister passed away, I cried myself to sleep. I couldn't help it. I was just surfing the net, minding my own business. I don't know what triggered it, but the tears just started flowing.

Granted I have something to look forward to next week, and I've always considered myself a strong person, but it's still there. I will walk to the hospital and check myself in and they will take a piece of my colon as HP so calmly put it. Well that's a whole different subject, since you put it that way, I can relax some!

I didn't even enjoy playing with my dolls. My nightly routine is shower and then play on the net until HP calls. Part of the routine is taking 11 pills which I call dolls, as in Valley of The Dolls, and I start popping pill after pill in the same order every night. For added panache I have a glass of wine to really enjoy the moment.

Last night just didn't do it. It was a Kleenex night and the only good thing I can say about it was I had no difficulty falling asleep. Even Jean Luc knew something was amiss, he kept his distance and didn't make a sound. That cat is one smart cat.

On the bright side, I got my DNR signed. Tick, tock, tick, tock...

Birthday Boy

Happy 34th Birthday to Colin Farrell, hot Scottish actor. Kudos on the 5 o'clock shadow.

Birthday Girl

Happy 39th Birthday to Irina Menzel famous for 'Rent' and her Tony award performance as Elfaba in 'Wicked' which Chiflado loved.

Birthday Boy

Happy 51st Birthday to UK hottie Rupert Everett. Okay, the guy's hawt, speaks French, and he's openly gay. Great in any role, he never lets you down.

Anxious...

Scared. Depressed. Angry even. My surgery looms in my future and there's nothing I can do but think about it. HP says I shouldn't worry about it because they scheduled it so far ahead whereas if it were serious they would have scheduled it asap.

I just know I'm going stir crazy and can't seem to focus on anything right now. I just want that tumor out and then I have to wait a week for a follow up and see what the doc says.

And then I've been having tummy problems like never before. It's difficult to find anything that agrees with me. Most nights I just have some crackers and a banana. And I've been guzzling Maalox like water it's that bad. I wonder if it's stress related.

Birthday Boy

Happy 31st Birthday to his Hawtness Jesse Bradford. Nothing like a man with 5 o'clock shadow. He's done comedy, thrillers, and drama, and he never lets me down.

Birthday Boy

Happy 40th Birthday to Joseph Fiennes, hawt thespian younger brother of Ralph. He first came to our attention in a little movie called 'Shakespeare in Love' and we fell in love with him and his schnozz!

Birthday Boy

A birthday shout out to Betty Crocker up in the Dallas
area. I think he's in his 30's but we love him anyway.
We nicknamed him Betty because he used to bring us these scrumptious desserts to our Sunday group that was an explosion of love in each bite. We love and miss you Betty.

Lee DeWyze

If anyone's still watching American Idol, yeah, it's been a lackluster season, please vote for Lee. He's the best of the two left. The other is a one-trick pony where all her songs sound alike, whereas Lee is hawt and has grown and improved the most throughout the show. Remember, Chiflado thinks this is like a train wreck where you can't help but look.

Birthday Boy

Happy 53rd Birthday to one of my cherished friends, Mess. My life would be so black and white without him. I wish him nothing but great luck and happiness today and everyday. I love my Mess.

Evan Lycacek

Let's hear it for the boy! He got a perfect 30 on one of his dances on 'Dancing with the Has Beens' last week. This week is the finale so let's keep voting for him. His voting number is 1.800.868.3406, vote and redial!