The last few days since being in here I’ve been working hard to try and keep my weight up. Overall I can’t complain about the hospital food because honestly any time I don’t have to cook for myself is a treat.
That being said I’ve been having some pretty intense cravings in the last day or so. Unfortunately all of my cravings seem to be for foods that I can only get back home on the east coast.
- Crispy chicken wrap with French fries and honey mustard from Friendly’s
- Doughnuts from The Holy Donut in Maine
- Bar room style pizza, preferably pineapple bacon, but truly any pizza from Spencer’s Pizza
- New England style clam chowder especially from Scarlet Oak Tavern
- Ben and Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream or anything from Peaceful Meadows or Heidi’s
- Any of my mom’s baking no matter how pretty or not it looks. It is always made with love
- A real meatball sub covered in mozzarella cheese top and bottom on a toasted bun
These are all fairly simple cravings but man when you are far away from what you want, it definitely makes you want it more. As a survivor of a long distance relationship I am very familiar with the phrase “absence makes the heart grow fonder” and this holds true for food too!
I couldn’t help myself so I’ve attached a bunch of images of the yummy food I’m craving. Sorry if it gets your mouth watering.
Love, LB
Life, Love, and Leukemia 
I have read your entire blog and I have been so touched by the positivity you both have demonstrated throughout a really difficult journey. I am an American who has been living in Canada for 50 years and there are still some foods from Texas that I miss! Is there anything I can do to help you or your husband? I have a vehicle and can do any errands either of you need and would be so pleased if there was something I could do for both of you. Both my husband and I are retired and have time to do the things that you might need. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me and if there is something from a local restaurant that we could get for you, it would make us very happy to help!
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Lindsey, you’ve hit upon SOOO many East coast cravings that I’ve longed for down here in Utah, & YES my mouth is watering…bah room pizza, meatball subs from Marcello’s, New England clam chowdah, Peaceful Meadows ice cream – wicked yum-yummy!
Have been following your story over past few weeks, & am finding you are such an AMAZING woman! Don’t know you as well as I do your mom(who I’ve known since 2nd grade) or your sister/my goddaughter Kristen. But 1 thing I can tell for sure is that a you are DETERMINED & you will beat this!!! Hang tough & stay as strong as you possibly can :).
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