Tony's Catch All Journal

I agree I can't spend my life worrying about what might happen. If I think I can do something, I'm gonna try it. Failing at something Is the best way to learn your limitations.

 

Because you get distracted popping all the bubbles.

 

When I could jump?I enjoyed popping the bubbles by jumping on them.

 

I got another one of the jobs I wanted to do off the to do list today. The patio sliding door, had the screen open last week and the dog ran into it. The frame got bent and my wife and daughter was able to force the door into a position so we could use the glass door. A new screen door is $268. I could see the screen door was off track and it was jammed. After carefully yanking it, it came out. It was bowed on one side I layed it on the grown and step on the bowed part. Put it back on the track it's sliding good. It's not perfect, at least it's working.

 

In yesterday's (Saturday) mail, I received my yearly Nobel Collection Catalog. I usually receive this catalog around the holidays. They manufacture Movie and TV replicas and memorabilia of high quality. In the past, I have purchased from them, mostly Wizard Wands, from the Harry Potter movie series.
I noticed in this catalog that they have a Chess Board using dinosaurs from Jurassic Park as the pieces. My grandson loves dinosaurs, but I'm not so sure about playing Chest. Maybe a nice Christmas gift.
They also have what they call plush we call stuffed, horror film characters Frankenstein, Wolfman, and the Creature From The Black Lagoon.
They have well over a hundred different Wizards Wands from Harry Potter movies. Each character in the movie has its own special design Wand.
It's a must-see catalog if you're a fantasy or horror movie buff. Catalog is well made and very interesting to look through.

 

Last night it's was the coldest this fall it reached 34°.
We have a large Holly tree, which I know has a wild wisteria vine growing through it. During the summer It's hard to tell the wisteria from the holly leaves.They kind of blend together. Now that the wisteria is changed to it's fall gold color, I can see how much it's taken over the Holly tree.
I'll have to snip the vines at the ground.
I'll have to add it to my to do list.
I found a tub of quickcrete fast setting cement. I hope it's still good because today, I will try and patch a Crack in the cement slab, where the shed is going. We purchased the shed from Shed Liquidators. There shed price included installation, however they have a list of things you have to assure that the installation site meets. They want a 3' clearance around the perimeter of the site, which we had a crew here Thursday to take care of that, If you're installing the shed on a cement slab, it should have no cracks. Hopefully I'll take care of the cracks today. There was like 6 or 7 things on the list.I believe we meet the rest of them. There scheduled to put the shed up on the 19th of this month, I can't wait.

 

The tub of quickcrete fast setting cement I found was good. I just finished patching the cement slab. That's another job to check off my to do list.

 

My family got back last night from Hershey Pennsylvania. One of the attractions they stopped at my wife really liked Turkey Hill ice cream. She actually liked it better than Hershey Park. They made their own concoction of flavors, sampled various Turkey Hill flavored ice cream with different toppings. Sound like delicious fun.
They shop some antique stores where my wife purchased some Christmas tree decorations. I like them. I think they're very pretty, but they do look delicate.
She brought me back some fudge and a soup mug. I really enjoy using a soup mug. We never found the ones we had, there's a chance they may still turn up.
This morning , I cleaned the pile of junk in my backyard, It's ready for the garbage men. Another job to check off my list.

 

Feeling the aches and pains from working outside yesterday. I have three large trash cans & 3 large trash bags of the junk that was piled up in the backyard, it's ready for Monday garbage pickup.
I got the results back from my MRI. As I Suspected, I have prostate cancer. The report says lesion 1 PI-RADS Assessment Category: 4 High ----mass confined to prostate and less than 1.5 cm in greatest dimension.
Lesion 2 & 3 PI-RADS Assessment Category 2, low the rest is information I don't understand.
I have an appointment schedule with My urology doctor this coming monday. I'm debating whether to seek out a Oncologist.
First I want to see what this Urologist has to say.
Some of the discomfits I've been feeling I've been attributing To my back or to my physical activity. Now I know it could have been my prostate all along.
I said to my wife last night what if I do nothing. Her agitated response was "you'll die a slow painful death". I didn’t respond I could see her worry. I thought to myself I think that's happening already. I can't remember the last time I had a day without pain.
There's no guarantees how you will die just that you will. It's time for me to get off the subject.Think I watch t v for a while.

 

No I was never on a regular checkup for PSA. I was never a good Patient as far as having Yearly exams. As I recall the prior blood test I had was about 1 1/2 - 2years ago, my PSA was about 4.
My father or my 11 Uncles, none had prostate cancer. My father died of leukemia, my mom of breast cancer.
I do have a close cousin-in-law that had it few years ago and he went through a procedure, I'm gonna find out what it's called laser knife or something like that. I remember him saying That it wasn't too bad. Treatment was once a week for 5 weeks I believe.
Well see.

 

Sorry to hear the diagnosis @Tony Page. As I said to @Cody Fousnaugh find out what the treatment regimen the urologist and oncologist recommend and make your decision then. Like you said, try to distract yourself doing things you enjoy. Generally speaking, the treatments for prostate cancer in men of advanced age like us are not what they once were. Most of the time, I think they just use a Cyber Knife or Gamma Knife to put it into remission and leave it like that. Listen to what your docs have to say, but the final decision should be yours to make.

 

Thanks Don,
I will see with the urologist has to offer, However , we already started checking out Sloane Kettering, They have something similar to the cyber knife, it will be A max of five treatments. It will take about a week.
That's where my wife went for her treatment.So we're familiar with the layout, So far i'm favoring going there.

 

Five treatments in a week, or will it be spread over a longer time? I have heard both regimens spoken of well.