After my most recent bout with bladder cancer I was ruminating and spending time on a support board online. I read a post where the person was anxiously awaiting thier first 3-month checkup after their first TURBT. They complained about the anxiety. Feelings I knew all too well. Having done this twice now, I did not want to shit on their parade, but I also wanted to warn him about putting all his eggs in that first 3-month checkup basket. ...
I have a recurrence of my bladder cancer (see The ‘C’ Word) and once again I am documenting my experience. On September 10, I went for my routine follow-up cystoscopy. Normally, you go every 3 months, then every 6, then once a year as long as the scans are clean. I was clean for two years as of last year, so this was my first yearly visit. This was my log entry when I got home. ...
Buy land in secret. Build the house in secret.Then do the housewarming party with publicity.Date in secret. Propose in private.Then marry in front of a crowd.Let your haters only see your reality, never your vision,or you will have division.In a game of chess, you don’t speak. You just act.The only time that you ever speak when playing chess is to say checkmate.Life is like chess.Don’t broadcast your intentions.Act quietly.Keep achieving.Your achievements are your checkmate.
I bought these shoes in July 2023. I have another pair of “comfortable shoes” for walking, but these have been my exercise shoes. Since I put these into the rotation last August 1, I have walked almost every day. According to Samsung Health, I’ve walked just under 2.5 million steps in a year. I’m retiring these shoes today after logging just over 1100 miles. I am replacing them with a new pair just like them. ...
You’ve amassed hundreds, or maybe thousands of (fill in the blank with whatever digital goodie you hoard - e-books, video files, meme photos…etc.). More than you could ever read, watch or enjoy. You want to delete half, maybe more. You want to feel less anxious when you see that directory. You want to believe that you can prune it down to something manageable. Something you could actually use. But then you realize that you may never find some of those things again. Plus, you’ve got tons of storage. Deleting will only increase the anxiety that you’re deleting the “wrong” thing. ...
Two friends that I hung out with last week texted me in the last few days to tell me that they’ve tested positive for COVID. I’ve taken two antigen tests since then and so far I’m in the clear. But I am working from home this week and avoiding crowds just to be safe. I can’t help thinking how much of this might have been avoided if it wasn’t for people’s carelessness when it all started. ...
It’s been a strange 5 years. I started this journey at 335 pounds in August 2018. I got as low as 210 pounds by December 2019 I then entered my “2nd Fat” and managed to get back up to 289 pounds in September 2022. These days I hover between 225 and 230 pounds. Low-carb, avoiding processed foods, walking and intermittent fasting. Sometimes all of those things and sometimes just one or two. Like any other addict… one day at a time.
I bought these shoes in January 2023. I have another pair of “comfortable shoes” for walking, but these were my exercise shoes. Since January, I have walked every day. According to Samsung Health, I’ve walked just under 1.5 million steps in 7 months. I’m retiring these shoes today after logging just over 650 miles. I am replacing them with a new pair just like them.
My job has garden plots and I signed up with a few teammates for this year’s harvest. We’ve planted tomatoes, peppers, blueberries, cucumbers and potatoes. Here goes nothin… Planting day - 2023-05-17 2023-05-23 2023-05-30 2023-06-06 2023-06-13 2023-06-22 2023-06-27 2023-07-11
The First Symptoms In July 2022, I was on day two of a weekend party at the lake about an hour from home. We had lodging accommodations, so I’d been drinking. Not to the point of inebriation, but enough that I was glad I didn’t have to drive all the way home. I’d spent the previous evening drinking beer and the entire day drinking Corona Seltzers. I had probably 9 seltzers in as many hours. Again, not inebriated (not even buzzed), but I’d had nothing else to drink all day. The weather went from stifling hot overcast with no moving air to sunny and very windy all day long. ...