Recovery Day #8!
Went to bed last night
at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, but woke up at 3am and got up at 3:30. I watched
an episode of Alone and went back to bed at 5am. I finally fell back
asleep getting/waking just before 7am.
Teresa left at 8:15 to
pick up some of her medicine at eps. In the meantime I watched another episode
of Alone, then washed my face and shaved so at least I’ve got that out
of the way. When she returns, I’ll do a body wash in the sink, put on my clean,
and warmer, pajamas and we’ll go see my urologist in El Tesoro.
(Somehow I lost everything
I wrote yesterday and I have to do it over.)
Teresa returned by 10am
then talked to Dr. Castano’s secretary. He wants to see me at 11:30. Teresa
helped me wash my hair, I sponge bathed my body at the sink as best I could
then put on my cleaner and warmer pajamas. (Nice to get out of those thinner
pajamas I’ve been wearing for a week.) Teresa called a taxi and had them pick
me up downstairs in the garage.
The ride to El Tesoro
was uneventful and Teresa led me up to the 6th floor Urogine
office. We checked in then took a seat. I was cold sitting there in just my
pajamas, long socks, and soft sole moccasins. About 10 minutes later we were called
back into a consultation room with Dr. Castano, another male doctor and 2
female doctors. I laid down on the examination table and a female doctor pulled
down my pants, connected something to my IV line which deflated the balloon in
my bladder then pulled out the catheter. It was a little uncomfortable but not
painful and I think I sprayed some urine on her gloves. (This is when I realized
we had forgotten to bring an adult diaper, hereafter referred to as AD, with
us.) About noon CDST Dr. Castano informed me I was cancer free. We caught the
cancer while it was in my prostate before it had time to spread. Dr. Castano
removed the tape covering my 2 surgical procedures and inspected the area. They
pulled my pants back up then had me sit in the waiting room drinking cups of
cold water until I could pee. With my pants being slightly wet now I was really
cold. I managed to pee a little in the restroom then returned to the consultation
room.
Dr. Castano told me he
would see me next week and 2 weeks after that I would have my first of several
PSA tests.
Outside we quickly caught
a taxi back to the apt and I was happy I was able to keep the car clean and dry
but I thought this taxi needed some new springs or shocks. I quickly put on the
first of many AD.
After lunch I tried
taking a nap but gave up after about 30 minutes.
Today was another
beautiful day with a high of 82 degrees.
I finished watching
season 2 and started season 3 of Alone. Teresa watched some with me and
she started getting into it. In the evening we heard cheering from surrounding buildings,
and I switched to the Colombia vs Argentina match for the America’s Cup. Colombia
had just tied Argentina but went on to lose 3-2 in penalty kicks.
Again my genitals seemed
to increase in size in the evening. Last week was the worst week of my life and
I expect this week to come in second.
I went to bed at 10pm without
taking a sleeping pill to see if I could sleep without one. I gave up at
12:30am, got up and went into the bathroom. I looked down inside my AD and saw
I was peeing at that very moment but couldn’t really feel it. Sigh! When it
stopped I quickly removed it, wiped myself down and put on a clean one. I took
a sleeping pill and returned to bed and quickly fell asleep.
The
New York Times’ 7-day average of new daily infections and deaths has the US
with 13,254 ð 11,797 ð 12,914 new cases and 213 ð 193 ð 249 new deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of yesterday Colombia has a total of 4,350,495 ð 4,375,861 ð 4,402,582 new cases with 108,896 ð 109,466 ð 110,019 deaths. Medellin has
360,602 ð 361,507 ð 362,830 cases, an increase of 1,322 cases from July 5th to 6th. Envigado has a total of 27,458 cases, an increase of 73 from July 5th to 6th.
T-shirt
of the day
My heart belongs to
him.
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