Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Last night I went to bed at 10:15, got up at 3am (it was raining lightly), again at 4:30 (no rain) to take my 6-hour pills, took a while to fall back asleep and got up at 6:30am.

I have a 3pm appointment with Dr. Castano and before that I have to pick up my refund from Clinica Medellin so we’ll see how that goes.

The morning news reported that Ave Poblado will be closed for 8 months in order to work on the new Metroplus. Yikes!

I brought up the subject with Teresa of who is going to pay the rent this month and she said I have until the 4^th of the month to pay. So that gives me until this Friday.

Chess.com paired me with a Russian opponent and I sent him the chat message, “I don’t play with Russians who invade Ukraine”. And just to make sure he understood, I used google to also translate it into Russian.

I was going to wear my special shorts/pants that I wore to Cartagena but Teresa suggested I wear my warm up suit. I certainly didn’t want to wear a belt.

We left the apt at 11:15 and took a Didi to Clinica Medellin, Occidente. (When I entered the clinic a week ago men were working on an ATM in the lobby. When I left the next day, they were still working on it. Today they were still working on it.) Teresa asked the driver if he could wait 5 minutes, but someone quickly commandeered his car. Inside I signed a form and was given a check for 410mil. Outside we caught a taxi to El Tesoro. Teresa checked out Zara while I made a trip to the restroom, withdrew some cash from an ATM then waited outside on a comfortable sofa.

We had a nice lunch at Natto Bowls.

We arrived early for my 3pm appointment with Dr. Castano. Someone else in the waiting room had a 2:30 appointment but we were invited inside first about 3:20.

I gave the doctor my PSA results, <0.01, and he said I’m still cancer free. We will continue the PSA tests every 3 months for the first 2 years after my surgery then we will change to every 6 months.

He asked me about my MPs and I reported they are basically dry every morning but I still change them as I would change my underwear. He asked me to pull down my pants and cough. I didn’t leak and he proclaimed I should be urinary incontinence free by the 1^st anniversary of my surgery – June 28^th.

He gave me an appointment for July 7^th at 2pm. I will have another PSA test just before that to share the results with the doctor.

Teresa did a little more shopping then wanted to stop in Crepes & Waffles for ice cream but there was a line. She thought there was another location on the 2^nd floor so we went up there but no.

We quickly caught a taxi but the driver drove straight down to Ave Poblado in Poblado and of course we were in heavy traffic. We returned to the apt by 5pm. I’m a little sore in my midsection.

Since I missed my 2pm 6-hour pill taking time I took them at 5pm and would take the next round at 10pm.

Once I sneezed and that really hurt.

The State of the Union address is at 9pm tonight if I can steal the TV from Teresa for an evening.

I emailed Chess.com suggesting they suspend all Russian accounts. If not, then please don’t match me with any Russians.

I watched the State of the Union address but missed the commentary afterward as I had to get ready for bed.

 

The New York Times’ 7-day average of new daily infections and deaths has the US with 65,285 ð 72,706 ð 61,118 new cases and 1,855 ð 2,028 ð 1,915 new deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of yesterday, Colombia has a total of 1,908 ð 1,882 ð 1,218 newly reported cases with 95 ð 74 ð 87 newly reported deaths. I won’t be providing the new case statistics for Medellin and Envigado.

 

Funny pix of the day