Last night I went to bed at 10pm (still raining), fell asleep quickly, got up once at 12:30, fell back asleep quickly, finally waking at 5:15 and getting up at 6:15.
According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,788 steps yesterday and
last night I slept for 6 hours and 22 minutes for a sleep score of 76.
It was a very cool morning so I put on my hiking pants, t-shirt and jacket, left the apt at 9am and took a Didi to El Tesoro for 10,795 pesos. The driver took some backroads I haven’t been on before; he said he was very familiar with the area. I arrived at the mall 35 minutes before my appointment. My usual print station wasn’t open yet so I took a seat nearby. A young lady came by and obviously wanted to use their service also and she took a seat nearby. I mentioned to her they may not open until 10am and I have a doctor’s appointment at that time. She got up and talked to a nearby security guard then told me there is another place we can go. I followed her to the Cine Plaza corner and down to the 4th basement (escalator wasn’t working) where there was an Auros. 😊 There was just one person ahead of her and I soon got my single page PSA test result printed for 700 pesos. I stopped at the atrium and took a few photos of their Jurassic Park.
Up to the 13th floor of Torre Medica 1 I checked
in with Dr. Castano’s secretary then took a seat in the main waiting area. I
was called in to see the doctor about 10:30 and gave him my PSA result of
0.006. I asked about taking 1000IU of Vitamin D daily and he said it should
not be a problem. He congratulated me on being cancer free 5 years after my
surgery, gave me a zopiclona prescription good for one year, and did an
ultrasound of my abdomen and reported all my organs look good but I have 1
small stone in each kidney. Because I’m now cancer free, I don’t have to return
for a year instead of 6 months.
I went down to Valentina’s and had a latte. I sent
Teresa a note that I could meet her for lunch in Olivia’s at 12:30. She
changed our meeting to Parmessano instead.
At noon I ordered a Didi to take me to Mayorca mall. I
thought I requested to be picked up at Entrada #4 by the Mac Center but I was
standing outside when he said he arrived and I didn’t see him. After trading a
couple texts, I learned he was down the hill by the taxi stand. He took me to
Mayorca for 20,900 pesos.
I went up to the 4th floor to Parmessano
and Teresa soon joined me. She had her usual salmon with some green juice and I
had the spaghetti bolognese with a mango juice for a total of 111,882 pesos ($34).
We went down to the basement and soon were in a taxi back to
Envigado. She got out down the hill from the cultural center and I continued on
to the apt for 15,400 pesos.
The elevator was under routine maintenance so I had to walk
up 4 flights. I dropped off some things, changed my clothes (weather had turned
warmer), packed my laptop and headed for Gardenia. Of course, on the way
it turned cloudy and windy with thunder as I walked the two blocks to the
restaurant. Luckily, it didn’t turn into
rain. The restaurant had a party going on outside on the patio so I took one of
3 inside tables.
I texted Juan and they are waiting to check Glenn in to
Clinica Vida which is a cancer hospital. If I understand Juan correctly, they
no longer think Glenn has dementia but instead brain cancer and symptoms of the
opioids he was taking.
I see my USAA credit card payment was processed. Now I can
order our rental car.
I read an article (Popular joint supplement glucosamine
linked to faster Alzheimer’s progression) about glucosamine and how it affects
the brain; I’ve been taking 1500mg of it for years in my Joint Support tablets.
☹ Worse, I still have 2
additional bottles in my closet. I think I’ll be spacing them out instead of
taking one every morning.
I left Gardenia just after 5pm and stopped in the
Pasteur pharmacy to buy the larger (and easier to cut in half) zopiclona
tablets. The girl spent quite a while on the computer, finally came up with a
box (first two boxes she gave me were the round ones), took a photo of my
doctor’s order, checked it against my cedula and I paid about 28,699 pesos for
them. Later I found the box only contained 10 tablets but I should be able to
get more my next trip to Todo Drogas in 10 days.
I met Teresa at Eduardo Madrid where she bought a
dozen cheese muffins and I had one with a latte. I hope this additional late latte doesn’t affect my sleep tonight.
We stopped in Tienda D1 and bought a few groceries
before returning to the apt.
I watched some news, The Chris Hayes Show then
started my pre-sleep reading.
RELEASE ALL THE
EPSTEIN FILES NOW!
FUNNY
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