Well…just got the results from today’s PSA test…still undetectable so another bit of good news to add on to the rest of it…so there is really a good reason for having a couple of cocktails tonight…I did get out on the bike in shorts for two outdoor rides and that was fun but the wind was blowing like crazy and it took a lot of work going out…coming back was fun and now the shorts get washed and put away until next year…but I still have hope we may get one more day this year…we’ll see…oh, and the new doctor gave me some stretching exercises for my neck that seem to work quite well…lots less pain and better movement…so a good day that I thought wasn’t going to be one…but that’s just me…after having cancer, I sometimes can be pessimistic about my health as I age…

Well…there is good news in Muskegon this morning after I got a clean bill of health at my checkup…well…almost, blood pressure was too damn high even without coffee so we are going to figure out what is going on since it should be lower with all the exercise I get…so I’m going to buy another BP monitor and use that for a while and then I have an appointment to calibrate it with the office BP machines…pretty cool…good appointment with a new doctor as the practice there grows…so, I now am going to pour coffee down me and have a quick lunch so I can get out on the bike in shorts for two rides today…there will be cocktails tonight…more later…oh, and they took blood for the PSA test that they missed..

Well…up at 5:40 this morning and didn’t sleep too well but still had some strange dreams in the last hour or so….darn, can’t have coffee this morning with having to keep my blood pressure down for the checkup this morning and I’m still pretty concerned about the blood test results but it will be over and I’ll know what is going on by 10 this morning…need to get an indoor ride in a few minutes and then put out all of the bags of leaves that are in the garage since it’s not raining and the bags won’t fall apart…have 10 or 11 of them and every open space in the garage is filled with them…so, I’ll go out in the dark in a minute to get that done before I do the indoor ride…it looks like I’ll be able to get outdoors in shorts today for the last time this year as soon as I get back from the checkup since it’s going to be almost 60 so that will make for a 33 mile day today and get me over 9,400 miles…really do need to check the actual mileage so I know how hard I have to work to get to 10K….we’re going to have normal November weather starting later in the week with highs in the 40′s so I’ll be dragging out the full thermasuit for the rest of the year…not much to do today…just the checkup and a run to aldis that you can see from my doctor’s office to get more veggies and some onion rings to go on the GB casserole they have on sale….more later….

Well…this does sound like a broken record…does anyone know what a record is anymore? I know we old farts do but I’m not sure about anyone else…I have been working hard all day starting with getting two indoor rides in by 10 or so and then working on the yard to pick up the leaves and mow it for what I think is the next to last time…still lots of leaves on a couple of trees that I’ll have to pick up at some point…have 10 bags of leaves in the garage that will have to go out tomorrow morning in the rain before my check up…after that there was lunch of half a bowl of Masala and then right back on the outdoor bike for another ride…was going to try to go out in shorts but it never got over 50 before I had to go out to beat the rain…looks like we’ll get some here in about a half hour and then off and on until late tomorrow afternoon…I am really looking forward to the leftover turkey for dinner and I can afford to have a whole plate with getting 30 miles in today…going to get one indoor ride in tomorrow morning before my checkup and I hope it doesn’t screw with my BP…but, I’m getting to the point of who cares? Not going to take anything for it and they can’t force me to since it’s my decision…the rest of it is going to be a little scary …oh, well….

Well…running about on time this morning with getting out of bed at 5:30 or so but I slept okay last night and that makes it a good night…was good again last night and I’m getting used to that but tonight will be the last one for a while….still pretty freaked out about the check up tomorrow and the ramifications of the blood work but what can I do about it? Not much at this point….it was a busy day yesterday with the rides and all the cooking but today should be easier with the 5 days of leftovers that come with making a big turkey…it will probably be a two indoor ride day today since it’s in the 30′s right now…but I may just wait to do an outdoor ride til after lunch and maybe get out and try to get out in shorts with the temp getting to 54 by 1pm or so…and I really don’t have much to do but clean up the kitchen after using every cooking method I have to do the meal…I may pick up the leaves after the two indoor ride since I already have 6 bags in the garage and need to put them out but it’s going to rain tomorrow morning so I guess I’ll have to let them get wet…not all the leaves are down yet so I may wait to do it but I hate having work hanging over me…so, I have a half hour and one more cup of coffee before I need to get on the bike by 7 to get the indoor rides done by 10 and I could have the leaves done by lunch if I decide to do them….we’ll see….more later…

Well…man, the turkey came out good without brining it today but it took 4 hours to cook, eat, and clean up and that is a long commitment…but if I spread that time over that 5 days it will last, it’s not so bad…I did get three rides in but didn’t have time to let the temp come up so I could ride in shorts…oh, well…only two more nights of being good or I guess of still not being sick…officially…so I will enjoy these two days…one question I have is whey the hell can my glucose be high when I get 4 hours of exercise every day, don’t eat fast or fried foods or any white carbohydrates or desserts…what the hell am I doing all this work for when my body is going to fail anyway? I don’t get it at all…oh, well…I did hear from T today after more than a month and that was cool…okay, need to go look for more books since I finished two of them today…

Well…darn, up at 5:04 but I did sleep okay and even had dreams for the second night in a row and that is strange for me….it really is strange being able to sleep on my back for the first time in years and years and that leaves me with no pain in my shoulders…should be a good thing, huh? With everything that is going on, I’m not sure about that…looks like I will be able to jam all the rides in before 10 if I can get moving and get downstairs for the first one by 6:30 and then outside as soon as the sun comes up about 7:45…still don’t think I’ll be able to get out in shorts today but I am going to try tomorrow when my day will be a little more flexible…cripes, it looks like it’s raining out there so it looks like two rides in and then hope for clear to get outdoors for one ride…I think I’m going back to my roots for the next two books by reading a little science fiction favorites that I picked up at the sale but we’ll see…it’s like watching tv just to stay distracted when there is nothing on that really grabs me or that’s new….okay, you know what my plans are for the day…just cooking and no cleaning since I did a lot of that yesterday in the living room and now my equipment is really clean…should vacuum today and rotate the couch cushions but three hours of cooking is going to wear me out….more later…

Well…tomorrow is going to be the first turkey day of the year…it may be the only one or I may make another one before t-day just to fill the freezer with cheap protein for 53 cents a pound…and I’m doing all of the sides with the turkey so I need to get the rides in before 11 or so…then I can get the turkey on the grill by noon and have an early dinner at about 3 or so…the weather is going to cooperate so I can get on the bike outdoors by 8am or so and get 39 miles in before I start cooking…whatever I do, it’s going to be a long day tomorrow…and I know I’m going to over eat…with mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole and maybe some corn…no rolls for this one since I couldn’t find any but I should have just bought a tube of them since those are available…I think…no cocktails again tonight and I’m down to the last three days of being good…no matter if I find out I’m dying or not…Tuesday is going to be a big cocktail night…

Well…man, I’m still cold after getting the three rides in with two of them outdoors so I hope the last cup of hot coffee does the trick….nice to get 33 miles in again and I just realized that the minor goal of 20,000 miles for the last three years combined was met last week when I went over 9K miles for the year…and that’s pretty cool…sitting here watching “The Who” live from Hyde Park and enjoying that cup of coffee…I did see a huge ship just cruising along my beach this morning and posted that to Mastodon as I always do…don’t have a lot to do this afternoon but clean and that will be welcome after rushing around the past couple of weeks…still freaking out about the blood work results as I read more about it…the cause could be either an infection or leukemia…going to be a long wait til Tuesday…more later…

Well…that was an okay night of sleep even though I alternated from freezing to sweating all night…and I’m still freezing in here and I should be used to the cold by now so I’m not sure what is going on…was good last night and will be until I get the bad news about my test results on Tuesday and then all bets are off…I guess the question now is “do I do any treatment or do I just resign myself cripple along until my body gives up?” It will be an interesting decision…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I would like to clean the living room and rotate the couch cushions but I need to get three rides in before that…going to head downstairs for the first one but I really want to try to get two outdoor rides in today since it’s going to be over 50 and I may be able to get out in shorts for ride three…I did get the repairs done to my cold weather riding gear yesterday but I’m not sure I like how the chin string on the hat turned out…that may be changed into a single piece later today…had dreams about someone stealing my french press last night and that is a weird as it sounds…but a welcome change from no dreams at all….not much to do today…just the rides and then I’ll wing it the rest of the day and try to get some things done…more later…