Well…just got a call from my dermatologist and it’s some good news….the lesions on my neck and side of my face are not skin cancer…they are just bad actinic keratosis like the ones I’ve had removed from the side of my face and scalp…so, I can have them frozen off in a couple of weeks and that should take care of it…feel kind of good about that….now, if the colonoscopy goes as well, I am going to be pretty happy….

Well…running a little early today with getting up early but I am still having a little trouble getting started so I am easing into it today…slept okay last night and it is kind of weird that the violent tossing and turning that I did for years is essentially gone…I do still toss and turn but I know now that I am going to be able to get back to sleep in a few minutes, not in a  few hours….had a nice, easy day yesterday and even got out to have a couple with K which was fun…didn’t do a lot else since I had already cleaned sat so I just needed to watch some sports and take it easy…and I did…and the Lions even won last night and I am still in shock about that….they looked pretty good, too, so I will be interested to see how they play Sunday….not much to do today…it is pool day so that will be fun and I have some chicken marinating for lunch…just threw a bunch of stuff together in a bag to see what happens…and they are thighs so they always come out good…more later….

Well…I remembered to come here on a Sunday! That is kind of unusual since you all know that I normally forget until later in the morning….had a good day yesterday and got a lot of cleaning done so the place looks pretty good right now…might have to do a little more of that today since I really don’t have anything else to do…going to have to wait to get out on the bike since it is too darn cold to get out yet…it was only 46 when I went out yesterday and my hands were kind of cold but I have some new gloves to try today if I need them….it looks clear out there so the temp should come up as soon as the sun does….feel pretty good this morning with being good but I hope my legs aren’t flat like the past two days…tried to eat more yesterday but don’t think I was too successful…I guess we’ll see when I get on the bike….not much to do today….going to watch the MotoGP race here in a few and read a little news before I get moving…more later….

Well…have had a couple of days now that my legs have felt pretty flat and I’m not sure what that is about…unless I’m underestimating my calorie intake again…with no cocktails I may be quite a bit under the 1500 I’m shooting for but we’ll see…had 800 for lunch today but dinner is only about 500 so I need at least 200 more and I’m not sure where that will come from….but, that’s not what this is about…I just noticed when I got on the bike today that I have gone over 2500 miles for the year and that is my normal milestone for the year….well…I’m actually at 2664 if you count the miles on the road bike but I almost forgot about it so I guess I won’t…I have been pretty happy with the new bike and it is as good at 2500 miles as it was new and that couldn’t be said for the Motobecane….that one had already started to wear some at that mileage…and I hope I’ve gotten the flat tire bug out of my system with getting the tube protectors in after the flat Thursday….oh, one last thing…I damn near ran into a huge tree that was down over the trail in the woods today…must have been a foot thick and it was too heavy to move off the trail without doing some damage to my back so I just lifted the bike over it and went on….just made me remember that I have to pay attention in the woods after storms come through…that one would have hurt to hit it…

Well…running on time today with getting up at 6:30…but, it took me a few minutes to get my coffee poured and read a little news and then get here…I am amazed how well I’m sleeping lately…okay, well for me, that is, and I feel pretty good today…have been running out of steam quite early, though, and have been going to bed before 11…doesn’t seem to make a difference in when I get up but I’ll take any improvement….I am still sore from walking the bike back with a flat the other day and I may have to take something for it later….have been able to get my BP consistently below 120 over the past few days so I am no longer worried about it too much…especially since I know it fluctuates throughout the day and can move by 30 points or more…and I found a power supply from an old Roku that works with my BP machine so that was cool…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and today will be the same with vacuuming and cleaning the kitchen floor…but then there is soccer, football, and racing on so I may be a little busy from that…and, with Man U playing at 10, I need to get out on the bike by 8:30 but that’s no problem with being ready now…just waiting for it to get light…kind of cold out there but I can still wear shorts so I’m good with that….more later…

Well…up early but can’t get started this morning and I’m not sure why….have been good for 11 days now but the cough is bad again and I may have to talk to the doctor next week….slept okay last night but tossed a little more than has become usual but I guess there will be some days that are a little more challenging than others…I did get my BP down to where is should be yesterday and I hope I can sustain it over the long term…the lesions that were treated on my face have turned bright red and look pretty ugly but I know they’ll heal up in a couple of weeks…I did get some work done on the kitchen yesterday and need to do the floor today along with some vacuuming and dusting and just general straightening up…need to really start discarding stuff and find a house in the next week or so…will probably have to go one month off lease that will cost me and extra hundred bucks but that is cheaper than buying out of the lease for 800 and I know I’ll have a house by the end of the year…it’s raining out right now so it looks like a wait until I can get on the bike…had a rear flat yesterday and had to walk back 3 miles but I got a new tube and put the tube protector in the tire so I won’t have another flat this year…I hope….more later….

Well….have been working on trying to get my BP down over the past two weeks and what I’m doing looks pretty good with my latest test…116/ 74 is not too bad and it is getting to where it always used to be…I know I’ve been talking about health stuff a lot lately but, with getting the knowledge from my tests, it is important to me to finally know if I’ve done permanent damage over the past 16 years…and it appears I haven’t…so far, anyway…so, you can skip these if you want to…probably doesn’t mean anything to anyone but me but my “life” posts are the same and people still come here to read those…still puzzled with that but thanks…oh, one other thing…as I’ve related here, I have been trying to build credit so I can buy a house after paying cash for everything for the past 15 years…and yesterday, I got a letter from my bank that they are converting my secured credit card into a normal one since I have been so “responsible” with my credit since I got it last November….and the 500 bucks that I’ve had to keep in my savings account will be released in a couple of weeks..so, baby steps of progress are happening and it’s good to see….

Well….running about on time today but it was kind of a pain getting to Meijers with the traffic lights at the end of my road still not replaced after almost a week…still a 4 way stop but today they had cops out there directing traffic so it was better but I’m not sure why it would take a week to replace a pole and hang new lights….got up feeling good again today with 10 days into being good but I still have a little cough and tomorrow will be two weeks of coughing…really makes me question getting the flu and pneumonia vaccines…I just hope they work so I won’t have more of this later in the year…should have put band aids on my biopsies even though they had stopped bleeding…but, overnight, they opened up again and I think I’ll have to bleach them after I soak them to get the blood out…I did get the bathroom cleaned yesterday and today will be the kitchen of I get rained out on the bike…looks like there are storms coming in all the way back through Wisconsin but they may go a little north and leave me dry for a while….more later….

Well…as you know, I now finally have insurance and am going through the process of finding out if there are any time bombs that are ticking that need to be taken care of…so far, I’ve found that my BP and cholesterol are a little high but not high enough for treatment and I am fixing those through lifestyle changes…with some movement on the BP already after only 10 days or so but I won’t know about the cholesterol until I go back in in 90 days….today, I had my first appointment with a dermatologist to take a look at the sore that wouldn’t heal and also to look at the precancerous lesions that are all over my face…well…he treated 10 spots of actinic keratosis which could turn into cancer if not treated…with a sprayer of nitrogen so I look really blotchy right now…but, also took two biopsies that he thinks may be skin cancer but not melanoma…so it can be treated quite easily…and I won’t die from it…will know early next week where we go from here…it is nice to get started taking care of this stuff that I have had to put off for so long with no insurance….really takes a load off knowing instead of all of the uncertainty…yay, Medicare!

Well….up early after another night of being good and if I feel like I did yesterday, it’s going to be another good day…can’t remember feeling as good as I did on the bike…for a few years, anyway and I really hope that continues…even slept okay again and I hope that is going to be the new normal….my cough is better today and seems to be improving every day so I think I can skip going back to the doctor for it…I do have a dermatologist appointment this afternoon to take care of the sore on my neck that’s been there for a few months now and I can’t wait to get rid of the itching….got a bunch of stuff done yesterday including moving my colonoscopy to a Monday in November so Tom doesn’t have to take a vacation day to take me…I also got new wiper blades for the car but that meant I had to re-paint the wiper arms with the paint being chipped…stopped at my daily deals store and got a 3 pound stuffed crust pizza for 1.99 and this one was pretty good…would buy another one but I have no space in my freezer….not much to do today…I am going to try to get to my bathroom today but I’m not sure that is going to happen…more later….