Well…got a call from my doctor’s office today and what they removed from my forehead was NOT a melanoma…how it got from melanoma on mychart to the good news of no cancer I don’t know…and the kicker was no more treatment needed…so that was  a nice surprise and makes me feel better about my health that I haven’t had two kinds of cancer in two years…yay! It was kind of  a busy day with getting out on the bike for two rides before I could break the fast I was on for the blood draw…my legs gave up on the 2nd ride and I know it was from no food for 14 hours and I’ve been struggling to make up for that the rest of the day…had another good phlebotomist at the lab and she hit it with one poke, no bruising, so no big deal..okay, a little bruise bit it’s the size of a rice grain and I’ll take that anytime…when I got back from the lab, I vacuumed and washed the car and I used the car wash I bought and the new mitt…used way too much soap and I’ll fix that next time…and then I went out to the beach for a swim, getting back here about 12:45 then I did the laundry and cooked the ingredients for another batch of potato salad…after that, all I did was read and I’m going back to that right now..

Well…another month starts and more health bullshit with needing to go out and have blood drawn after the rides this morning…I think they are looking for vitamin deficiencies and it’s possible I have some with how I eat…last ate at 5pm yesterday so I’ll hit the 12 hours of fasting needed for these tests…feel a lot better than I did yesterday and the black and blue left big toe doesn’t really hurt anymore…still can’t figure out what I stubbed it on and I can’t remember a worse one since I moved out here…have a lot to get done today with going straight into cleaning the car to get the sand out of the interior and then washing it since it is really dusty out here when it never rains…and it’s not supposed to rain til Sunday…I am not looking forward to the 4th of July and and the war zone that this place turns into…and I still can’t figure out how people in these run down houses can afford the thousands of dollars they spend on fireworks every year…think I’ll be heading to the library tomorrow since I’m on the last book that I should have finished today…going to try to get to the beach after I clean the car up but I do need to load up on food for lunch so avoid feeling like I did yesterday…and it will be 17 hours of not eating anything…have a half hour before I get on the bike at 6:30 so I think I’ll pour another cup of coffee and get a post out on Mastodon…more later…

Well…damn today was probably one of the lowest energy days I’ve had in quite a while…only did two rides an then some yard work and I was so exhausted that I even skipped the weight work today…and you know it’s probably from not eating enough but I can fix that since I’m having blood drawn tomorrow for them to check to see if I have any vitamin deficiencies and need to fast for 12 hours before I get that done…so no cocktails tonight, either but I can use a night off…ha, I’m laughing again when the forecast says rain later tonight and that’s not going to happen and there is none in the forecast until Sunday so I guess I can wash the car tomorrow and maybe go to the beach since I skipped that today, too…I am getting tired of the heat and humidity out here but it looks like we’ll be in it for most of July and then we have wonderful August that will be even worse…oh, well…tv time…

Well…I’m feeling every damn minute of my age this morning and I don’t like it one bit…and my left big toe hurts like I bashed it last night and I don’t remember doing that…crap…it’s already 6:30 and I am so far from getting going that I don’t think I can see it from here…didn’t get anything done yesterday other than cooking the Masala and this heat is just wearing me out…it’s not bad right now but it’s going to be in the high 80’s again with no rain so I won’t be mowing my lawn anytime soon…I really should clean this joint up but I’m pondering going to the beach…and I need to have blood drawn to see if I have a vitamin deficiency tomorrow…man, it’s a lot of work getting old…have started to think about about my mortality with the cancer diagnosis last week and that sucks…I may not make it to 80…oh, well…need to get moving soon but that seems like a lot of work right now….damn, I’m feeling old…more later…

Well…after the diagnosis of melanoma from the freckle I had removed last week, it dawned on me that I’ve had two different kinds of cancer in two years…now the prostate cancer was removed on July 27, 2023 and less than two years later melanoma…and I’m not sure how to think about that…I need to follow up with my doctor to see if more treatment is necessary…I would have thought they would have called me when the diagnosis hit the charts and said melanoma…and they took a look at the freckle in the office and said it didn’t look like a melanoma but they would remove it if I wanted them to…so I’m glad I had them do it since getting at melanoma early is the key to survival…so, should I feel fortunate or concerned? Not sure yet but I really don’t see this killing me…yet…

Well…it appears that the “danger freckle” really was one…the test results showed it was a melanoma and it appears that cancer really is trying to kill me….first from the prostate cancer and now this and I wonder if there is further treatment that has to happen…I guess I’ll find out tomorrow…I do need to get out on the bike by 6:30 to get two rides in before the F1 race at 9 and with this new development, I wonder if all the work is worth it if the damn cancer is going to kill me anyway? Oh, well…going to die from something…so I guess I need to get my life in order and get a will written…I do know I have 6 pounds of coffee beans that need to be used so I’ll be using some of them tomorrow…have to start getting rid of stuff around here so my daughter has an easy time selling this place…okay, not going to think about that right now…need to make some Masala today and I’ll do that for lunch…and I thawed some more cheap bacon so there will be blt’s today, too…still can’t taste anything and it appears they are not going to do anything about it and that sucks…it is such a pain in the ass to have to work so damn hard to deal with health problems…and I am so tired of it….more later…

Well…when I started out this morning, I thought it might be a really short, one ride day with the big running race going on today…I did get the first ride in leaving here at 6:30 am but then the race started as I was just getting back…there were almost 1,000 people getting ready downtown so I came back here to wait it out…but I got to around 11:30 and I realized I could just go east instead of west so I got on the bike and headed out…rode all the way to the eastern end of Muskegon Lake and kept going so I could look at Muskegon from the north side…that was about a 12 mile round trip to get back here…and I had completely forgotten about the 2 mile long boardwalk that goes over a couple of rivers and through a swamp so that was cool to ride on again…and when I got back to the park, the runners were gone so I decided to just keep riding and do another normal 12.5 mile lap…so it was a 37 mile day today and it felt good to stretch a bit and do some extra work…and I even had time to finish the book I started yesterday…this small town was just buzzing with activity all day…starting with the running race, then the craft fair downtown, the boat ramps were full, and there were no parking spots out at my beach…probably busier than I’ve seen…so that was cool…now it’s time to start another book…

Well…damn, I hate it when outside events screw up my schedule and that leaves me sitting here bored silly as I wait for the runners to vacate the trail so I can get the 2nd ride in today…have been looking for a political topic but nothing is grabbing me right now so I’ll keep looking and try to get one out later today…just looked at my stats for the month of June and I had 23,926 people visit my site and they looked at 113,543 pages and that is about 4 times the norm and I’m not sure why that would be…maybe other people are bored, too? Who knows? It is kind of cool that I’m still getting good traffic here after doing this for so many years…that’s over 13,000 posts here since I started and I guess I still have something to say…so now after seeing that, it makes me want to work harder to do a political one every day…so, I will be back later when I find a topic…more later…

Well…damn, need to get on the bike before 6:30 to avoid the runners from the biggest race of the year where thousands of people will clog up the trail…still may only get one ride in if the race starts at 8…darn…up at a little before 6 after waking up around 4 or so…it’s a little cool here but I’m still going out in a t-shirt…my right forearm is sore as heck today and I have no clue how I hurt it…but I guess that’s part of getting old and I don’t like it at all…there is a nice cool breeze blowing through here right now and I’ll take that since it’s been so damn hot lately…no more rain in the forecast for about a week and I don’t know if my lawn will survive it…oh, well…need to clean this place up today and that will set me sweating since it’s going to be in the mid 80’s again with high humidity…and that is getting tiring…having trouble keeping track of what day it is this week…just have felt off all week and I may need an easy day after going to the beach 4 days this week…that does take a lot of energy out of me but I won’t be going out there on the weekend…too many people and too much noise…man, I need to get going…more later…

Well…it’s going to be a tough one today with only having about 600 calories yesterday and I do need to do better…but I had other things to do other than eat and today is probably going to be the same…I may make some toast with PB before I get on the bike…and that needs to happen in a half hour or so so I can get the rides in by 9 or so…not sure I I’m going to the beach today but I probably should to complete the week…I’m still red from the sun yesterday and I probably should avoid the sun but darn, when I have the beach figured out with all of the new stuff, it’s easy to head out when I don’t have to think about it…it’s just so relaxing to be able to just go…but it may rain in three hours so it may end up being a reading day after I go to the library…I still need to take a day off at some point but I do need to go out and get blood drawn next week since they think I have a vitamin deficiency that is causing my loss of taste…hmmm…I do have chicken thighs to cook today but with the heat and humidity, I really don’t want to add any more to it…I really don’t want to eat at all but I’ll force myself at some point…so, I need to get moving…it’s 6:30 and need to get my day started….more later…