Done Since 2024-03-10

[mdlbear]

Well, it was a week. Very mixed, and very mixed emotions about most of it. Monday I had my markers installed. Wednesday I had my "treatment simulation" appointment, which is for getting everything lined up and calibrated for the actual radiation treatment. (That starts a week from tomorrow.) Wednesday was also my 77th birthday. Thursday was Pi Day -- we had pizza. Saturday was Colleen's birthday, which was something of a trainwreck, but at least I remained reasonably functional. The rest of the days I don't remember much happening.

I took walks Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (go me!). Also Saturday, if (as $G's fitness app did) you count time spent wandering around a grocery store, and exercised -- at least a little -- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday I had things scheduled early, which threw off my schedule. That's my excuse, anyway. I'm going to have to lengthen my walks. And get back to singing, damnit.

In somewhat encouraging news, last year marked "the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions." Only the incrememtal change, but still. It's in the right direction.

Notes & links:
0310Su  Spring Forward
  & awake 11:50ish
  * up 5:30; S=??
    : Ticia got herself tangled in the charging cables by the bed.  Got her out but it was
      a close enough call that I spent half an hour or so re-routimg them along the post
  * abiraterone 6am;  07:14 prednisone et. al.
  : Bronx is obviously a jagular (as he peers down from the top shelf)
  * reset microwave oven
  * email realtor
  * pack:  label maker for the routers, Ikea bags, duffels
  * fired up the iMac.  keyboard needed batteries. As I remembered, I have an account.
    -> Logged in, but at that point Bronx was already nosing around his carrier.
  * charge Molly.  Maybe half an hour's worth.  ok, 80mi, 50%; it'll work.
  * go up to RE
    * check for urgent mail -> none
    & there's ramen, and a large corelle bowl.  So ramen.
    ~ keys:  take house keys off backpack lanyard -> don't appear to be any there
    * sweep  * house  * garage  * box room   vacuum:  * box room
    % got myself a bruise on my R palm through being careless with a broom
    ~ pick up  * tire pump,  x laptop table and  * AKG mic for lair
    x CPAP and chair lift to storage (need to be listed on craigslist)
      -> too late for storage.  Also failed to return DSL modem
  * 8pm Cipro -- got home almost exactly at 8pm

0311Mo  * litter boxen
  & awake 3:40ish
  * up 6:10
  * 06:12 abiraterone; 07:09 prednisone et. al. 
  * 8am Cipro.  Pack water bottle, penis clamp
  * 8:35 (just before leaving) 1000mg tylenol
  * 8:45 leave for 9:30 marker placement - Montlake Urology surgery pavillion, 1st fl.
    VISICOIL™ MR Fiducial Marker — IZI Medical - platinum helix
    -> Ceftriaxone injection
    -> nice chat with Dr. H about my (upcoming) birthday, cake, and Szechuan food
    " HPI: Stephen Robert Savitzky is a very pleasant 76 year old
      male who presents for fiducial marker placement. " (from after-visit notes)
    -> less painful than the biopsy.  (but keeping a full bladder was _very_ painful)
    -> apple fritter from surgery pavillion espresso
    -> laundry, because bladder
  % 12:30 feeling somewhat out of it.  Not pain; not sure what.  Dehydrated?
  * 15min: shower
  @ Singer-Songwriter & Filk Legend Rilla Heslin Gone at 72 - SCIFI.radio
  * need to renew YouTube subscription -- annual sub doesn't auto-renew
  * walk:  to Monkey Grind, with m: w=0.8mi, s=2340, 16hp.  today: 18hp, 52mm, s=4785
    -> 12oz decaf Mexican mocha
  & order sweatpants(Hanes, since those have the better waistband)
  * Dutch, after return 19:14
  * 8pm Cipro (went out to the lair just before dinner to fetch the bottle)
  * brought nail file and gaffer tape out to the lair.  There was already a good
    fingernail clipper, though not a toenail clipper.

0312Tu
  & awake 3:30ish
  - apparently missed the 6am alarm
  * up 6:30am (alarm); S=8:18, ; Dutch
    % I couldn't find my phone last night; almost went back to the house to look for it.
      Took me a while to find it when the alarm went off -- it was in the red tote bag
    % maybe I _do_ sleep better without my phone to tell me what time it is.  Huh!
  * abiraterone 6:36, 07:44 rest of am drugs
  & exploration of iMac.  Nodename Evelyns-iMac.  Don't know how to change that.
    Also many things, including xcode and firefox, aren't supported below MacOS 14
  : 07:47 both cats are on the bed.  Ticia on the towel as usual, Bronx on his little
    sofa.  I think he slept there at least part of the night, too.
  * 15min:  moving misplaced items between Molly, the house, and the Lair.
    % managed to forget my phone TWICE
  * 10am Memory Keepers support group - zoom
  : Thursday is senior day at Swanson's -> copied to repeating.done
  : k has a (non-COVID) bug.  m will probably get it.  m in LR but with C-R box in place
  * walk:  Bartell 16:51 w=1.4mi s=3348, 37min, 25hp; today s=4099, 42mm, 25hp
    * SL:  2 boxes pantsu, aplets+cotlets
  @ Trump Aides, Taking Over RNC, Order Mass Layoffs - The New York Times
  * 6:30-8:30pm Living with Cancer Support Group - EvergreenHealth see email
    writing exercise - mind map. - Transition
    Compassion / self-compassion.  leave with a word => Hope.
  : don't know where Blackroot's power supply went.
  @ 'Incredibly Rare' Astronomical Object Has Markings in Multiple Languages
    astrolabe with multilingual markings: arabic, hebrew
      
0313We  my birthday  * litter boxen
  & awake 3:30; night sweat -> fresh towel
  * up 6:05
  * 06:13 abiraterone, 07:16 rest
  @ Rhymes with Orange Comic Strip 2024-03-13 | Comics Kingdom
    " Funny you should butt-dial us -- you're due for a colonoscopy. "
    next month or thereabouts, actually
  @ Family Equality joins Equality Florida and NCLR on a Historic Settlement to Roll Back
    Key Discriminatory Provisions in "Don't Say Gay" Law - Family Equality (kengr)
  * 7am Fleet enema (actual procedure starts 10am)
    -> 8:20 used a fleet liquid glycerine supp. as well -> negligible results
  * No COFFEE until afterward
  : where the fsck did my glasses go???  Maybe left in Molly?  -> nope.  Weird
    -> 15:15 sitting on the large grey slip-cased book behind the backpack
  * 8:30 leave for 0915 treatment simulation.  Montlake Pacific Tower 1st fl.
    The Radiation Oncology clinic is located directly across from the Pacific Elevators 
    fleet enema 3h before; full bladder, so drink water in waiting area when I get there.
    *- seminal vesicle involvement?
    *- how does this affect the urethra
    *- why photons not protons -> better targeting given the size/anatomy of my pelvis
    ~ needed a third scan because my rectum was full.  Maybe I'll get it right sometime
  : probably lost a mask.  (fortunately there was another in a differet pocket)
  : call from PT's office to reschedule an hour later
  : happy birthday call from R.  Told him to call if he needed to on the 16th (but he
    probably won't because he'll be in a no-phones LARP weekend)
  % 12:15 don't know why I feel so damned exhausted.  Coffee and lunch might help
  @ Comet Pons-Brooks: Will you see it during the eclipse?
  * 15min:  dishes...  * digging through the debris pile behind my desk chair
  % 15:25 veryt apathetic for the last hour or so
  * need fiber cookies in Lair -- thought I had another box
  * 15min:  toss sharps in the container at 89th and Aurora
  * walk:  return 16:18 -- after realizing that MG closes at 4.  23m, 5hp, s=1974
    + found a mint copy of Strunk + White 4th edition (2000) in the LFL on 88th
  * 15min:  litter box, handle half of Chewy shipment
  ~ 5pm silent movie -- The Lost World -- music by @madfilkentist -> joined 5:30
  * Dutch
  * birthday party.  Drunken chicken; chocolate cake with raspberry fill, white wine
    (I distinctly remember asking for takeout Chinese, signals got crossed somewhere)
  $ $7671 refunded to USB checking by Premera for post-mortem payments to Colleen's acc't
   
0314Th  Pi Day
  & awake 3:30; night sweat -> flip towel
  * up 6:00; S=6:51, BP=126/79, p=68; exercises
  * 06:42 abiraterone; 07:48 rest of am drugs, food
  @ Can Reddit—the Internet’s Greatest Authenticity Machine—Survive Its Own IPO? |
    WIRED
  @ The 25 Designs That Shape Our World
  % hydrocortisone ointment on L side to suppress itching.  Seems to be working
  @ U.S. Solar Market Insight
    Solar hits a renewable energy milestone not seen since WWII | Grist
    " the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable
      power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions. "
    NOTE:  additions, not total.  But still encouraging
  @ AI reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease | University of Oxford
    Genomic evolution shapes prostate cancer disease type: Cell Genomics
    " In particular, cancers with aberrations found more commonly in the
      Alternative-evotype have been shown to be susceptible to ionizing radiation and have
      a better response to treatment with PARP inhibitors and androgen ablation. "
  @ LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
  @ Boeing is in big trouble | CNN Business
  * 10:25 leave 10:45am checkin for 11am pelvic floor PT McMurray bldg suite 320
    -> great conversation.  Stories.
    -> hydrating works better if you sip rather than chug.
    -> sit2stands, walking.  marching in place
    *- the kind of biofeedback gizmo you sit on works well
  @ The Chaos - Wikipedia
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  @ The First Rule of the Extreme Dishwasher Loading Facebook Group Is … | WIRED
  * 12:50 leave for 1:20 dentist - 2h cleaning and replacing a filling
    -> prescription toothpaste.  once/day, don't rinse
       -> out of stock / back-ordered at Bartell
    ~ Bartell's unwanted drug drop-box is full; managed by some other company.
  * 15min:  stop at Goodwill at 15th Av and 145th.
  * take pictures of motorcycle;  * pass to N
  & order drug-return envelopes.  We'll see how much they hold.

0315Fr  * litter boxen
  & awake 3:40; dry mouth; swap towels
  * up 6am; S=8:03, BP=137/83, P=65, W=193.8; cat, exercises
  * 06:40 abiratirone; 7:48 rest of am
  @ There is no EU cookie banner law - Bite code!
  * 15min:  add all radiation therapy and associated appointments to to.do
  * pay AX (in the course of which I discovered the refund from Premera -- see 0313)
  : N asked what I wanted to do tomorrow; I answered that I'd been thinking about it
    should include Szechuan food, gin-and-tonic
  * remove PII from prescription drugs to be disposed of; consolidate pills into bags.
    -> emptied bottles into a ziplok bag sitting _in_ the paper grocery bag
    -> put the bag into a second ziplok.  -> wash hands
  * consolodate non-prescription pills into bags.  Much of the OTC was liquids etc.
    -> end result is a fairly full brown paper grocery bag
  * The Other Significant Others arrived.  Second or third rabbit hole today
  * walk:  Dayton+90th, +FuShen, 91st+Aurora. 17:07 w=1.3mi, s=3594, 25min, 20hp, 36mm
  * 15min:  dishes (rinse+load) -- not quite full yet (19:50)
  % cold.  I often get cold in the evening.  probably nothing to do with air temp.
  x 1pm drop off Molly at Bill's -- or reschedule -> fail.
  @ Using a Medicine Take Back – Take Back Your Meds
  % 22:01 time to lair.  Bronx stays with Big Cat (Cricket) for the weekend

0316Sa  Colleen's birthday
  & awake 3:30ish;  awake 6:30; cat cuddle
  * up 7am; S=7:08, BP=138/88, P=69; exercises, Dutch
  * abiraterone 7:05; 08:14 rest of am
  @ Disability Access in Barbieland Holds Up a Sober Mirror to Our World (jesse-the-k)
  @ Home - Trusscore drywall alternative
  ~ order KCl -> Express Scripts says they'll start processing the order 3/17 (tomorrow)
  * try Safeway on 15th Av,  x QFC on Holman Rd (also have drug drop-off)
    -> had a drop box with barely enough space to cram in the pills
    ~ SL:  for Lair:  * acetaminophen (smallish bottle),  x liquid glycerine supps
    ~ SL:  lunch:  apple, cambozola -> boursin, water crackers
    ~ SL:  * prescription toothpaste,  * Schweppes tonic water,  x  bitter lemon
    * walk:  $G says w=41min, s=2696, 4hp, 36mm
      -> so I'm not going to feel guilty when I _drive_ to a grocery store in a few minutes
  * SL:  QFC: lime, jasmine tea -> I ran a little late; it is now 17:30.
    I should, arguably, not have gotten the spring rolls.  But oh well.  Anyway.
  * find forms:  IRS 1041, NY state apostille
    About Form 1041, U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts | IRS
    Apostille or Certificate of Authentication | Department of State
  ~ dinner: G+T; Snappy Dragon: ma po tofu, eggplant? moo shu?  green beans?; jasmine tea
    ended up getting takeout from Fushen, on 91st, with ma po tofu and happy family
    (shared with G).  Meh, according to N, but the tofu and the chow mein with hand-cut
    noodles are pretty good.  G and I toasted Colleen with Talisker -- gin and tonic is
    more of a before-dinner drink, and since I had been tasked with ordering and picking
    up dinner, there hadn't been time.
  x meant to do laundry today.   Should have, but didn't.  Where did the day go?
    -> oh, right -- Safeway and QFC