Looking at Phase 2
I realize that I have not communicated in a while about my health and about my concerns. I have been telling people that I feel kind of like a kitchen renovation. Things are going well with phase one, and once phase one is done, we can go onto phase 2. And perhaps, when phase 2 is done we can get onto phase 3. Phase one is the blockage of my ureter. I seem to have recovered well from that surgery. I still have some places where the surgical glue is still there, and occasionally the dog or one of the cats put the paw someplace that isn’t perfectly comfortable, but I feel a lot closer to normal. Let me correct that: I feel a lot closer to something like normal. I have to admit that I’m not sure what normal is. At any rate, on Monday I see my urologist for the critical follow up for the blockage. We are also going to be talking about next steps. As I said, there is phase 2. My PSA has continued to rise. A month ago I joked that, while United Healthcare had denied my speci...