A Disciplined Life
So, here I am, a month into phase 2. It has been, well, interesting. I’m actually a little more than a month into phase 2. I started my new medication’s on my birthday, and now we’re a bit more than a month past that. Medications are having the desired effect. My PSA is now back where it was before we started this journey. That is to say, it is so low as to be negligible. Almost as important, my side effects have been modest, at least so far. If I’m in a situation where before I might have broken out a sweat, now I certainly do. It doesn’t help that even up here on the plateau the summer has been hot and humid. In addition, I tire easily. I can walk, even hike, like I did before we started these meds. I can go out into the garden and water and deal with weeds and cover basic things, as long as I get it done before it’s too hot. It’s just that, having done that, it takes me longer to recover. I am resting more. I am learning to rest more intentionally, having learned th...