Time Is Speeding

I am really enjoying this summer and this partial remission. Time is speeding, and so am I. I’m rushing to do what I can while I am able. I got a few things done since my last posting here and a few more things nearly done.

How do I feel? I feel the best that I have since starting this cancer journey. Last week I had my 3 ½ year post prostate surgery check up. The PSA test came back with the word I love to hear, undetectable.

I was showing my urologist the chemouflage on my stomach from the bi-weekly Velcade shots and also my turkey timer belly button, a result of surgery he performed.

He said, “That belly button can be fixed, but it’s another surgery.” I told him my thought about tattooing an eyeball on it.

He liked the idea but said it would be even better if I tattooed a fish on my stomach (motioning vertically with his hand) and let that be the fish eye. We agree that either tattoo would cost much less than surgery.

This summer our younger son, daughter-in-law, and grandson stayed with us for a while.

During that time, we watched Kellen go from almost crawling to crawling almost everywhere.

I asked Diane if we could make him some chaps and gloves out of dust mop material.

We got to spend a week with them and extended family at Seaside. It was a wonderful vacation.

I put a complete set of Dakota gauges in the Chevy. The speedometer broke for the third time (in ten years, that’s not bad for a 57 year old car) and it was time for a more permanent and programmable fix.

I was able to attend an event this summer where I love to take a rare, special kind of picture. They are low light, slow shutter speed, moving target, and moving camera photos.

Diane and I remain thankful for your prayers and kind words and eternally grateful to God for our every blessing.