LOL, well thank goodness for that...
I was really getting concerned for your safety!! <g>
hugs,
Shelagh ~ Lupus - Invisible In Plain Sight
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"George Parton" <GEParton@netscape.net> wrote in message news:px3cm.49337

Well thank you kindly George.... lol... a good disposition is a good thing
my Gram used to say.... so I'll take that as a compliment....
and yes, <he he>  our private swimming hole is very private lol... as it is
when we swim from the boat.... so very private <g> !!
however
we are having -- what is for us spoiled people here on the coast -- a heat
wave...
with temps up to 35 highest...
I have a daughter in northern Alberta with her family and they actually get
temps in the 40's so I do know the difference and count myself lucky....
and also yes to your comment re our fresh seafood,
we do indeed enjoy the seafood, we love to go out in our boat and have
always enjoyed fishing and all that goes with it... the camping, RVing,
cabins and boats... fishing poles and good reels and all... and love to go
out and
catch the white fish fresh right out front here of us, on the bay..... all
the 'cods' there are along with the sole, red snapper and of course the
salmons, coho and spring and all... along with the prawn traps we set and
catch a bunch of... they are a good size and so good as they are down very
deep, 600 feet and deeper and so much like the snappers have a great firm
texture  to their meat and are never soft or mushy like the warmer lake
trout can be.... I like cold water/ocean fish best... as well as the kokanee
that like the northern lakes here in BC... we used to catch them on holidays
with our kids all the years they were growing up ... great fun!

We also raised 2 kids that now love fishing and boating which is great when
they come to see us here on the island.... lots of fun!

I don't know how you do it in those high temps though George, I would be a
'shut in' for sure... or collapsing every block or so... lol... it makes me
feel so weak and ill so I avoid it as much as is possible and go out when
the sun goes down, then we don't have to 'meet' face to face, so to speak
<g>...

Actually re my husband Wayne, he was doing okay after digesting the
Dx....which was a heck of a shock... < to us both, to put it mildly>
and then his scans came back clean and he isn't metastasized at all or
anything but his staging numbers suck and so he isn't a surgical
candidate... you might think that is good, but the only alternative --
<along with the hormone withdrawal therapy he has been on since we got the
word, day one>
-- is  2 or 3 cycles
<one cycle consisting of 3 weeks of 5 days each, mon to fri of 200 rads per
day and not exceeding 8000 rads per patient per RT, which is up to the
radiation oncologist>
of radiation therapy... or Radio Therapy/RT as they also call it,  not a fun
thing to undergo from what I've been told and what I'm reading but maybe
then he'll be done with it too...
however, as well
it is supposedly 'as curative' as the radical surgery they offer, the
prostatectomy through the retro pubic incision....
but you don't get the  nerve sparing benefits of that nor the lymph node
biopsies as they go in....
the CT looked at the nodes and tissues in the pelvic area and said it is
clean.. but a biopsy is a better thing for sure!....
so  we can only hope and pray!   Then the prostate cancer exacerbated his
borderline diabetes he has had for years, a genetic thing for him, and we've
managed it well with diet... and the sugar levels wouldn't go under control
until we finally got the Metformin dose upped to 850 mg. twice a day and it
is doing the job now.
Now I need to get the prostate diet to work with the diabetes diet... and
all will be well on the home front .....

We are waiting for the RT call now, to 'map out his tumor' and set up the
cycles... and then begin them... once his lab test is back from Aug. 6th and
his PSA is .1 or lower they will be in touch is what we were told.... again,
we are waiting and hoping.... we'd like an end to this horrible summer we
are living... one summer I'd like behind us ASAP for sure!!

To top it off.. the icing on the cake this week for me... another bout of
bladder infection!
Oh joy!! I have had a nice hiatus from it and it is back again... I didn't
miss it one bit and am madder than a hatter that it showed up... at least 2x
annually right now like clockwork.. used to be twice that or more at one
point so I am actually lucky  ATPIT.... go figure lol!

Anyway, keep on truckin George... stay well and have a wonderful summer with
your tough as nails wife!  wonderful that you have each other... helps to
bolster moods and the like  --  I   know!!
----
hugs,
Shelagh   ~    Lupus - Invisible In Plain Sight
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