Another Fantastic Voyage

Now I have embarked on another 'Fantastic Voyage' upon the waves of the deep ocean of life.

Beating Prostate Cancer and completing treatments over 20 months ago was great, and having a current PSA reading of 0.13 is fantastic.

But now it is at least a year of blood thinners and a special sock to combat DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis. Blood clots in my right leg will dissolve away - but I must watch for breathing problem in case a clot or two is too large for my lungs to handle.

This situation makes every day special for me, garnished gracefully with a gentle sense of peace at being solely in the hands of Almighty God - a breath away from eternity. Though complications are supposedly rare, one never knows. Someone is always that 1 in a 1000 or 1 in a 100.

First: I experienced shortness of breath during a trip to Amsterdam October 1, 2014 and climbing 56+ steep stars to my hotel room. It felt like running 4 miles but unable to recover quickly. It was strange because I felt nothing at the end of August climbing almost twice as many of the same type of steep stairs at the Blarney Castle outside of Cork, Ireland to kiss the famous stone - I was concerned.

Upon return home I experienced breath shortness in the middle of the night and even when walking 1/2 block. I thought/hoped this was related to a minor lung infection or a minor bronchitis attack. It was not until a few weeks later that, all of a sudden, I had horrible pain in my right leg. After three more days I went to my NEW doctor and was sent straight to emergency. I had a similar swelling problem in my left leg almost a year prior and my former doctor only gave me water pills, even though a simple search at the Mayo Clinic website will reveal the dangers of a one-leg-affected occurrence like that one was.

I gained about 20 kilo during my prostate treatment (a 10-15 kilo gain is normal for average frame folk) and already have a back with at least two compressed disks, a herniated one, calcium deposits up the spine, and arthritis, so it had been difficult to lose weight.

Now I am doing my own combo-variation of the Gérard Depardieu/Supermodel/Doctor's diet variation - 4 kilos down in the 4 days since I began. So far so good.

Well, I'll continue on a write a post to see how all this goes and turns out and work on my newest book for release next year’s end… I hope.

Until next time . . .

 

 

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