“Speed bump!” We sure ain’t where we wanted to be anyway. Not by a long shot! I’m not knocking Portland you understand? It’s just the circumstances that keep us here.
Back in June sometime I had my check-up at Kaiser which included the ever delightful prostate exam. Unfortunately my doctor found a firm spot she thought should be checked a little further. I went to a urologist and he confirmed the firm spot. So then it was a biopsy in August which confirmed that my doctor was correct in being suspicious. The biopsy was positive for cancer. Now I have had a couple of consultations and wait for treatment. I’ve opted for brachytherapy which is insertion of radioactive seeds into the prostate. It looked to be the least invasive to me and besides several people I know have had that procedure quite successfully. One in particular, but I won’t go into it. I go in for an Ultrasound in a couple of days and have my prostate measured and mapped to determine seed number and location. Then I have the procedure and get out of here hopefully by the middle of November. So! Not to worry! Everything is under control. Just a little ‘speed bump’. I have good doctors and this seems to be a joint effort of three of the major hospitals here in Portland.
Obviously this has changed our itinerary. We were going to head across the top of the country through WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, and around or by the Great Lakes and then go through Columbus to Texas. We do have reservations to winter once again in Texas. It looks like we’ll be OK with that. At worst we should be on our way by Thanksgiving and our reservations are in Dec/Jan.
We’ve been staying at a park in PDX. Not the greatest but it’s close to shopping, The Mall, and Wal-Mart. There is a bike trail that is nice and we try to ride our bikes when we can. That hasn’t been easy because of back and knee problems but were working it out. Kat has been going to therapy for her back and I just got cortisone shot in my knee. Things are looking up. We did get all of our medical things taken care of except of course for the big ‘C’. That’s next.
In October and for the remainder of our stay here we are moving to Clackamas Fish and Wildlife. We talked to the volunteer coordinator Jennell and she has room at the inn. We worked there in May and June and it’s a good fit again. It’s much nicer than where we are and only a couple of miles away so still close to everything.
So we’ll get this little “speed bump” taken care of and be on our way soon.
Back in June sometime I had my check-up at Kaiser which included the ever delightful prostate exam. Unfortunately my doctor found a firm spot she thought should be checked a little further. I went to a urologist and he confirmed the firm spot. So then it was a biopsy in August which confirmed that my doctor was correct in being suspicious. The biopsy was positive for cancer. Now I have had a couple of consultations and wait for treatment. I’ve opted for brachytherapy which is insertion of radioactive seeds into the prostate. It looked to be the least invasive to me and besides several people I know have had that procedure quite successfully. One in particular, but I won’t go into it. I go in for an Ultrasound in a couple of days and have my prostate measured and mapped to determine seed number and location. Then I have the procedure and get out of here hopefully by the middle of November. So! Not to worry! Everything is under control. Just a little ‘speed bump’. I have good doctors and this seems to be a joint effort of three of the major hospitals here in Portland.
Obviously this has changed our itinerary. We were going to head across the top of the country through WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, and around or by the Great Lakes and then go through Columbus to Texas. We do have reservations to winter once again in Texas. It looks like we’ll be OK with that. At worst we should be on our way by Thanksgiving and our reservations are in Dec/Jan.
We’ve been staying at a park in PDX. Not the greatest but it’s close to shopping, The Mall, and Wal-Mart. There is a bike trail that is nice and we try to ride our bikes when we can. That hasn’t been easy because of back and knee problems but were working it out. Kat has been going to therapy for her back and I just got cortisone shot in my knee. Things are looking up. We did get all of our medical things taken care of except of course for the big ‘C’. That’s next.
In October and for the remainder of our stay here we are moving to Clackamas Fish and Wildlife. We talked to the volunteer coordinator Jennell and she has room at the inn. We worked there in May and June and it’s a good fit again. It’s much nicer than where we are and only a couple of miles away so still close to everything.
So we’ll get this little “speed bump” taken care of and be on our way soon.
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