DAYS WALKING: 6
HEAVY WALK: 0.625 (one east loop)
LIGHT WALK: 0.600 (to the second left turn and back)
TOTAL MILES for WEEK: 3.675
Comments: I walked fewer miles during the month due to my having a doctor's appointment and a blood test to learn my PSA, and due to my attending the viewing and funeral of my sister-in-law. Later I had surgery for skin cancers that were on my head.
I went off my cancer medicine of three pills each night because the medicine wasn't keeping my PSA low any more. I then began taking a different medicine of 3 pills per night. I did feel tired after taking the new medicine, and I had a difficult time walking in my house. I'm still taking the new medicine for my prostate cancer, but I have gotten used to the new medicine, and I do OK getting around my house. With a new week starting, I want to increase my distance, so I walked around the east loop for my heavy walk.
I've also been taking a different prescription of one pill twice a day, in addition to taking the 3 pills at night. Recently the doctor decided to ween me from the daytime prescription, and he cut my dose down to 2 pills one day, and one pill the next day day. Starting with yesterday, the doctor cut me down to one pill per day. I'm looking forward to taking no pills at all for that prescription, and thus doing away with the prescription. I still will take 3 pills at night of the new medicine. When I have my blood tested in a couple of weeks, I'll find out if my PSA has gone down or not due to the new medicine. I'm looking forward to the resurrection. Until then, I'm learning more about patience and obedience.
The doctor is trying to keep me off a chemotherapy/radiation treatment like people usually have, because he feels I wouldn't be able to withstand the stress from that treatment and soon would die from it. He hopes the pills will cause less stress on my body and still control my cancer.
The air has been Good or Moderate so far this month. The smoke from California fires seems to be going some place else.
