Things I'm mad about today

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Prostate Specific Antigen. If it’s jumped by 4x, it is advisable to get a couple of scans. One or both may reveal abnormalities in the prostate, indicating the need for a biopsy.

In my biopsy procedure, they took 12 samples from various areas of my prostate. Thankfully, only one was positive for cancer. My cancer was a single tumor, for which I elected proton therapy.

My recovery continues apace. I’m feeling better every month. My PSA is 0.01.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Taking antibiotics?
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No, but I am on immunotherapy for an autoimmune disorder. I am guessing the doc will send me for a retest after the visit. I googled (I know, dangerous) and there are a couple of things that can give a false reading, one being any kind of martial activities within 24 hrs of the blood sample. Well....nobody told me to abstain........
Anyway, I will keep it checked. Getting old is difficult these days.
 
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superdave1984 said:
No, but I am on immunotherapy for an autoimmune disorder. I am guessing the doc will send me for a retest after the visit. I googled (I know, dangerous) and there are a couple of things that can give a false reading, one being any kind of martial activities within 24 hrs of the blood sample. Well....nobody told me to abstain........
Anyway, I will keep it checked. Getting old is difficult these days.
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My first ever PSA test was after my first stone in 1994. They had put me on antibiotics then sent me for a blood test. PSA was through the roof. After the antibiotics were over, it dropped into the low normal range.
 
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Hitchin' up the buggy, churnin' lots of butter
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise another
Think you're really righteous?
Think you're pure in heart?
Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art
I'm the pious guy the little Amlettes wanna be like
On my knees day and night, scorin' points for the afterlife
So don't be vain and don't be whiny
Or else, my brother, I might have to get medieval on your Heine
 
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#21,434
Ignorance is the soil,
Fear the seed,
Prejudice the vine,
Hatred the flower,
And violence the fruit.
 
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#21,447
Yesterday...

ADT smoke alarm started chirping. Had to go thru 3 tutorials to figure out how to change the batteries. After two sets of new batteries and 7 phone calls later, 2 this morning, ADT finally decided it was a faulty smoke detector. Hell, I figured that out after the second set of batteries. New one in the mail.

That new HVAC system and AI thermostat installed 16 days ago... the great AI thermostat has blacked out twice, last week and then again yesterday. Had a technician out both times. They have determined it's a faulty thermostat. He is on his way back to the shop to get a new one. We'll see how this pans out.
 
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malinoisvol said:
Yesterday...

ADT smoke alarm started chirping. Had to go thru 3 tutorials to figure out how to change the batteries. After two sets of new batteries and 7 phone calls later, 2 this morning, ADT finally decided it was a faulty smoke detector. Hell, I figured that out after the second set of batteries. New one in the mail.

That new HVAC system and AI thermostat installed 16 days ago... the great AI thermostat has blacked out twice, last week and then again yesterday. Had a technician out both times. They have determined it's a faulty thermostat. He is on his way back to the shop to get a new one. We'll see how this pans out.
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Too much technology. Simpler is better in many cases.
 
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malinoisvol said:
Yesterday...

ADT smoke alarm started chirping. Had to go thru 3 tutorials to figure out how to change the batteries. After two sets of new batteries and 7 phone calls later, 2 this morning, ADT finally decided it was a faulty smoke detector. Hell, I figured that out after the second set of batteries. New one in the mail.

That new HVAC system and AI thermostat installed 16 days ago... the great AI thermostat has blacked out twice, last week and then again yesterday. Had a technician out both times. They have determined it's a faulty thermostat. He is on his way back to the shop to get a new one. We'll see how this pans out.
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Dang…
 
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malinoisvol said:
Yesterday...

ADT smoke alarm started chirping. Had to go thru 3 tutorials to figure out how to change the batteries. After two sets of new batteries and 7 phone calls later, 2 this morning, ADT finally decided it was a faulty smoke detector. Hell, I figured that out after the second set of batteries. New one in the mail.

That new HVAC system and AI thermostat installed 16 days ago... the great AI thermostat has blacked out twice, last week and then again yesterday. Had a technician out both times. They have determined it's a faulty thermostat. He is on his way back to the shop to get a new one. We'll see how this pans out.
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Made in China ?
 
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