In Summary:
* A pretty good Wednesday. The Retina Doc phoned me this morning and we had a constructive conversation. We have an appointment set for mid-February where he'll look at both my eyes (again) and we may begin standard treatment on my right eye at that time.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 05:20 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:50 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 12:00 to 13:00 – watch old game shows on TV, eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 15:45 – following news reports from various sources
* 17:10 -tuned into the ESPN Station broadcasting from Harrisburg, PA for coverage of tonight's men's college basketball game between the Harvard Crimson and the Penn St. Nittany Lions. Opening tip is only minutes away.
* 19:30 – a MUCH closer game than I expected, but Penn St. finally won 84-80. Shall follow news reports now until bedtime.
Chess:
* 15:20 – moved in all pending CC games
by Roscoe
Tuesday
In Summary:
* Most significant development of this Tuesday was my informing the staff at both offices my Retina Doc uses that I intend to forego anymore treatment for my right eye for the present time. If it seems to worsen or gives me any trouble, I'll call and arrange an appointment to have him look at it.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 05:20 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:50 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 12:00 – home Internet is down, just got a text (on my phone) from my ISP saying it's down in my neighborhood, they hope to have it back up by 19:00.
* 12:15 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 15:15 – listening to The Jack Ricardi Show
* 17:30 – listening to Louisville's ESPN Radio Station ahead of the first of two games in tonight's Champions Classic Tournament played at Madison Square Garden, Michigan State Spartans vs Kentucky Wildcats
* 19:40 – After a good basketball game, in spite of the lopsided score, Spartans 83 – Wildcats 66, my intention is to listen to relaxing music until bedtime.
In Summary:
* A frustrating day in which I've had no clear indication from my Retina Doctor (or from the association of which he's a part) about appointment times or locations or dates. I'm seriously thinking about telling them to forget about treating me.
Diet:
* 06:35 – peanut butter sandwich
* 08:30 – ham and cheese sandwich
* 11:30 – big plate of sweet rice
* 16:00 – 1 fresh apple
* 18:30 – snacking on saltine crackers
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 04:40 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:20 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 11:20 – start my weekly laundry
* 15:20 – the last of the laundry is now folded, hung up, and put away
* 15:30 – listening to The Jack Ricardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
In Summary:
* A good Sunday. Wife and I went exploring today. The challenge was to see if she could drive to the location of the office of my Tuesday eye appointment. And she did fine. No confusion. No stress.
Diet:
* 07:20 – sweet rice
* 11:50 – more sweet rice
* 13:15 – plate of pancit
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 06:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:30 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 09:45 – exploring with the wife, verifying that she can drive to new location for my dr. apt this week.
* 12:00 – tuned the TV to an NFL Game, Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans
* 16:00 – Listening now to the Flagship Station for IU Sports ahead of this afternoon's men's college basketball game, as the Incarnate Word Cardinals meet the IU Hoosiers.
* 18:30 – listening to relaxing music, quietly reading
In Summary:
* A pretty good Saturday. College football in the afternoon, delicious home-cooked food, a Christopher Lee Dracula movie on the Saturday night Svengoolie. Yes! My kind of Saturday!
Diet:
* 07:20 – 2 crispy oatmeal cookies
* 09:30 – 1 ham and cheese sandwich
* 10:30 – 1 peanut butter sandwich
* 12:00 – 3 boiled eggs
* 13:20 – 1 fresh apple
* 15:30 – steak and onions, white rice
* 17:50 – sweet rice with brown sugar
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 07:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:45 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 10:00 – listening to the Flagship Station for IU Sports ahead of today's early game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Indiana Hoosiers)
* 14:40 – after the convincing IU win, now following the UCF vs. Texas Tech football game
* 17:45 – listen to news reports from various sources
* 19:00 – Svengoolie
Diet:
* 06:30 – toast and butter
* 07:00 – 1 banana, 2 crispy oatmeal cookies
* 09:30 – beef chop suey, fried rice
* 10:30 – dish of ice cream
* 15:30 – 1 peanut butter sandwich
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:30 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 05:50 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:45 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 11:30 – rec'd phone call from clinical trial people
* 15:15 – listening to The Jack Ricardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:10 – tuned into the University of Louisville Radio Station for my Friday Night Football, a College Game with the Clemson Tigers traveling to the Louisville Cardinals
In Summary:
* A frustrating day in which I had to spend time on the phone straightening out miscommunication between two different doctors' offices, resulting in one office apologizing to me. And the Clinical Trials folks have finally given me a date when my treatments are to begin: next Monday, 17 November. Whew!
Diet:
* 06:00 – 2 HEB Bakery cookies
* 06:20 – toast and butter
* 06:45 – cottage cheese
* 07:00 – 2 crispy oatmeal c00kies
* 10:30 – 2 more HEB Bakery cookies
* 11:35 – egg drop soup, beef chop suey, fried rice
* 15:00 – 2 more HEB Bakery cookies
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:30 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 05:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:45 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 11:35 – watch old game shows, eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 13:15 – follow news reports from various sources
* 15:30 – listening to The Jack Ricardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to relaxing music and quietly reading
* 19:15 – listening to the Hawkeye Radio Network ahead of tonight's Women's College Basketball between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Drake Bulldogs.
In Summary:
* Happy to get a phone call early this afternoon from the nurse who is my contact / intake person as I try to get into the clinical trials exploring alternate treatment for the wet macular degeneration condition in my right eye. She told me not to give up on them. She cancelled my previosly scgeduled apt. tomorrow morning with my Retina doc when we were going to start standard treatment. She's trying to schedule my first clinical trial treatment for Thursday or Friday afternoon of this week, or Monday morning of next week.
Diet:
* 06:20 – 2 HEB Bakery cookies, 1 banana
* 07:00 – cottage cheese and applesauce
* 08:45 – fried chicken, biscuit, 3 boiled eggs
* 10:50 – 2 HEB Bakery cookies
* 11:45 – pork chops
* 12:45 – pumpkin pie
* 15:15 – 1 fresh apple
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 05:50 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:20 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 12:30 to 13:15 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia.
* 14:45 – listening to relaxing music, quietly reading
* 17:30 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:00 – tuned into my college basketball of the night, Milwaukee Wisconsin Panthers at Indiana Hoosiers
In Summary:
* Received a call from my cell-phone company (purportedly), some foreign guy with an accent so strong I could barely make out what he was saying. Then spent the following 3-hours trying to make sense of my phone bill. Think I finally figured out what's going on, no thanks to those clowns at T-Mobile.
Diet:
* 05:30 – 1 banana
* 06:25 – 2 HEB Bakery cookies
* 07:50 – 2 crispy oatmeal cookies
* 08:30 – 3 boiled eggs
* 09:45 – 2 more HEB Bakery cookies
* 10:45 – cottage cheese
* 14:00 – 5 hotdogs, saltine crackers
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:30 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 05:45 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:50 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 13:45 to 14:45 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 15:00 – listening to relaxing music, quietly reading
* 16:00 to 19:00 – rec'd a call from my cell-phone company (purportedly), some foreign guy with an accent so strong I could barely make out what he was saying. Then spent the following 3-hours trying to make sense of my phone bill. Think I finally figured out what's going on, no thanks to those clowns at T-Mobile.
* 19:30 – listening to relaxing music again, hoping to quiet my mind before bedtime
In Summary:
* Today was not what I'd hoped it would be. Still no word from the clinical trials I'm hoping to get into. /sigh. The time that I saved by doing my laundry yesterday was spent digging through my closet to find the box with my cold weather clothes, then hanging them up. 'Tis the season for that.
Diet:
* 05:40 – 1 banana
* 06:50 – toast and butter, 2 HEB Bakery cookies
* 08:30 – 5 hot dogs
* 10:35 – 2 more HEB Bakery cookies
* 13:30 – mystery tacos from yesterday's misdelivery
* 16:05 – 1 fresh apple
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – listen to local news, talk radio
* 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:30 – read, pray, listen to news reports from various sources
* 13:00 to 14:15 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 14:15 to 15:45 – haul cold weather clothes out of closet
* 15:45 – listen to The Jack Ricardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 20:00 – listening to The Lars Larson Show