PART CXXVI – Consult in Ottawa

Tuesday, June 23 

Joe is managing prostate cancer. Things look good. We see the urologist annually, GP quarterly. We are going to carry on as is, quarterly Lupron injections. All is going well. It'll be 10 years on it in September. He had surgery in 2014. The Lupron is keeping the cancer cells in check. No other symptoms, other than the bone issues. His bone health has stabilized with scan #9, no worse than the previous bone scan. [Bone mineral density scan #8 at Riverside hospital, December 11th.]

Off we went into the city. Lots of fields, and little corn plants growing. We left around 10:00, taking our time. We made it into the hospital, sitting down for 12:00. Parking is tricky, but I nabbed a spot. The guy sitting across from us had been waiting an hour to be seen. We weren't waiting that long, 12:35 for a 12:15. Our appointment was supposed to be the day before, but they changed us to Tuesday. We cleared our schedule! 😉

From there we went to The Swan, made it by 2 p.m. An old pub, new patio, new menu, and all was good, once Joe Brian took out his hearing aids! There was a large group, and he couldn't hear me over them. 

The view of the Marina is lovely, with boats coming and going. There was a nice breeze, a screening in porch. 

Veggie burger for me. It was very good. 

The pub hosts a Farmer's Market!

Joe Brian drove us the rest of the way home. The hay is coming off the fields.

Riverside 

Billings Bridge

Manotick

It was a glorious day, once the driving was done!