PART XXXII: Follow-up with the Naturopath

Our delightful naturopath, Dr. Jenn, was very pleased with the results of the PSA test. It's gone from a too high post-op result with a slow increase.

Dr. Jen has put us on a wonderful regime of treatments that are designed to build up his immune system, as well as settle out his food intolerances.
It's so difficult managing two things at once.

Fecal test August fine.
Didn't have swollen nodes before the operation.
 The next appointment with Dr. at Ottawa Hospital is April.
Not taking prevacid and the other anti-acid pills.
BP seems OK. 111/56, 121/64,
If he has an upset much shorter duration. Sometimes he can figure out the cause.
Mild irritation every 3 - 4 days. Half of those too much coffee or a few things.
Maybe too much tomato. Very faithful about avoiding yeast, egg, dairy.
 Still taking Pectosol. Not causing gas or bloating anymore.
Another month of Hericium Erinaceus SAP - do another month. And a month of another product.
3 mos of nausea, dizziness, or diarrhea . EGCG alternate. Anti cancer drugs are good now that stomach issues are good.
Off exercise with back strain. Will get back to that. Studies talk about the link between BETA A and Increase Mulitsure for men, twice a day. Two caps/time.
Will switch to liquid calcium: better absorption and easier on the stomach. Take it before bed or in morning, coating stomach is good. Coversil in a.m.,
Do liquid calcium at bedtime. Pectosol should be away from everything. Move Pectosol at midmorning. Finish off calcium magnesium. Alternate with liquid.
Liquid calcium 1 tablespoon at bedtime.
Colon prep: the morning of colonoscopy, that night start back on highest dose of recovery probiotic, removes protective paint. ProBio SAP-90 afterwards.
Glutamine - not taking at all.
1. changing Multivitamin once old runs out.
2. PrioBio keep on dose, 1/day
3.Liquid calcium at bedtime, because soothing and better
4. Bio Enzymes
5. ECGC or Hericium Erinaceus

Keep rotating antiCancer products. Keep rotating nutrients.
Swollen lymph nodes can be from anything like the whole bowel thing. heck in with Dr. Jen in 3 mos. or so, especially when appointment for the colonoscopy.

PART XXVIII: Urologist 3-mos. check-in (Jan. 29)

At this point, we are checking in with the urologist every three months. Where has the time gone? Here is is the last week of January.

Between these appointments, hubby has a CT Scan and a PSA test.
Thankfully, his PSA has leveled off, if not gone down a tad (0.79 => 0.77). I've been keeping track of his scores on a graph.

The CT Scan showed some lymph node swelling. Our naturopath thinks this could be anything, including the body fighting  something else. That said, our Dr. want hubby to have a colonoscopy, just in case. The good news is, not another CT Scan for 6 months.
We're back to see him in another 3 months. I made sure to take photos, just for fun.

 

What was silly, is that we have been going here so long there is a new building on the site.

  

What a find! A 1960s sled

UPDATE: After some research by myself, I found a Romanian company, Autorol, on Facebook, but it doesn't quite seem to fit. They do have machines and other products.

Bing tells me that Autotrol has been manufacturing machines and motors since 1964! That has an extra T, though!
There is a #AutoRol, but that seems to be Japanese, related to a fighting character in Anime!
There is an Indian company that sells Autorol grease!
A Dutch company, Autorol, sells Nike products.
I sent the photos to some historians at the Perth Historical Society, and they did some more research for me.

At first, they suggested:
It looks like a 1960's vintage, and I suspect may have been made to tow behind an early snowmobile. The shield on the front may have been an aftermarket addition.

It's the same logo!

This makes sense to me. I would say that it was being towed behind a snow machine, and the front bar, where it was attached, broke. It was left behind. In those days people didn't think anything of going out alone.

They came up with a bit more research, and found a couple of photos on kijiji that has the same logo from Bear Autorol.

Look at the maximum speed: 60mi/120km per hour

Here is the one runner I could salvage. It is VERY rusted!





Original post:

I have no idea how old they are, but I found this sled and circular metal thingie in our wetland.
Daisy and I went of to try and free it from its frozen bed. Both runners are terribly rusted, and have rusted right off of the bottom of the sled. As I worked at it with the hatchet, Daisy did her thing: exploring, climbing the meagre cedar trees, and checking in periodically with me.
It was quite heavy, as there is several inches of organic matter rotting in the bottom. Much moss, and cedar leaves.

The wetland in winter is beautiful and quite walkable, even for someone with a pulled Achille's tendon! Daisy and I walk across it a lot in winter. (We walk around it in summer.) This time we had a mission.

Wetland in summer

Early spring

Another trip to the city –ghost bike

Riverside Ghost from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Everytime we come home from an appointment at the cancer clinic: we pass the river, Canada geese, and the memorial ghost bike. It is time to remove this memorial. It's a hazard for those in wheelchairs, for those ploughing the sidewalk, and it simply doesn't belong here.

Early morning chat

Daisy deer 2 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
The doe didn't know what to make of Daisy, sitting on the lower porch. They are fascinated with the cats.

Deer, pileated woodpecker, rabbit

Another couple of video opportunities. Daisy and I went down to exchange the SD Card in the videocam. (I find this easier than anything else, bringing it back up to the house to process the photos and videos.) We found a pileated woodpecker whilst gazing at the deer. You can spot it hiding behind the tree in the first photo.



It totally ignored us, including Daisy, who had to fling herself up the tree.

pileated peeker from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
When you go down to the woods today...

And on the trailcam:
 
Cam tails from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
That was a funny 24 hours with the trailcam. First critter: Daisy, who helped me set it up. Then, deer eating the cedar boughs, a few turkeys after the cracked corn, a mouse, red squirrels, and a hare in the dark.

Then, more fun, Bambi has been playing in the burr patch again! I found the clump on the snow the next day!

iPad's apps: PhotoShop

I amuse myself with the iPad while waiting for hubby to have his CT Scan. (We bought my son-in-law's old one!) We are off to check out his results this week. I've found another couple of fun apps, except I don't have an Internet connection when we are away from the house. Some of them don't work without this. 

In the meantime, I'm getting physiotherapy for a torn Achilles tendon. What a pain it is, but I have to ice and stretch it, which grosses me out! The nice young man was explaining about scar tissue and the stretching and I had to lie down! I told him, I'm not a wuss. I have had natural childbirth, no drugs, three times! He giggled. Anyway, I have to get this better in order to get back out on the wetland trail. 

Here is my play...

The first three are the same doorway with different treatments, and a cart of gowns!

And in the opposite direction!

 

Then there is the floor!

This is my Dali work!