June 2, 2007: A Good Week

I am just amazed that I have progressed so much. It has been a stellar week!

I am dry with the exception of sudden moves that cause me to step or lean to the side without thinking about those kegel contractions. Most of the time I make the moves automatically.

If something is falling over and I jump to catch it, I can have a bit of a problem. They call these stress incontinence. It may require a few months to control these. They are not heavy leakage, but more of what I call 'weeping'. It is just some dampness usually.

There has been another kind of stress this week also. Liberty Mutual Insurance (read as hired thugs) administers the short term disability claims for my employer. I have yet to experience administration on their part. They call and write me requesting I get the information for them to evaluate 'my claim'.

It started on the 9th of May when they sent me a letter stating that they contacted my doctor on the 9th of May and had not received the requested information from him. They proceeded to inform me that it is my responsibility to get that information for them. Seems that they should do their job and get what they need from my doctor. Oh well!

I went to Virden, Illinois on Friday. My sister's mother-in-law died this week and I thought we had to go the wake or funeral since my brother-in-law has been such a great guy. he did a lot for my mother. Sally had to work Saturday, which precluded our attending the funeral so I drove us down for the wake on Friday. Had a good visit and saw my mother's brother.

Bruce is going through the prostate treatment too. He is having the external beam radiation and hormone treatments. That's a shot every couple months and radiation five days a week for eight weeks. He is handling this real well. Gets tired but other wise feels fine. He has already had a PSA test that was .04. That is equivalent to zero but a lab won't say 'zero'. He and I talk regularly now. It is good to have someone to share this with. I think this is a pretty big coincidence that my uncle and I are both being treated for prostate cancer at the same time.

Wow! I'm still angry at the insurance company! Better let that go. At worst it will cost me a weeks pay and all my vacation time this year. I can't do anything until Monday anyway.