Prostate issues

This is kind of a "old man" disease. For the last several days, I've been concentrating my attention on this problem. Yes, I have it. Unfortunately, the solutions to this won't come easy. That is, if the videos are correct in what they say.

Everybody is different, so no cookie-cutter solutions are offered here. I'll concentrate on my own situation. If anyone reading this can get something useful from it, then all to the good.

There are a number of doctors on youtube who discuss prostate issues. Given the power of the internet, I won't bother giving links. Sure, it might help if I did. But I noticed that the same themes seem to be coming up. The number one theme is TOO MUCH SUGAR. There are others, sadly enough.

This can also be expanded into TOO MANY CARBS. The thing that happens is that you'll develop insulin resistance over time. It's an "old man" disease because it affects the urinary tract, which is different from the way it works in women. They might want to tell Bruce Jenner that. Er, it is interesting to note that castrates don't seem to get BPH. (BPH: not to get fancy here, just say its a swollen prostate)

A swollen prostate blocks the urinary tract in men. I've seen that insulin can be a cause for a swollen prostate. It appears that too much sugar can cause a host of problems that you won't like when you get older. Best to get control over that while you're still young. In America, we consume WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR. I know I did. I'm trying to cut back, but I'm finding that it is a far worse problem that even I thought.

That's because of HIGH CARBS. Incidentally, I've known about this for several years now. I thought I did a few things to help with that, but it is far worse than I thought. Carbs get easily converted to glucose, which gets the body to produce way too much insulin, which causes insulin resistance. That chain of events is going to lead to BIG PROBLEMS. One of these is a swollen prostate. There are other problems, sadly enough. Not to get anybody depressed. It's bad enough as is.

I figured that following the USDA labels on food ( or is it FDA labels?), would be the answer. But it isn't. Even those labels show TOO MUCH CARBS AND SUGAR.

The all caps is not flaming. It is emphasis. If there's anything I'm getting out of this is that I need to cut back on CARBS and SUGAR. That means even from where I am at now. Where I am at now I thought was good. But nope. I've got a ways to go. And so it goes.

Off-grid post, 5-26-22

It has been awhile since the last one of these, so here we go again...

The charge controller doesn't satisfy me, so I ordered another. In addition, the mysterious shutting-off of the inverter hasn't been solved. Perhaps a new controller will solve that. Perhaps it won't. But it does seem to have better connectors. We'll see.

While I was at it, I ordered another solar panel. This will give me a set of four, at 100 watts apiece. These will be wired in pairs of two ( what else), with 2 being in series; which in turn is connected to the other two in series. It isn't 48 volts because the two pairs will be in parallel. All the wiring I need for this job should be here already. It should be easy to wire up, but you know how that goes.

It also has been awhile since the last good rain. It rained recently, and I am now filtering the rainwater for use in the swamp cooler. As I write this, it is cooling me nicely. It smells a little like a hospital in here, cuz I added a bit too much bleach for disinfectant.

The western wall is in place and it looks sturdy. When it rained, there was plenty of thunderstorm activity, and it didn't fall down. When you talk about my carpentry work, not falling down is an achievement. Staying upright while doing this is enough of a challenge for yours truly. I got a little woozy there from time to time. It won't do to fall down. Things that I can afford to break might get broken. The wall didn't fall and neither did I. That's a two-fer.

Finally, there will also be an upgrade on the battery. One has been ordered that is over one kilowatt hour of power. Four panels should put out about twice that. Between the other one and this one, and the heavy use of it that I anticipate, it should be sufficient for this system. As before, we will see.

That brings me up to date on this project.

Texas Primary Runoff in my area

Update: 10:55 AM

Does anyone notice how little information is easily available with regard to the primaries yesterday? My antenna has gone up. There is so much written on the so-called conservative websites, but they don't have this info at the fingertips? Something is wrong here, boss.

If you are writing for conservative audiences, then why isn't that information front row and center on your blog? What reason could it be for NOT having it?

To put it another way, what is the point of your blog but to persuade others to see things your way? If you aren't interested enough in results so as to report on them first hand, then how devoted are you really towards the beliefs you claim to have?

Passing the duty off to the New York Times and Politico just doesn't cut it. There are a lot of results here that I couldn't get from so-called conservative blogs. Why do I have to go to leftist websites to find out what happened in my own damned state?

It's even worse with regards to seeing the races in other states. Hard to imagine that it might even be worse than I suspected. It begins to appear so.

 

The Primary runoff was yesterday, and enough results have come in to discuss this mess a bit. Those who I voted for won all but one. One result was at the state level, and the others were local state offices. The state level involved a name familiar with most people--George "P" Bush. Bush lost by a lot. There is some talk about the end of the Bush dynasty. Chalk that up as a W for my candidates--no pun intended.

The others have names that outsiders aren't likely to know, and a lot in this district may not know them either. It seems that everybody is watching the bright, shiny objects the media dangle in front of us; and so no attention is paid to these races. I'm no better than anyone else on this matter. However, I mean to change that behavior, and to pay a lot more attention to these races.

Turnout was pretty light, which confirms the tendency of little interest in the little "fish" in these local races. The one taking over Bush's old spot has a name that may become more familiar--Dawn Buckingham. She is the State Senator for these parts, and she just got a promotion to state-wide office. Land commissioner, I think. Bush wanted to be AG, but he failed miserably. These state-wide offices are jumping off platforms for higher offices. So Buckingham may have a future, as Bush's is over. Or maybe not on both. You can never tell on these things. I voted for her, but don't really know her. It's another win, but not an enthusiastic one.

The race for Buckingham's old seat was a loss. Pete Flores will win that one, as he was Trump's endorsed candidate. You see? I don't follow Trump like he is some sort of pied-piper. In fact, a LOT of Trump's endorsed candidates were not mine. My guy didn't win this one. Too bad. I'm pretty sure that Flores is just another globalist chump.

All-in-all, it was a loser kind of day. The trends aren't really changing. For all I know ( because of the lack of attention), Buckingham will be a globalist. Flores is a globalist, most likely. The only one who lost is a guy who should be recognized as a loser anyway, and that would be Bush. There was one candidate I haven't mentioned, as he may be a permanent little fish. In other words, the locals who might be worth something are the ones who don't win, or never advance. That's what makes it a loser kind of day.

Therefore, there's nothing to get excited about. The fanboys and girls are talking up the big, red wave coming. From where I am standing---BIG DEAL. The new ones will be a lot like the old ones. Just more of the same garbage that is choking us all.

If there's an increasing tendency to pay attention to local races, then that could be the silver lining. But will it last? Also, will it matter if it cannot stop the different kind of "red tide" that is killing this country? Whatever can be said about this election, it won't be said to be changing much. It will be business-as-usual in this state, and the same goes with the nation. That is, if we are lucky.

There is a saying about it being darkest before it goes pitch black.

Back home

Update:

The 5 year anniversary of the completion of the proton therapy has already passed.

Now it's like a dream.

The therapy can do just so much.  It can't fix everything.  Maybe some day.

The odds are against my still being alive without this care.

Speaking of odds, the odds of my getting this disease was one in a million.  The odds of getting it when I could get this kind of treatment is also pretty much against.  Wishbone says write a book.

I'm a ghost writer.  Yuk yuk.

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May 24, 2017

Decided not to stay in Dallas for another day.  Been back home since yesterday.   Couldn't post because of the phone problem.  The phone malfunctioned, and I replaced it with a new one.

Meanwhile, it was necessary to do a few things to get back into gear here.  Slowly coming around, and now it may be possible to pick up where I left off.

I've completed some of the stuff on my to-do list.  This morning was rather cool, so I may not need a shade soon.  But that will have to be done soon, because it is going to get hot around here.

Update (s):  17:30  

Now that I am back, there is a lot less data to play with.  Besides that, there's no TeeVee here, as I will not pay for that service.  Actually, I cannot afford the data nor the TeeVee.

Posts that relied upon information obtained from such sources will not be as often, nor as in depth.  Besides, my opinion of our popular culture is at the lowest point ever.  Fakery is everywhere in the political sphere.  Nothing that happens in DC is real, but they are reality, which is unfortunate for the rest of us.

For now on, I will tend to post more practical stuff.  The stuff, or another word starting with the letter "s", can wait.

Dubya speaks, sorry I listened

 

How the mighty have fallen. In Dubya's case, the fall wasn't too far. Maybe from the curb. His approval rating when he left office was even worse than Biden's is now.

The guy flubbed a line about Ukraine. He called it "Iraq". Here's a guy who said he looked into Putin's soul. He seems to have changed his tune a bit. Now Putin's a really bad guy.

An Iraqi threw a shoe at him once. Bugliosi wanted to throw the book at him. I wish he would remain consistent with himself and keep quiet. He was very quiet during Obama's regime. Nary a word in criticism. Now he can't keep his mouth shut. The talks when he shouldn't, and doesn't talk when he should.

He needs to rebuild his ratings, I suppose. Now the pinkos love him. He supports their every move. He's an embarrassment. I suppose he always was. But then, it was the choice between him and Algore. In 2004, the Dems nominated Franken Kerry. Well, at least the Dems made progress. They went from bad to worse.

The biggest mistake that Ronald Reagan made was to name George HW Bush as his running mate. That's what gave us the Bushes and the rest of this junk. If he named Dole as his Veep instead, he couldn't have done any worse than Bush. It might have been better.