Entry 1125 — More House Fun
Water from the burst water heater was seeping out of the walls. Finally it worried me enough to follow the advice of the plumber who’d taken care of the heater and called in some water extraction people. So now I have two de-humidifiers and four (noisy) fans going. They’ll be drying the walls for three days, then technicians will return to replace some of the worst parts of my walls and poison the mold that was found. Cost: $1000. Meanwhile, an air-conditioning man showed up because yesterday my air conditioner had stopped. Ants got in where they shouldn’t have and caused a short-circuit. $89. But I got a ballpoint and a nice little pad. (What’s $89 after a bill of a grand?)
Now you know why I’m taking the rest of the day off. Bit I do have one happy news item: I was at one of my doctors for a routine check-up–my urologist. I found out my PSA was still about as low as it can be: 0.1. I’d been worrying about it (and thinking about how important test results continue to be for me so long after I left school). My younger older brother had prostate cancer at the same age I did and had about the same treatment. He went 15 or 16 years before it came back, then hung on for two or three more years. I’ve now have mine for 15 years. But I had a stronger dose of radiation than he had, so maybe I’ll be luckier
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