Fred Green; My Tenth Anniversary

Fred Green: "Today is June 30, 2016 and it marks the tenth anniversary of my surgery. I am now 10 years cancer free, at least I hope so. Even though I saw my doctor and urologist last year – nine year free, my last PSA number was 0.0002, which is a non-existence number (for a PSA).
It’s kind of scary, considering that I have to continually check and monitor my PSA numbers to make sure they got it all out. I guess the concern I had was to the fact that I saw my Doctor in May of last year.
My guess is that since I had my prostate removed that he no longer had to check my “prostate” anymore. One of the things I have learned over the past ten years, WE, people, especially men, have to educate ourselves.
And by educating ourselves to ask the questions that “we” have to ask our doctors. Because doctors are not going to ask you anything besides, where does it hurt? I had noticed over the years that my PSA number was under that “magic” number, 4.00. This usually means that if you are over that number you may have a problem with your prostate.
Well, my number was 3.4 and my doctor never took notice to it because it was not at the 4.0 level yet. So, I really never knew I had a problem until I went to the urologist for an unrelated problem and he looked at my PSA number and said I had a problem that he wanted to look into further.
The reason it bothered him was because, in 1995 I had a baseline number of 0.95. And in 2005 I had a PSA number of 3.4. To laymen and my doctor, the number meant I was okay. To the Urologist, the number meant something was wrong. That was because the number had risen to fast in those 10 years.
In November of 2005 I had a biopsy and they notified me December 26 that I had cancer. The fast growing kind which is more prevalent in African-Americans. In six months, I had gone from 12% involved to, after my prostate was removed, it was dissected, and it was reveled to me that my prostate was over 40% involved. That’s what my urologist told me.
Now, I have learned to ask those questions, even though I won’t see my doctor until July 30th. But, I will see the urologist on July 7th. I will then get a PSA test then and will know for sure when I see my doctor again.
Ten years, cancer free. Today, to celebrate, I went out and ran 3 miles (actually, I do that just about every day anyway). I have done about 151 miles since the beginning of this year, and I still feel good. And they say old age isn’t fun!"



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I'm hungry...

Facebook: "My cat, Tom, has lost his F'ing mind! This morning, about 6:43am, my alarm goes off at 7, I woke up to him sitting close to my face just staring at me with his usual crazy cat look.
Seconds later he started to punch me in the face (actually just dabbing his paw at me). He kept punching me so I turned over onto my left side. He then jumped over me and was again sitting close to me, punching me.
I pushed him off the bed and he went and knocked the trash can over, went into the bathroom and I heard the trashcan there being knocked over.
A few seconds later he went to the hall closet and tried to open it, he is not that smart though, I have a wedge holding it shut. When I yelled for him to stop he went back into the bathroom and proceeded to try and open the doors under the sink. I could hear them banging, he could open, an inch or so, but couldn't get them opened and the doors slammed shut.
So, I had to get up and he, and his brother got fed. i should have gotten back into the bed though. Thank goodness for naps!"



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It was cold...

Facebook: "It was cold last night here in Michigan. So cold, I had to put on my PJ's! And...add an extra blanket to help keep me warmer. Now that I think about it, I should have just turned the fan off and closed the bedroom window."



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Fred Green

Fred Green: "Geez, I don't have any cookies, donuts or sweet stuff so crackers are just going to have to do."



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what's the dumbest thing you have ever done?

Facebook: "What’s the dumbest thing I have ever done, I thought? That is not how it started out, but I ended up thinking about it anyway. Last night as I was lying in my bed, well after midnight, with the fan blowing as hard as its blades could turn, I started to think about the birds and the bees.
Well, actually birds, more like the hummingbird I saw the other day. I was thinking that I should go out and get a hummingbird feeder. That may or may not bring more hummingbirds to my backyard, but it was worth trying. Anyway, as I thought about it, I was thinking, bees might be attracted to the feeder, too.
Bees…would it also attract all other flying insects? Anyway, that got me thinking about bees. Way back in time, when I was about 10 years old or so, I remember staying at my grandparents’ home out in the farmlands of Maryland.
My brothers, my cousin and I decided to mess with bees, now that I think about it, it was hornets. We spotted a hornet’s nest above a window that was my grandmother’s bedroom. We decided to knock it down.
I remember getting a broom and the window was opened and I swatted and knocked the nest down. The hornets got mad, real mad and started to swarm. I threw the broom out the window trying to knock them out of the sky, that didn’t work at all.
Since that was my grandmother’s room, I didn’t want them to get into the house. But, I had nothing to keep them from coming in. So, being a 10, or so, years old kid, I did the next best thing. I used my hands to keep them stinging fools out of the room. Naturally, I got stung on my hand. Someone, who just happened to think about it, shut the window, problem solved.
Of course that is probably one of those dumb things kids do when you are having dumb fun. I probably can think of many more, which I will. My brothers and I were way beyond mischievous back in the day, still kind of shows today."



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Fred Green - great craft beers

"I have been drinking great craft beers and beers from local breweries for the last 10 months or so. Beers I have truly enjoyed. For the last couple of years, every summer, I have been drinking Bud Light Lime, but only for the summer. I bought a case yesterday and have realized what a truly terrible beer Bud Light Lime is."


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Fred Green

Fred Green: "I thought I was brighter than this. Last night I was writing on my laptop. I noticed that I had about 2 hours or 48% of power left. So, I turned the thing off plugged it up and went to bed.
I just started writing and noticed that I only had 21% power left. I looked at the plug, plugged into the wall and noticed that the plug was for my blood pressure cuff. I really gotta quit drinking before I go to bed. Geez..."



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Pancakes!

Facebook: "Darn it...it has happened again, one too many times. I was the grocery store yesterday and I still forgot to pick up a loaf of bread and a tomato. Oh well, no burger (veggie) and fries today. Pancakes it is...!!"



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Hummingbirds

Fred Green: "Here's something you don't see everyday; While staring out into space this morning, actually at my apple tree, I noticed a humming bird! I have never seen a hummingbird ever, as an adult, in any area I have lived. I am not sure I saw then as a kid, but my memory tells me that on my Grandparents farm I saw tons of hummingbirds. It buzzed for a couple of minutes then took off at the speed of light (or close to the speed of light, it was that close) to the next tree. Made my day."



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Fred Green

Fred Green: "Whenever my cat's meow at me I say, I know. In actuality I don't know."



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National Kissing Day!

Facebook: "Geez, I missed it again. Today is National Kissing day! How could I have missed...Oh wait, now I remember. Hey, Kiss someone close to you!"



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Big Sale!

"There was a sale today at Walgreens, evidently if you buy a box of Magnum condoms, you get the cashiers number for free!"



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Now that's Human...

the Human body is 80% water, so we are basically just cucumbers with anxiety.

Feed me!!

Fred Green: "I am either going to have to stay awake 24/7/365 or go to sleep earlier. But, I don’t think either one is going to happen. I usually get in the bed about midnight or around 12:30ish, and I get up about 7am. This is not always the case, I mean, usually, anywhere from 7 to maybe 8ish.
This all brings me to my Crazy cat Tom. Every morning, when he feels that I am on the verge of waking, for any reason, he has to let me know that I have to get up and feed him. And, believe me, he usually doesn’t stop F&%$ing with me until I do get up.
Take this morning, for some odd reason I woke up about 5:06 am. I noticed that the full moon was blasting into my bedroom right into my eyes and yes, it was bright enough to wake me and the birds had started their morning songs. I also notice Tom sitting on the window ledge looking at whatever was moving outside.
As I stirred, he notices me moving and jumps down from his perch and jumps up onto the bed. The first thing he does it rubs his head, if I am lying on my side, on my chest. When I tell him to leave me alone he starts to claw at the covers, trying to remove them so I can get up…to feed him.
After a few moments, he usually stops lays at the edge of the side of the bed and gets a couple of minutes of rest before his next onslaught. I just want to know, if I am lying on my side I have to be no more than six inch wide. Why, when he jumps over me, he take about six or seven steps to get over me, heck, he only has four feet.
Between 5 am and 7 am, I get about 30 or 40 minutes of sleep. Tom will keep doing the jumping over me, when I turn over on my left side and then over onto my right side. When the alarm goes off and I have not gotten out of the bed Tom start to bat me on my lips. I’m guessing that means he’s hungry. Sometimes he misses and drives his claws right into my beard. That usually does the trick and I get up.
The day is saved and my children, I mean cats, won’t starve, at least until tomorrow morning."



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cat for sale

Facebook: "I have a cat for sale…okay free, if you want him. Earlier today, I heard Tom, my talkative, way too talkative cat, huffing and sniffing at the door wall. I got up from my comfortable couch to check him out. My guess was that he caught a whiff of that darn outside cat, I don’t know if it is a male or female.
Anyway, at the door, his tail was puffed up and he started to whine. I decided to close the door and end this conversation. It was like he didn’t care, I darn near smashed his head in the door, but he moved out of the way just in time. He continued to whine so I picked him up to, kind of, comfort him. He just gave me a weird look so I put him down.
As I walked away he reached and grabbed my ankle…putting all of his claws into my flesh. I just looked at him for a couple of seconds and gently took his paw off of my ankle.
Tom will be 11 years old this coming October…40 something in cat years. I am going to have to watch him a tiny bit more because I think he is crazy, as I type this with him sitting in my lap."



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Fred Green, to walk or run...what was the question?

Fred Green: "While on my daily walk/run, I couldn't run. I notice that if I miss a day or two it's hard from to run that next day. So, as I was walking I went over what I did this weekend, and for the love of me, I really didn't remember what I did! I had to go all the way home and check my calendar to find out. I thought I had Kayaked on Friday, but it was really on Saturday and I kayaked on Sunday. I guess I should quit drinking on the weekends."



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Facebook

Facebook: "Talk about nuts; going to a picnic today...I mentioned that I was bringing veggie dogs and buns, and of course, junk and stuff like that. Anyway, someone mentioned they were bringing real hots dogs. Someone then broke into the conversation with a reply...They don't eat hotdogs or burgers. I was thinking and wanted to reply -- WHO CARES! Bring what you want to eat! GEEZ!"



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I just got back from the grocery store and I just realized; I messed up again...Instead of getting junk food, chips and some donuts, for breakfast, I ended up getting apples and some bananas...I gotta quit drinking. 

The Runner

Fred Green: "Talk about an OMG moment...On my daily walk (I walk 1.5 miles and run 1.5 miles) I heard someone yelling, from behind me, "On your right!" Heard when someone is trying to pass you. Coming from behind me was this older guy, I would say he was in his mid- 70s or later. He passed me and kept going. Talk about being Jealous... LOL..."



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Fred Green - I have two giant blue shopping bag purchased from...

Fred Green - I have two giant blue shopping bag purchased from Ikea many years ago. I usually use them when I go grocery shopping so I won't have a collection of plastic bags. Of course that's not the case. I have over 200 or so plastic bags hanging in the wash room. WHY? you may be asking...Because I keep forgetting to take the darn Ikea bag into the store with me, every time! I am really going to have to stop drinking!"



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Fred Green

I just saw the 25 most hated mammals on earth. The number 1
most hated are humans! I kinda figured that in the first place.

(1) Fred Green

(1) Fred Green: "I think I am getting soft in my older years; I was cutting the grass, today, and there was a big frog in my way. So, I picked it up and tossed it to the side, into the bushes. At that second, I thought, I tossed him a little to hard, not like I wind up and threw him, but I hear him hit the ground and he gave out a little, Oppfff. I had to apologies to the little critter. Now I am going to have to wait for them to get out of the way. (not really, I'll toss em, but not as hard. :-) )"



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(9) Fred Green

(9) Fred Green: "Talk about a change of the weather. Yesterday it was over 90 degrees. This morning I woke up it was about 57 degrees.
Anyway, yesterday I had to fold up my blankets and forgo my Pjs. So, I had to sleep under a nice thin sheet. Well, last night I turned the air conditioner on about 10: 55, considering that it was scheduled to go off at 11 pm. I did this so that it would be cool in the house when I woke up this morning, not knowing it would be as cool as it got this morning.
Around 6am, this morning, I felt cold, I really felt the chill. I also had the window open and the ceiling fan blowing on high.
I also noticed a lump under the sheet next to me. I lifted the sheet and was greeted by that knucklehead cat of mine, Tom. Sometime during the early morning, he had managed to get up under the sheet and snuggled up next to me to steal some heat from me.
I fell back asleep and he was still there when my alarm went off at 7am. He then proceed to slap me in the face, his call to feed him. I am going to have to close my door, now…maybe."



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Here's something you don't see every day: the most expensive material on this planet is antimatter at 27 trillion dollars a gram!!!

Fred Green

Fred Green: "Its 90 degrees or about...The one thing I like about this weather, my cats don't want to sit on my lap or for that matter have anything to do with me. I'm fine with that. My only complaint, why does that little tiny cat take up a whole couch? I wanna lay down too!"



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(1) Facebook

(1) Facebook: "Geez...I'm all out of coffee. I guess I am going to have to make a run to Costco and get one of those boxes, of 100 K-cups and five pounds of coffee, too! What am I going to do..."



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What I hate about not working out, (for a week, now), I eat more junk food, IE. Potato chips and cookies and ice cream... Stuff like that.

Aliens or not?

I just realized why Aliens haven't visited earth...Earth is a prison planet! They got rid of the criminals of the galaxy and put them here!

Fred Green

Fred Green: "Here's something you don't see everyday: I was driving on the freeway today, on my way home from the dentist, and I noticed a Tesla up ahead. I caught up with it and noticed the driver was laying back and didn't have his hands on the wheel. Way to go Tesla. But I wasn't fazed. I took my hands off the wheel and drove for about a hundred feet before I head to grab hold of the wheel again."



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Fred Green

Fred Green: "I was watching a little film, in regard to, The top 10 cities that will disappear by 2100. Nine of the ten by natural means, meaning, earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, rising seas and so on. You kind of figure that all of the east and west coast would take the hit, but they added Detroit?!! Saying that it will disappear because of population loss, crime,(being the murder capital 4 years running), loss of homes, economics decline, and a slew of other man-made disasters? You mean to say that Detroit will disappear? Considering that it's on a "small" surge of a recovery right now? Man made things can be overcome. Natural may or may not. Let's Make Detroit Great Again!! ;-)"



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Fred Green

Fred Green: "Here's something you don't see every day: While crossing the street a car passed by. In the front seats were two women smoking cigarettes, windows closed. In the back seat where 3 children, one of them had to be less than 12 months. I thought there was a law for that."



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