I seem to be doing much better than yesterday. Still a bit tired, but not so spacey as yesterday. Only 12 more radiation treatments.
I learned today that the area targeted now is where my prostate was. To add clarity my prostate and surrounding nearby lymph-nodes were robotically removed by a team over a dozen people. The anesthesiologist had two assistants, and know that biopsies were performed on tissue in the margins.
My surgery was suppose to be 3 hours but it was closer to 5.
So far I’m doing much better today.
You should know that I also take a multitude of vitamins under the guidance of my PCP and my old geezer hematologist to help boost my red blood cell production. 5 pills every day after my Inhibitor and steroid.
Still I fight anemia…
In the markets new record highs, and gold is above $3.4K again. Gold as a hedge never went away, and gold as an insurance policy is not diminished. I also too note that oil is trading lower in the $62.XX range on higher U.S. inventory, which translates to lower demand and also a slowdown. Hmmm…
Don’t forget that the U.S. is a major oil exporter, so oil prices have a profound exaggerated effect on our economy.
Some questions as trade with China is in truce mode to support further cheap imports to have inventory for the Christmas season, and to help stall the slowdown underway from getting worse. While I am not a big farmer, I wonder who will buy U.S. soybeans and corn as Brazil gains in food exports to China.
In my book American farmers are being thrown under the bus. The BRIC’s are the developing economies that are now trading/bartering among themselves, bypassing the U.S. Dollar.
India is buying Russian weapons and Russian oil. China is buying food from Brazil instead of the U.S., and of course there is lots of trade going on between Russia and China…
This BRIC economy exists outside the world market and all this trade does not involve the U.S. Dollar. No one seems to notice, but eventually this will all add up. There is an emerging/separate rogue economy developing in the world.
When I see the U.S. having F-35 sales being canceled it concerns me because foreign sales help subsidize not only our military industrial might, but also they lower costs because of economy of scale, and they kinda ensure spare parts and logistic support.
There are impacts to supply, resupply, logistics that will have a profound effect on mission readiness and capability.
Meanwhile the A-10 is being retired. If you are on the ground and need support A-10’s are the most favored asset for close ground support. It remains a very feared weapon. Does not cost much per hour to fly, and in a fight in support of ground troops the fire power means enemy destruction.
Originally designed to level out the superior amount of Soviet armor and tanks by number, it is still a great weapon with a purpose. Big mistake retiring the A-10. Ask anyone on the ground doing combat.
BTW only the U.S. has the A-10. The Russians kinda built a A-10 clone, the SU-22.
That road from Kuwait that had all that death and destruction was two squadrons of A-10’s doing 2 sorties. Brutal fire power.
Cal