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Posted 7/19/2022 8:50 AM (GMT 0)
it's bed time and i just got a notification that new lab results were posted. i had blood drawn last friday for my annual physical

all my numbers are normal and most importantly my PSA is still <.1

i finally gave in and started on a statin last year and it worked. so i'm happy about that too

in the past i would not get my results until i saw my doctor -- even if i had to wait a week or longer. but now i have zero PSA anxiety so i check as soon as i can

tomorrow i pick up a prescription for diamox that i'll test in the white mountains next week between 11k' and 12k'. my plan is to ascend White Mountain Peak in september, which at 14250' is the third highest peak in califonia. it's a 15-mile day hike that gains 3500'. i also plan to use boost oxygen. i've never been higher than 12k' with my feet on the ground

in this folder you can see the results from last month's milky way outting in the white mountains and the alabama hills (basically the trees and the arches) https://zenfolio.page.link/ywoyp

my instagram account was hacked and hijacked by a bitcoin scammer four months ago and i have not been able to restore it. i will probably open a new account at some point
Posted 7/19/2022 1:56 PM (GMT 0)
Congrats, another great result!
Posted 7/19/2022 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations on your test results AND those fantastic photos! Just awesome!
Posted 7/19/2022 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
Great results Ed. Gotta love the long term effectiveness of our treatment choice. Like you, I pegged another <.10 and started a low dose statin this month.

Unlike you, I am not climbing any mountains nor as talented with a camera as you. Thanks for the pics and best wishes on the climb. Can’t wait to see the pictures. Highest spot I have been was on top of Pike’s Peak, a 14k mountain. Had a little help from my jeep to get there.
Posted 7/19/2022 4:54 PM (GMT 0)
F8, two great numbers to celebrate. That sounds like a challenging, but fantastic hike. More of a climb than a hike, though. Bring back some pictures with you.
Michael
Posted 7/20/2022 3:56 AM (GMT 0)
thanks to all of you! bristlecone pines are the longest living non-clonal organisms on the planet. the oldest tree discovered is methuselah which is 5,000 years old! i spend more time in the bristlecone forest than any photographer i know so i thought it only right that i attempt to ascend white mountain peak which is only a couple hundred feet lower than mt whitney. whitney is the highest peak in the continental US.

JNF -- i have always been amazed that you have remained undetectable. with your numbers your cancer had clearly spread. if you had taken an incremental approach i think we both know the outcome would have been different! hit it hard man!
Posted 7/20/2022 8:43 AM (GMT 0)
Congrats and have fun on your trip.
Posted 7/20/2022 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
F8, Congrats on the great result. Have fun on your climb. Next week we will beat the heat and climb the mountains leading to San Diego, by car. LOL. JNF, when I was young I watched the Pikes Peak hill climb race. I couldn’t believe anyone would take the chance to race up that road. No guardrails back then. F8, here’s to many more great results to come.
Jack
Posted 7/20/2022 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
Ed, congrats on your numbers...and wishing you many more years of the same. Your pics were great as always and I'm looking forward to the next set.

Jim
Posted 7/20/2022 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
That's great news, F8. I'm hoping for the same result next month. Good luck on the climb.
Posted 7/20/2022 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
F8:

1. Great numbers! Good for you!

2. I think I may have asked you this in the past, and forgotten your answer if you did reply, but have you ever exhibited your work? I know in my library days I used to catalog large, pretty, glossy books of artistic photographs which, IMHO, were no better than what you show us from time to time.
Posted 7/20/2022 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
Those pictures are fantastic! We used to say a mtn. climber never looked down, and a mtn. runner never looked up.
Michael
Posted 7/21/2022 2:09 AM (GMT 0)
Congratulations!
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