At 10:00 this morning, the sirens sounded for Holocaust Day in memory of the 6,000,000 murdered by the Nazis. I was walking to my appointment at the hospital, so I stopped and bowed my head, together with everybody else in the entire country. Then I continued to my appointment with the urologist at the hospital. He said that I should have a radical prostatectomy.
I then walked over to the Maccabi office to find out what I needed to do next. I learned that I needed to see the Maccabi urologist again, which didn't surprise me really. I took the bus back home to avoid too much walking in the hot midday sun.
When I got back home, I went onto the Maccabi website and found that I could get an appointment with my urologist this afternoon, so I grabbed it.
I taught only 3 units of Berlitz lessons today: 2:45-3:30 and 7:00-8:30.
After my first lesson, I walked down to the 4:15 appointment with my Maccabi urologist. He was rather annoyed to discover that they had only sent me to another urologist, NOT a specialist in oncology. He actually HAD written urology on his letter, though. Anyway, he gave me another letter specifically mentioning oncology and the Ikhilov Hospital in Tel Aviv where he wants me to go, and this time they've gotten it right. This means, of course, that we STILL don't know whether I'll actually have surgery or whether radiation is a better option. I have to call to schedule an appointment, but they gave me the telephone number. I'll do it on Sunday (they won't be open Friday or Shabbat because it will be the weekend).
Along my walk, I took a number of beautiful pictures, which I have already posted to Facebook. One of them is also today's pic of the day, some very tiny purple flowers:
After I was finished at Maccabi, I went into a nearby falafel restaurant and got only a bottle of Coke Zero. Then, I sat there for quite a while drinking it and enjoying the coolness of the A/C (and allowing the sun to get lower) before starting back home a longer way. I also stopped at the Shufersal on Y'rushalayim St. and spent more than 200 of the 250 shekels on my gift card from Berlitz. Some of that was merely stocking up on some things I would be getting eventually anyway, and some of it was special items I like but which I don't usually buy these days because they're a bit on the expensive side. So, that was nice.
I walked a total of 7.86 kilometers today (all in flip-flops).
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