Yesterday was quite the day. With all of the excitement from the day before we were hoping for a more quiet day. Mel had a friend come to help out with some renovations and I did work during that time. I spent the day documenting things that I know to teach some others. I had some meetings with people that I mentor and then spent time writing up documentations to help them remember what we discussed. As the day progressed the stench from downstairs started to seep up and you could start to smell the mildew from downstairs. It wwas mild but it did not seem too bad at first. We were trying to decide whether we should make an insurance claim or resolve this ourselves. We picked up Olivier and went out to dinner and when we came back this is when we could really smell it. After a bit of discussion, Mel and I decided to contact our insurance company to put in a claim. It was a bit of an effort as I could not call them directly for some weird reason. The website and everything said to start on the app and then it gives you a number to call and it was rather quick to get in touch with an agent. At first we did not ask for emergency remediation, but then Mel committed a cardinal sin and checked on Google on what mildew might mean. We might die if we do not get out of the house immediately. If we stay in the house we are going to get sick and if it is too long we might die from inhaling all of that stuff. I reminded Mel that according to Google that I am supposed to be dead. If you looked up my cancer diagnosis then you would understand the survial rate. The peritoneal cancer is very low and according to Google I am on the verge of death. Mel called back the insurance company and told them that we needed emergency services. She got a little emotional and everyone was super nice to her and she eventually got in touch with someone local who they sent to come in for a check now. When they got here we had a nice chat and he calmed Mel down and said that our house was the cleanest one that he has saw today. Everything is hidden and you can just smell the mildew which he said suggests and strengthens the fact that this is recent and not ongoing. He said that the fact that we tried to deal with this ourselves and used proper equipment will help our case. Looking around we had thought that the damage was fairly controlled. It is not, he mentioned that we might need to tear up the shower and unfortunately my office is going to need to be torn up as well since it is wet in there. A couple of days ago Olivier had mentioned tearing up our carpet downstairs and it has now become a reality and we are going to have ended up renovating the whole house within a year if this happens. We will pay for a new steam shower so that when they install the new shower it will be functional. I also want to upgrade the toilet downstairs to a Japanese Bidet with a nice heated seat. They are wonderful. Highly recommend.
After such a fun day I was surprised that this morning I slept to 5am. I woke up because I had to go to the washroom and it is a couple of hours later than I normally do. The urine was slightly darker with the extended time, but it was much later than I thought. I had a quick snack and went back to bed. The neuropathy is actually better today and I was able to take things out of the fridge and it was ok. Not great, it still hurt with tingling but it was managable as compared to before when I could not even touch anything. Mel said it is because of her and her injection that she gave me. I had congee at 7:30 and I experimented with something that I will not do again. We have some onions, coriandar and ginger that we add on as a garnish and extra flavour. I dumped it all in and my bowl was then half of the fresh herbs. It was a bit too much so for future me, do not do it again. On the bright side though I could taste it all. It seems that this time my taste buds have not faded too much. There is still food that I do not enjoy to eat as it does not feel well going down my throat and does not sit well in my stomach. I noticed it last night when we went out to eat at Kelsey’s with Olivier. At Verdicchio things were fine, but Kelsey’s it was much rougher. We had a gift card for there and we rarely go out to eat so we figured that we would use it. So far today has been a pretty good day and I seem to have more energy and everything has been awesome so far.
It is now late afternoon and I am tired. We did a bunch of things today, but as the day has gone on I am far more tired now compared to earlier today when I thought I had energy. My head is getting foggier and it is amusing to see the contrast. I feel like it is late at night and that I should be going to bed. My body is tired and the sensation is that we have had a long day out doing things. I turned on the game to watch the Netherlands vs Japan and now that I have something else to focus on, it has increased my energy. I was supposed to cook dinner but we decided to heat up one of the numerous frozen food we have in the freezer. Mel is still throwing out things, and giving me space to buy more things. There is so much that we need to declutter now that they are going to rip up everything in the basement. I have a bed in my office that we are contemplating getting rid of as well. I use to actually use it when I was going through cancer the first time. I would work and then take a nap on the bed when I needed a break, but now it is filled with things and I do not use it. I think that I have today under control and have a better understanding of how to manage things. Tomorrow we will see how the day goes.
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