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The May light bill is three times the level of the previous year. |
May 13, 2017
Hi, Tracy.
Just when you think the story is winding down, another shoe drops.
Most of the effects of the Lupron shots and bicalutimide pills, as well as the radiation treatments will have worn off by the end of this summer, but a collateral effect has shown up in the form of a humongous bump in my City Light Bill.
What's that got to do with cancer treatments? It's the "manopause" I've undergone as my internal symptoms responded to hormone blocking and radiation effects. You know that I've had hot flashes followed by cold sweats, but I haven't told you how I coped with them. First of all, in February and March I spent most weekdays around the house, and I wasn't gone hiking on the weekends. That was coupled with a lot of time spent at the computer -- sometimes dawdling, sometimes being creative, and sometimes spent on a class on Web design, well after the radiation treatments ended.
That was matched with chills that I alleviated with help from my space heater -- and hot flashes, which I mitigated with a small table fan. Sometimes I would turn off the space heater, take off a wrap, and then turn on the fan because I became chilled. Sometimes I would turn off the fan and turn on the space heater -- or grab a wrap.
Electrical heating and cooling affects your usage of electricity. When my electrical bill arrived (the image at the top) the tale was told. My electric bill had tripled over the prior year. It probably didn't help that this was a record year for rain.
Love,
Dad
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