I always considered myself in pretty good shape. I've led a very active life. I don't always eat well, especially when I was single. Since I'm not a chef, I ate out a lot, ergo, the menus.
I didn't have a complete physical from the time I ended my military tour to about 2001, about 30 years. I've got to say I felt pretty good for as physically demanding the work is. But I guess I'm like a car that gets up in mileage and then one thing after another starts to go.
I've always thought my demise would be the result of a military confrontation, craziness on a motorcycle, some kind of driving mishap, or maybe a low flying helicopter. I came close to pushin' up daisies in 2001. If I didn't catch the cancer soon enough I would have had about three months.
But to think of buying the farm on a surgery table is beyond my comprehension. I had this same procedure about two years ago and I forgot how it affected me then.
I had another one last Tuesday and the forms to fill out were like buying this house. It was one waiver after another, and all kinds of releases of liability. They can kill you and get away with it because you gave them permission. Well. this time I went out and for how long I don't know. I remember seeing a bright white light and I thought that this was the light we've been hearing about. But it was the surgery light directly above me. To me it was like looking directly at the sun. By the time I recovered I was still out of it. It was close. I was out of it until sometime Friday. The whole week was like a dream. Time lost.
Maybe it's just me, but I never thought about good health until there is an illness. So, I'm glad to still be around.
I didn't have a complete physical from the time I ended my military tour to about 2001, about 30 years. I've got to say I felt pretty good for as physically demanding the work is. But I guess I'm like a car that gets up in mileage and then one thing after another starts to go.
I've always thought my demise would be the result of a military confrontation, craziness on a motorcycle, some kind of driving mishap, or maybe a low flying helicopter. I came close to pushin' up daisies in 2001. If I didn't catch the cancer soon enough I would have had about three months.
But to think of buying the farm on a surgery table is beyond my comprehension. I had this same procedure about two years ago and I forgot how it affected me then.
I had another one last Tuesday and the forms to fill out were like buying this house. It was one waiver after another, and all kinds of releases of liability. They can kill you and get away with it because you gave them permission. Well. this time I went out and for how long I don't know. I remember seeing a bright white light and I thought that this was the light we've been hearing about. But it was the surgery light directly above me. To me it was like looking directly at the sun. By the time I recovered I was still out of it. It was close. I was out of it until sometime Friday. The whole week was like a dream. Time lost.
Maybe it's just me, but I never thought about good health until there is an illness. So, I'm glad to still be around.
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