Walking Dead Man

[yqtszhj]

An update on me on the second anniversary my getting run down, and over, by the Cancer bus.

Advanced(!) Stage IV Pancreatic. Initial prognosis of four to six months, on the outside, until dead. Hell, I was there already.

However, as you can prolly tell 'cause I'm sitting here writing this, that didn't happen. And, sadly, I'm not only not dead but also in outwardly excellent health. I attribute a lot of this to my curmudgeonly outlook and approach to life. And to delight at finally finding a way to piss my wife off with something she's got to pretend to be happy about.

Lest anyone be tempted to go into "them docs don't know what they're talkin' about" mode.....the docs were absolutely right. There is no way i should have so far survived this. I'm rightly considered a major anomaly in our medical/oncology community. What a great post retirement hobby this has turned out to be!

If I'm unfortunate enough to make it to my 76th birthday next April, I'll again update post then.

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to all! I know I'm gonna enjoy it.

Maybe your longevity anomaly is due to not being a person distracted by large mammary glands like many of us are.

Glad you’re doing well.

[jeepster09]

Well glad your still here.

[Bobshouse]

Remember, only the good die young...

Most of us here will probably live well into our 100's...you included.

[Bawanna]

Some truth in that I reckon.

I recall at an officer memorial a fella telling me they always say what a swell good guy he was. I'm gonna be an A hole and live forever.

[jeepster09]

Some truth in that I reckon.

I recall at an officer memorial a fella telling me they always say what a swell good guy he was. I'm gonna be an A hole and live forever.

[ltxi]

Remember, only the good die young...

Most of us here will probably live well into our 100's...you included.

Yes. I'm a prime/classic example of that. And have been most conscious of it since I have no idea how dodged a point blank round center mass to my face going on 40 years ago.

Mental image of that imminent is still clear as a bell in my mind, can call it up at will, it's served me well. Though not so much as some some other folk.....past that episode I've had, "Oh, what the hell I shoulda been dead long ago anyway", no fear when it all goes down.

[ltxi]

I promised ya'll no more Me nonsense until my next birthday. Well, it's here. Seventy-six and still not Deep Six! And, man, are the cancer gods pissed!!

Still quite outward healthy but indicators have me and the enemy at close to a stalemate..with a lot of battle ahead. They've regrouped from their initial Pearl Harbor approach that ended in disaster and are taking a more considered. "intelligent" tack.

Whatever....coming up on this year's road trip travel season and ain't gonna concern myself about anything cancer until October.

That's it for this Me annoyance....

RIP William Wessel !

[340pd]

Great news!
"Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead".

[AIRret]

Itxi.............Go FOR IT..............embarrass the rest of the world!!!

[ltxi]

Itxi.............Go FOR IT..............embarrass the rest of the world!!!

Sure, why not. I've already embarrassed the cancer gods and most everyone who knows me.

[Bawanna]

I think you just enjoy surprising the relatives on your road trips. Surprise!!! I'm still here.

Man I hope you keep doing that for another 20 or 30 years. Be sweet if you outlast all of them......

[ltxi]

I think you just enjoy surprising the relatives on your road trips. Surprise!!! I'm still here.

Man I hope you keep doing that for another 20 or 30 years. Be sweet if you outlast all of them......

Unfortunately, relatives are forewarned. I'm "required" to give them a circa monthly update. If I don't send one they all start freaking out. I do, however, still get to enjoy pissing them all off by showing up at our annual family reunion in PA in July.

And, yeah, further upsetting them by outlasting them all would be pretty cool. But that ain't gonna happen....dammit.

[Armybrat]

Good to hear that you're keepin' on truckin'.

Annoy the relatives even more by taking the last piece of cake and last cookie off the dessert table.

[AIRret]

We are very glad that you keep beating the odds!