I began the day feeling good, in no small part to being able to sleep most of the night. "Cash Cab" is a great way to wind down at 11:00 each week night on GSN.
The one negative for the morning is that the research manager managed to break her phone last night. (Another chemo side effect?). With her various responsibilities, not the least of which is me, not having a phone was devastating. Good news - she now has a new phone. Bad news - she has to do all the things involved in setting up a new phone. I asked her how she is able to deal with all the things going on (she has two serious Guardian cases) and she told me that she just pictured herself with a strong exo-skeleton and that all the swirling pieces just had to hang on to that skeleton. Thank God for a strong exo-skeleton!
I ran the game this afternoon and all went well.
Now, let me tell you about Manny. Manny worked in the office next to me when I was much younger. He was to all intents and purposes retired, but he had become the company raconteur.
He was in his 80's. When the subject of age came up, he always said, "At my age, I don't buy green bananas." I never knew Manny's medical history, but I would guess that he was a survivor of colon cancer.
Why do I guess this?
The average life expectancy of an American male is 76. In the past few days, including three times today, I have had people relate the stories of friends or relatives that have survived colon cancer and lived to their 80's or even their 90's.
It is therefore obvious to me that surviving colon cancer extends your life by at least 5 years!
I can live with that!
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