Replying to a message of Ardith Hinton to Bob Ackley:

 AH> Hi, Bob!  Recently you wrote in a message to Allen Prunty:

 BA>>  I survived prostate cancer (1995).  I know, it's not
 BA>>  the same thing, but it's close .

 AH>          My father had prostate cancer when he was in his fifties & he
 AH> had skin cancer when he was in his sixties.  He died at ninety-five,
 AH> essentially because his body wore out.  Meanwhile I learned a lot
 AH> from his example....  :-)

One has to pay attention to one's body.  And to what the body is telling you.
In 2004 I had this 'tired' feeling in the middle of my chest, anytime I did any
physical exertion at all - like climbing a flight of stairs.  Went to the Offutt
base hospital (since closed and converted to a walk-in clinic), they put me on
a heparin drip and admitted me to the coronary unit of a civilian hospital 7 
miles away.  Turned out I had a 99% blockage in one coronary artery, a balloon
angioplasty and stent fixed that.  Had I ignored that 'tired' feeling I wouldn't be
typing this to you today.

--- FleetStreet 1.19+