Replying to a message of Ardith Hinton to Bob Ackley:

 AH> Hi, Bob!  Recently you wrote in a message to Gord Hannah:

 BA>>  I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the ripe old
 BA>>  age of 50 (in 1975). Had a radical prostatectomy (cut
 BA>>  the whole thing out).  I'm still here and bothering
 BA>>  people a bit over 11 years later.


 AH>            Uh-huh.  My father had skin cancer & prostate cancer when
 AH> he was in his fifties.  He died at ninety-five... essentially because
 AH> his body wore out.

 AH>            From what I've seen of your posts in other echoes, you
 AH> appear to be a man of good sense.



 AH>  You're most welcome to keep "bothering" us here....  ;-)

Thank you.

FWIW, in 2004 (age 59) I came as close to having a (probably fatal) heart
attack as one can come without actually having it.  99% blockage in one
coronary artery, fixed with an angioplasty and stent on March 1 of that year.
Fortunately I didn't ignore the discomfort (no real pains as such) and 
explained the symptoms to the ER physician at the AF hospital at Offutt (back
then Offutt *had* a hospital, it's since been downgraded to a clinic).  I was
admitted directly from the Offutt ER to the coronary unit in a civilian hospital
about 7 miles away and was transported there by civilian ambulance.



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