Replying to a message of Gord Hannah to Daryl Stout:

 GH> My Dad, at 73 diagnosed with prostate, fought it and won, next was
 GH> colo-rectal fought it and won, next was lung and liver, fought it and
 GH> won.  So far he is still alive and as cranky as ever.

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

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