A restaurant owner who variably represented his homeland as Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria and who gave his age as 28, 36, 47, or 51, depending on who he was talking to insisted that salad must be eaten after all of the other courses and followed by a small, strong drink. The salad pushes everything else out in a timely fashion, since it's last in line, see.
His restaurant served the salad first.
Hi farmerman, Just ran into this thread, and read about your need to "smell the flowers more." That's been my philosophy of life since my early forties, because I felt work took up too much of my life. I'll be 72 years old next month, and hope I'll be going strong for another two decades of world travel. I'm pushing 7-8 trips a year to enjoy the fall of my life, and it's been working wonderfully.
I learned early this year that I have prostate cancer, but my mental state is calm, because I have been enjoying life to the fullest, and the doctors will take care of what ails me. I get "seeds" implanted into my prostate next week, and begin radiation treatment for five days a week for seven weeks. I'm also being treated with hormone to reduce my PSA. My brother had ostomy cancer, so I guess it runs in our family. My sister was an oncology nurse for 25 years, and she agreed with both the urologist and oncologist on my treatment plan. My nephew is a cancer physician, and he called me from Hawaii to ask about my cancer. He's going to ask his friends who specialize in prostate cancer, and will be calling me to let me know if they have anything else to tell me about the treatment plan. I feel I have all the support I need to ensure the best outcome possible.
Take good care, don't worry, and let your doctors do the worrying, but always get a second opinion.
Cic, it's great that you have such helpful and knowledgeable people in your life! My father had to reach out to others for support.
Damn C.I... My best wishes for a speedy recovery for you too.
C/I I admire your attitude and I'm sure you will conquer this mountain. My best wishes go with you fighting this temporary setback. Good luck and take care.
Thanks to all of you for your best wishes. <smiles>
I can tell you're in capable hands, CI.
Love bananas, and eat them almost every day I'm home. Kiwis, I can't stand, and our friend gives us a large bag full every year that I give away to friends and neighbors. One even drive down from San Mateo, a couple I met over six years ago on the Russia river cruise.
The tratment options and disgnosis of prostate cancer has changed so much in the last 15 to 20 years that many people who had the disease then would be healthy survivors today..
Ci, believe it or not, my travel days are gladly behind me. I dont like planes and hate big ships. I rather enjoy cruising in our boat and not being on anyone elses schedule. My partner and I are not recreationalists, we are relaxists. We go to some place to see something and decompress while therWe both dont enjoy the "travel experience". Were going to Holland this Fall and Oaxaca for about 2 weeks next spring. Ive still got to be on my project in Argentina but Im able to do that trip in a week or less each time. Nope, my world travel has taken me to places where Ive seen too much suffering and conditions that I know my resource development work will never be used to improve the plight of the rural workers. Sometimes my biggest joys , when I have to be in some third world place, is to dispatch our drilling rigs to drill a water well for some backassward village and watch the people have fresh ground water for cooking and bathing for the first time in their lives . Thats enough to recover the extra costs we have to expend to provide casing and hand pumps and down time while we should be drilling for rock cores. Thats the only time I get a charge. Our trip to Oaxaca is sort of in that vein. Were going along with a church group( a bunch of Evangelicals no less) and im going to arrange for developing some rural water supplies for a series of villages whose water has become tainted by dissolved lead. I know Ill be Evangelized for the whole trip but I will try to make a deal that I wont mess with their minds if they dont mess with mine.
I think your attitude comes through in all your posts ci. You have a way of infusing a snese of opyimism in your communication. I wish you only many more road trips and Ill want to read a post from your Skidoo trip on Mendenhall glacier on yer Hundredth birthday.
farmerman, Did the Mendenhall Glacier at 50 with the wife, my brother and his wife. We even had Capt Stubing on the ship.
Then youll have to do the Kilamanjaro Glacier . Hopefully therell be something left in30 years.
I should live so long, but I do have a friend in the capital of Tanzania I wouldn't mind visiting. He's a young physician, also with cancer, and he's been in treatment for about five years now. I've never personally met him and his family, but received pictures. We keep in touch pretty regular; as a matter of fact, he sent me an email last week to say "hello."
Sorry to hear about the prostate cancer, c.i. You're in good company, though. I know quite a few who've been through this, including some close friends. At least you have something they know a great deal about...and you have several treatment options. Sounds like you've done your research.
Eva, The internet has all kinds of resources for cancer, but the doctor at Kaiser also provided me with some brochures to read. American Cancer Society's web site is also very informative for the different kinds of cancer.
My mom just told me that at Kaiser they get money for the the lest amount of test they give a patients even if it is in there best interest inless the patient ask for the test then they have to give you the test.
She is retired from the medical field.
Amigo, That has not been my experience at Kaiser. As a matter of fact, in my 71 years of life, my physician at Kaiser is the best I've ever had in my life. She's the one that ordered the PSA test, does a digital every time I have a physical, and ordered another PSA test when it showed 9.5. She ordered the biopsy, and what followed from that is the appointment and biopsy, then the hormone treatment, then the appointment with the oncologist. My physician called me before I went on my trip to Chicago on May 29 to see how I was doing; no other physician has ever called me that way. She's called me several times over the years I've had her as my physician. I'm not aware of too many physicians in practice today who calls his/her patient to see how they are doing. Do you?
Yipes! Of course I wish you only the very best with curing your PC.
I suppose ,though it is my mom, it is still hear say.
Best of luck with your treatments, c.i. I know you'll do fine.
Best wishes to you as well, CI. I love the way you think :-D
I've been eating bananas every day for years and I'm with you on the avocados, Farmer......Yuk.......
