2013--So Far

Every year is a good year, but some years are a little better than others.

Writing a blog is not as easy as it looks (for me, at least). There is an assumption that I should have something to say that somebody else may actually want to read--not necessarily true. For several years now I have tried to post something every couple of weeks, usually with some connection to prostate cancer. With close attention to my procrastination skills, I have sometimes stretched the time between entries to three or four weeks. This doesn't have much affect on anybody else, of course, but in my own head I seem to be getting slower and slower...and slower. But I digress

2013 has been a pretty good year, so far. My PSA has leveled out so I don't have to switch to even more expensive meds--yet. We spent two weeks in Hawaii (with a three-year-old very precocious grandson) and a month in Arizona--we are drawn to sunshine. We normally live in the Northwest, which is not noted for lots of sunshine. You might wonder why. We wonder, too.

Even with my faltering memory, I can remember a lot of good years from the past; when we got married, when each of the kids (all five) was born, when we took a chance and moved to Canada, then Hawaii, and back to Oregon again (with a short stop in Texas). I remember the year I finished Grad School, ran my fastest Marathon, and of course when I retired (yay).

Then there were other years--when my wife was diagnosed with diabetes, when I was diagnosed and began treatment for prostate cancer, when my PSA jumped, etc. Those were more challenging years but we all survived. What does all this have to do with prostate cancer...or anything else? Not much, but I won't have to think about writing another blog entry for a couple of weeks. Move over Seinfeld!

axman