Surprise, surprise,
I’m headed for another year.
Maybe I will accomplish something great this year…write the
great American novel, make congress productive, or find a cure for
procrastination. More likely, however, I will continue to have fun and enjoy
every day.
Over the ten years I have lived with cancer I have tried,
and mostly succeeded, to be active, positive, and moderately productive. I have
written or co-written three cancer related books. The research and writing was
actually a lot of fun and also challenging. My quite modest expectations of
fame and fortune proved not to be nearly modest enough. I have no regrets. I’d
probably do it again. And I just might.
Now for a moment of unabashed self-promotion. Two of the
books are in print and available, really (the third is not yet published). Real
Men Get Prostate Cancer Too and Cancer
Clinical Trials can be found at Amazon and other fine book sellers. My next book will have a much catchier and more profitable title—something like, 50
Shades of Old and Grey, or Get Rich with
Clinical Trials, or A Cure for
Cancer—Guaranteed! Sound OK to you?
I sometimes wonder why I seem to be surviving quite well
while others with the same diagnosis and prognosis I have, aren't. I’m not
complaining about surviving, but there is that nagging question of “why me?” I
know life is unpredictable and that’s probably for the best.
In 2014 I hope to do better at finding my glasses, phone,
keys, and that half-full coffee cup. So it’s on, on‑‑to new adventures in
traveling, spending quality time with family and friends, wandering aimlessly around
the Arizona desert, gardening (mini adventure), and taking a nap whenever I want
to.
The very best of everything in 2014 and may the cures be
with you!
axman
