GREEN FLAG--LAP 71 AROUND THE SUN
Well readers, it’s time for my annual stream of semi consciousness in honor of the start of my 71 st lap around the Sun. But first, a cancer update: My PSA continues to be , for all intents and purposes, “0”. It is actually a very small number less than 1, but my doctor explained that for diagnostic purposes, it’s zero. It has been at that level for over 18 months. Now, a doctor will NOT say that I am cancer free, in remission, or any other term they use for “healed” , but I think that I can report that, for now, there is no sign of disease. The testosterone suppression treatment will continue for another 6 months, and that has its own unpleasant set of side effects. I’m told by someone who has been through it that eventually I will feel “normal” (Whatever that is.) Now for the stream of thoughts and observations: --I am so glad that the elections are over (for now)! I was so weary of having my intelligence ins...