No Spring Chicken Letters A series of letters detailing a humorous look at some of the troubles associated with aging males. No Spring Chicken #1 - 18/September/2010 - my 60th birthday My mother always said that getting old wasn't for the faint of heart. So I guess that on this week when I turn 60 it is fitting that I had another example of that... No Spring Chicken #2 - 14/November/2010 The Aliens can take me now. I no longer fear their probes... No Spring Chicken #3 - 18/November/2010 To paraphrase the bard, "I'll not gently into that good night go!"... No Spring Chicken #4 - 7/December/2010 Pop was my idol growing up. He was pretty calm about everything. When he was really, really mad he'd say, "Gosh all fishhooks!" and he'd say it in such a way that you'd want to go wash out your ears 'cause it sounded so dirty... No Spring Chicken #5 - 13/December/2010 Today I had a PET Scan. Well, that isn't all I had, and therein hangs the tail... No Spring Chicken #6 - 15/December/2010 Make no bones about it, they have improved bone marrow biopsies. And they took them not too far from my tail, which, I guess, means that therein hangs the tale... No Spring Chicken #7 - 19/December/2010 If you are making a "Bucket List" leave chemotherapy off of it. In fact, find a way to totally skip the lymphoma/cancer digression entirely... No Spring Chicken #8 - 25/December/2010 The world may just be going crazy. I'm not sure, though, it could be me. Surely my memory is in the trash (not that I'm remembering garbage, but that I can't remember worth beans)... No Spring Chicken #9 - 1/January/2011 Was that a clean bill of health? Well, yeah, but wait until the bill comes due! And not with respect to the cancer, either... No Spring Chicken #10 - 5/January/2011 We went to Oregon over New Years. My brothers both live in Tigard (near Portland), and we got together for a lot of gaming... No Spring Chicken #11 - 15/January/2011 I hate praying to Ralph, the great porcelain god. Before today I hadn't done it since my college days and a little incident involving a pint of scotch, followed by 1 1/2 fifths cherry flavored vodka... No Spring Chicken #12 - 22/January/2011 The good news is that I'm feeling better. The bad news is that Janet is showing her heritage... No Spring Chicken #13 - 13/February/2011 Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you? It happens 13 is one of my lucky numbers and I do feel lucky. Especially today, writing NSC #13 on the 13th of Feb in 2011 (add 02 for feb with 11 for year and you get 13 again)... No Spring Chicken #14 - 18/February/2011 The battle is raging, and I'm the battlefield... No Spring Chicken #15 - 11/March/2011 I've been known to make mistakes, on occasion. That makes it very handy that I wear orthotics in both shoes... No Spring Chicken #16 - 3/April/2011 It's almost over, and I can't wait. If I were writing verses for a song, I don't know if I'd include this year as a very good year or not. It is true that I'm well, again. But it has been a bit of a tough road getting here... No Spring Chicken #17 - 16/April/2011 Done and done! Yes, folks, I'm done with chemo. For probably 10-15 years. Now, the doc has mentioned preventative treatment at yearly intervals of one dose each week for a month... No Spring Chicken #18 - 10/Sept/2014 It seems I fell off the update wagon once the treatments for my lymphoma were done in 2011. But I thought these two items were worth an update... No Spring Chicken #19 - 23/Sept/2014 You know that old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times"? Today I had an interesting day... No Spring Chicken #20 - 29/Sept/2014 Well, it was a pretty good weekend. Now I've just got to put the pieces together to make the rest of the week as good... No Spring Chicken #21 - 7/Oct/2014 If life is ever dull or uninteresting you are doing something wrong. Or right. I'm not sure which any longer... No Spring Chicken #22 - 8/Oct/2014 Did I say life should be interesting? Well, it is... No Spring Chicken #23 - 26/Oct/2014 What we donŐt remember usually hurts a lot. That is why we forget it... No Spring Chicken #24 - 28/Oct/2014 Janet is over there giving me the hairy eyeball because I've been introducing her as the mean woman today... No Spring Chicken #25 - 29/Oct/2014 I have never been so happy to be wrong in my life. Janet wasn't being mean... No Spring Chicken #26 - 5/November/2014 When you are fighting cancer, in any of its forms, it is easy to assume that the worst case scenario is yours... No Spring Chicken #27 - 19/November/2014 Ups and downs represent the last couple of weeks... No Spring Chicken #28 - 3/December/2014 "Know Thyself!" That is how one wag put it... No Spring Chicken #29 - 12/December/2014 Each day is a new challenge to integrate chemo with normal life. This week I've got a cold - heavy lung congestion... No Spring Chicken #30 - 31/December/2014 Horrible thought for the year - we are sitting in the infusion room, both reading while the machine is pumping poison into my body and Janet turns and looks at me and says, "What if these are the good old days?" No Spring Chicken #31 - 9/January/2015 I just looked up Oddfellows and was surprised that my picture wasn't found next to the entry... No Spring Chicken #32 - 25/January/2015 This is going to sound like a litany of complaints, but it isn't really... No Spring Chicken #33 - 4/February/2015 Today I'm taking my first ever train ride... No Spring Chicken #34 - 6/March/2015 Today I set a dangerous precident. Janet asked if we should keep the old electric heater... No Spring Chicken #35 - 14/August/2015 I was reminded by a friend who came to the Kitsap Chordsmen's show last weekend that I hadn't sent out a SitRep (Situation Report) in ages... No Spring Chicken #36 - ?? ?? No Spring Chicken #37 - ?? ?? No Spring Chicken #38 - 5/November/2016 We just flew in from New Zealand, and boy are our arms tired...

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