One Down, One to Go

Thumbs down.

Dr. No. 1: Way, hey, looks like the cancer’s comin’ back already! There’s all sorts of treatments we can try, though. Saddle up the ambulance!

Dr. No. 2: We’ll be seeing him this afternoon. I have no idea what he’s going to say.

Somewhere off in the distance, but looming ever closer: unorthodox medical procedures, the kind regular doctors don’t approve of.

I do not want to outlive my wife. I don’t want to outlive my country. But it seems to me that my wants are irrelevant.

I would like to finish my books… but it looks like even money that I won’t.

The Bad Word from the Doctor

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No one on the beach…

So the first doctor today said everything’s looking good; but then came Dr. No. 2.

I’m not going into details; they’ve already begun to turn into a blur. Suffice it to say the news was much worse than I expected. The grim reaper has me in his sights.

I’d better not say too much. But I thought my friends and readers ought to know.

And that’s all I can say for now.