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Hi, Daryl! Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:

Hope you and yours had a good Christmas.

Christmas 2014 was a fairly quiet one, but IMHO we all needed that. Once upon a time our daughter would grumble about being cooped up in the house if Dallas & I hadn't arranged an outing. In those days we went to every party organized by some local charity or whatever. With the SARS epidemic many such gatherings were discontinued. However, she's a bit older now as well.... :-)

It has been busy for me, medical wise.

Never a dull moment, eh? I seem to recall that another person said, many years ago, "Can't I have a few dull moments... please??" ;-)

I had a double ended (front and back) procedure just before
Christmas. They did a cystoscopy up through the penis and
urethra to look into the bladder, and took an image of the
prostate through the rectum. Naturally, I was asleep for both. :)

I'm a prime candidate for this new prostate relief procedure
called Urolift

I hadn't heard of it. Thanks for the info.... :-)

...and I never thought I'd be so excited about a surgical
procedure.

It certainly does sound preferable to the alternatives.

Enlarged prostate issues are part of males growing old

So I gather. In most cases they're probably not a serious cause for concern... apart from the inability to pee, which can be life-threatening.
;-)

I have a follow-up with the urologist in late January, but
the procedure likely won't be done until February. But, from
what I've read, this is an excellent option

I see you've done your homework. I like that.... :-)

and will likely mean I can stop taking Flomax (Tamulosin).

Yes, I've heard of Flomax. As a rule of thumb I consider surgery to be a last resort. But if it means one doesn't have to count on pharmaceuticals ad infinitum I'm interested... and I'd do a similar risk/benefit analysis. :-)




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Hi, Mike! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

I love classic ansi and ascii art. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks for letting me know.

I hadn't posted Hallowe'en greetings recently, although I used
to do it every year. I'm not quite sure why now. But I still have a few things like that on file which I ran across in ASCII_ART & various other echoes.

Seems to me it's been awhile since you & I chatted as well.
Glad to hear from you again. How are you? :-)




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Seems to me it's been awhile since you & I chatted as well. Glad
to hear from you again. How are you? :-)

Seem to be doing all right, mostly. :) You?

Mike

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Hi, Jimmy! Awhile ago you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

Nice! Shared on Facebook too. :-)

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I don't know who created it, but I see what may be the artist's initials at the bottom.

Now... I recognize your name from somewhere. You posted in FIDONEWS recently. I think there's more to it than that, however. Have you posted in SURVIVOR before? Welcome &/or welcome back, as the case may be... [chuckle].

... Adam to Eve-> 'I'll wear the plants in this family'.

While I don't usually comment on taglines, I enjoyed that one. :-))




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Ardith Hinton wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

Now... I recognize your name from somewhere. You posted in FIDONEWS recently. I think there's more to it than that, however.
Have you posted in SURVIVOR before? Welcome &/or welcome back, as the case may be... [chuckle].

I've been an off and on poster, but honestly I don't remember
what all I've posted in. :-)


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Hi, Daryl! Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:

Ardith,

Never a dull moment, eh? I seem to recall that another person said,
many years ago, "Can't I have a few dull moments... please??" ;-)

With the surgeries last year (kidney stone and prostate), I had a lot
of medical expenses. But, thankfully, I was ble to get the majority of
both written off. The expenses I did have allowed me to keep the same
rent this year as I had last year.

I hadn't heard of it. Thanks for the info.... :-)

I really liked it...but as per an earlier message, it had to get
"undone".

So I gather. In most cases they're probably not a serious cause for AH>concern... apart from the inability to pee, which can be life-threatening.

BPH (enlarged prostate) normally does not lead to prostate
cancer...although that cancer is one of the greatest killers of males.

I see you've done your homework. I like that.... :-)

You have to be proactive on your health.

Yes, I've heard of Flomax. As a rule of thumb I consider surgery to
be a last resort. But if it means one doesn't have to count on pharmaceutic AH>ad infinitum I'm interested... and I'd do a similar risk/benefit analysis.

I still take it...and since I started producing kidney stones again
after a 4 1/2 year hiatus, will probably do so for awhile.

Daryl

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