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Today, I meet with the last doctor in my round table examination of my body and my health this week. My doctors decided it was time to check me out all over, and they weren’t kidding – X-rays, blood work, urine samples, etc.

Today is the last meeting for a week or so (my toe will be amputated in three weeks). The recovery will be challenging and complex for several weeks, and then it should be all over unless they discover something else when they read through all these tests.

Yesterday, I was given (verbally and in writing) three pages of pre-and-post instructions on medications, standing up, icing, food elevation, and bandaging. The operation will take about a half hour and the recovery about three weeks. This morning, it’s the urologist’s turn to take a look at me. Being an older man is different; everything is on the table.

By tomorrow, I’ll know just how healthy I am or am not. Thanks for supporting my blog and the work it makes possible.

More later. I’m eager to have a week or two without doctor’s appointments. That week begins at noon today.