Thought I might make the list. I wasn't feeling well, my wife, an MD, thought I had a dissecting aorta. She was standing there telling me I will die if I don't get to the hospital quickly.
Well, they rushed a bunch of tests at the hospital, my first time in a hospital since I was three years of age, and I soon found I it was not a dissecting aorta, but I had diabetes. That diagnosis was very disappointing to me, but I was not terminal.
However, one of my firends I played bridge with died yesterday. He was 87, and an excellent card player. He still played a couple rounds of golf every week.
So, I enter 2026 with a disease I hope to contain in 2-3 months. I intend to go from 215 lbs to 170, a weight I haven't been at since 1976. I have already dropped 12 lbs. I intend to be radical on this. Interesting thing, I have to wait until February 2nd to see a primary care physician. I had to wait over 6 days for CVS to get their sh*t together and have the supplies I needed to measure my glucose level, despite 1 in 3 folks having diabetes in the USA. Healthcare, what a cluster f***!
Only good thing, I might get down to a 32 inch waist. LOL!
