Those Fantastical Zeroes!

I never really thought about death and my own mortality, so it is a real shock to the system and quite sobering when you start hearing about five year survival rates following a cancer diagnosis. Well, since that fateful day over six years ago, it has been an unbelievable journey of highs and lows dotted with a succession of zeroes the past five years. Just got my newest PSA result and thankfully it is another zero. That makes five years since radiation and though I am somewhat reluctant to say the words remission and/or cured, I do know it is incredibly good news to have five years of zeroes. I certainly have paid the price for the path I chose, a life of 100 percent incontinence and ED ….but considering my Urologist said my PCa was aggressive, I am happy to be celebrating my 65th birthday next week and a future I hope continues to be filled with those wonderful, beautiful Zeroes!

Another zero hero! Have a great bday!

Congrats!

Great news. More proof that a zero ain't nothing.

Jim

Thanks All for the kind and encouraging words. Pratoman, don't know if you saw my post, but I wanted to thank you for telling me about Standing on the Corner. My wife and I went on another road trip and this time, thanks to you, we knew all about Standing on the Corner in Winslow, AZ. Stopped by and got some great pics.

Jim,
That is such great news, Start claiming and proclaiming that REMISSION. !!! Here is hoping and might I say even knowing, that yours is going to, in the words of Bernie Taupin and Elton "last a long long time" (from Rocketman). So from one zero to another, to a fellow five year celebrant, keep the faith!
Wings aka Dan in So Cal

Pratoman, I went through Winslow but it was before that song make the corner famous.

When I travel I do look for spots like that. Last month I did a cross country road trip that took me near enough to Riverside, Iowa to make a detour and a stop. It is the future birthplace of James T. Kirk. There is a nice monument and a mural behind a small shop and a statue in the city park. There is, of course, an annual Trekkie festival there. The town's motto is "Where the Trek Begins."

Another is the Visitor Center in Fargo, ND. There you will find the actual wood chipper used to dispose of of Steve Buscemi's character in the movie named for that town.

More of this stuff is found on https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Mumbo, that's a good one too.