Did I ever mention that my timing really sucks sometimes?

[DFW]

10. Thanks!! So would I. My checkup this time was less than satisfactory, unfortunately.

I will have watch things for the next 2 months, and if things do not go as desired (and when do they ever do that?), I will find myself on the operating table before summer vacation.

The good news is that I should be good for another 10-20 years after that. The bad news is that this diagnosis was only from the cardiologist's point of view. I still have to keep in mind that my parents and all their siblings had cancer. My sister has already had the "honor," so with me, it's not "if," but "when." I'm in no hurry. But maybe I'll win the jackpot with the longevity gene. Four of my grandparents died before they made it to 80. One of my grandfathers made it to 102 with all his marbles intact right up until the end.

I'm reminded of the old joke that went: When I die, I want to go like my grandfather--peacefully in my sleep, and not screaming in horror like the four passengers in the car with him as he drove it off a cliff.