Tuesday, June 26, 2018

No More Jell-O


Greetings! I hope all is well in your world. In March of this year, I mused about The Streak reaching 21 years while reflecting on turning 50.  In that post I wrote, “As you know, I love to quote John Mellencamp lyrics. The 21st anniversary of The Streaks seems like as a good occasion to continue the trend. In Mellencamp’s song, Don’t Need this Body, he writes:
This getting older
Ain't for cowards
This getting older
Is a lot to go through.”

Oh my, it’s like I put some sort of craziness into The Universe.  Since that time, I had a hernia and repair surgery. Both of which seriously threatened The Streak.

The health and wellness community strongly encourages people to have a colonoscopy after turning 50. Yesterday, I had the procedure. Let me join my voice to the masses. First, do it. Second, the day before is more annoying than the procedure. I didn’t have any polyps, so that made my experience as low key as possible. It was a breeze. I was out of the office in an hour. We went straight to lunch and had a normal evening.

Seriously, this getting older is not for cowards. Being healthy sure makes a different in the process. I told Shannan my new message for The Universe is, I’m done with hospital gowns and Jell-O. The Streak will help with that, I’m sure.

Make Good Choices. Run.

Tom

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