You know how
older people get. You ask them a simple question – “How’s it going?” – and you
run the risk of getting a 20-minute dissertation on all their health problems.
Way TMI.
That being said,
though, I fear that I haven’t been following my own advice about “How’s it
going?” brevity much lately. A lot of these blog postings have been health related. My health.
That’s natural,
of course. Most of us think our problems are pretty darn interesting. In my
case, my problems and their solutions constitute the reason for this blog.
Things have happened to me that may well happen to you, too. I want you to be
prepared, not surprised.
Still, I don’t
want to be hypocritical. I don’t want to
be one of those geezers who bore friends to tears with too much detail about
the workings of my innards. I want you to keep asking me, “How’s it going?”
without fear.
So I’ll simply
say that I’m having surgery tomorrow to repair or replace a valve in my heart.
It may leave me slightly out of touch for a while. I’ll write about it –
briefly – when I’m back.
How’s it going?
That’s how.