Health – Lorin Duckman Today

Brandon Luskin – Hand Doctor

We aging human specimens visit a wide variety of doctors. I have eye doctor, dick doctor, heart doctor, skin doctor and a cancer doctor. Oops, I have a back and pain doctor along with a veins doctor. Luckily, I also have medicare and insurance. So many aches and pains. It seems like every time I go to the Geriatric Physician, I get a referral.

One of my regular stops is the hand doctor. My fingers pop. For a while I couldn’t bend them. There’s a pain near some joints. So I go the Brandon. Luckily, recently, he has managed my problem with shots. Ouch.

This is as close to a quick stop as I get. And I don’t shake hands any more. Hand bumps.

DUCK Today – May 13, 2026

So, went to see primary doc, today. He said, “…, good health. See you in November.” Three weeks ago, saw cancer doc. He said, “…, perfect blood for a person with your kind of cancer. See you in three months.” Not cancer free. Not feeling like I was a young man, but not feeling as bad as I did when I was not feeling good. That was bad.

A Tulip

A person in my blood cancer conversation group wrote about coping by exercise, research and positive thinking. I wrote him and sent him and another person coping with the disease a flower – a tulip, reminding them that a flower in bloom shows life.

In response, one wrote back, “CLL means Living a Long Life.”

Lynn Cancer Clinic

Today, I left a blood sample. Friday, I see the Doc. Not worried about my blood counts. Feel good.

People come to get chemo or another thing. Some cannot walk out. Some cannot walk in. I did both today. And there isn’t anything worth reading.

Gents Barber Shop

Mr. Martin, aged 92, still drives a car and still wants to look dapper. Lyric clips him into shape, smiling with every gently swipe.

When I told him I was 78, he called me a baby. I disagree. “You are Old Old; I am just Old!

Feeling Great

So, a year has passed and I have not been back to the hospital, given blood or had a loss of consciousness. Have the usual pain associated with aging, in addition to an unsharpening of the mind. More good than not good. That’s good, eh?

Well

Well, I am doing the best I can. Glad, damn glad, you asked. Not doing it on my own. A little help from my friends, Jaypirca.

Born To Live

Well, I am putting on some weight and building muscle. Not much cooperation from my body which has sprung a hernia (operation scheduled for January 13, 2025). Lots of doctors still on the list and not a lot of options. Have adjusted to the new cancer meds and my blood has been storing oxygen. Go Hemo, Go!

So, I keep walking and talking. Put here to live and then die. Walk and talk. No need to worry about what the future holds. The sands on the hour glass trickle at an excruciating rate, which, for me, is just fine. More time to do what I do and more time to play with Sharon.

Lichens Return

So, I am back on the street. Walked, with Sharon chaperoning, up the block near the trees. Lichens beckoned.

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