Abandoned Corvair, Sunbury, Georgia.
I've been blessed with pretty robust health for most of my life. In fact, I was doing okay at age 87 until I had a bad fall while going down into a canyon to photograph Potter's Falls near Wartburg, Tennessee. (You can read about it here.) That cost me some walking mobility, and things have been moving slowly downhill since then.
I haven't been writing much lately because, frankly, I haven't been feeling great. I've been lethargic and unmotivated. I think what I need is an overhaul!
Around the end of World War II, while I was still a child, my father owned a 1937 Chevrolet which he drove to work every day -- a 75-mile round trip. After about 60,000 miles the car would need new valves and piston rings, and maybe some bearings -- what we called an overhaul. Dad, a man of boundless energy and many abilities, would park the car in my grandmother's garage and do the work himself.
Fortunately, I have somewhat more than 60,000 miles on my odometer, but the time has finally come for an overhaul.
About five weeks ago, I had an angioplasty in my right leg to clear out the arteries and improve circulation. The left leg will get its turn in a few weeks. Two weeks ago I had surgery to remove parts of the large and third toes on my right foot. They had become infected and the infection had reached the bone.
Today I am having a heart catheterization as a prelude to an aortic valve replacement. And Friday, I am having a small skin cancer removed from my chest. Who knows what may be next?
So I'm getting overhauled. I hope the doctors are as skilled as my father. Maybe I can get another ten years out of this overhaul!
Of course, if I were still a kid and Dad were still around, he would take off his belt and solve my motivation problems very quickly.
The Picture: Abandoned Chevrolet Corvair at Sunbury, on the Georgia coast. Photographed with a Canon EOS 20D digital camera.
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David, I’m awfully sorry you are going through many health challenges. I’m glad you’re keeping your sense of humor through it all. I will pray for successful treatments, and I look forward to your next post whenever you’re up to it.
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