I do not really have a topic for this week’s article. To be quite honest, my mind has been elsewhere lately. Oscar, Rosandra’s Father, went to see his doctor last week and it was determined that he needed to have a stress test. Oscar went in to do his stress test the end of last week and it was determined he needed to get an angiogram immediately. So, on Tuesday, he went in for the angiogram and it was determined he needed a double bypass and he had to stay in the hospital until he had the surgery. It was determined that it was too risky to send him home at that point. Lucky for Oscar, there was an open window on Wednesday, and he has had his operation. The doctors are happy and now the rehabilitation starts. So, my take on this is that we need to make sure we get our regular checkups and question our doctors if something doesn’t seem right to us. AND DON’T miss your checkups!

 

At my last visit with my oncologist my tests were again negative, and my oncologist was very happy with the results. He said to be quite honest, I was a very sick man when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I was not experiencing the symptoms that you typically experience and was feeling very healthy. If I did not get diagnosed when I did and received the treatment I did it was the opinion of my oncologist that I would not be here today. So, I am grateful for our medical system and the treatments that are available. And yes, I did skip my regular physical for a couple of years. DON’T miss your checkups!

 

I want to say if you have time or the opportunity to reach out and give Midge Stork a hand, it would be greatly appreciated. Dave is back in the hospital and Midge and her son Todd are under a lot of stress. Anything we can do to help Midge would be a big help. Midge has meant a lot to our club with everything she has done and now it is our time to help Midge and her family out.

 

This week’s speaker is Megan Hahn. Megan is due to be inducted into the club and we are taking the opportunity to do her member interview this week. We have three new members in the process of becoming members, beside Megan we have Cal Magro and Mary Jarvis. I’m really looking forward to the new energy these three will bring to us.

 

Don’t forget we are moving our March 7^th meeting to March 6^th in the evening. Our speaker will be Sylvia Whitlock, the first woman in Rotary, and this will also be a joint meeting with Rotaract. Please make sure you RSVP for this meeting because seating will be limited.

 

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
— Oprah Winfrey