Gary, Thanks for your post, as it makes me feel much better. I was starting to feel like a real wimp, since in my 84 years, I had severe asthma from age 3 to 17, measles around 10 or 11, and an appendectomy at age 7. Once I moved from humid Puerto Rico & Florida and Louisiana to California to California at 22, I haven't had any illnesses…
Gary, Thanks for your post, as it makes me feel much better. I was starting to feel like a real wimp, since in my 84 years, I had severe asthma from age 3 to 17, measles around 10 or 11, and an appendectomy at age 7. Once I moved from humid Puerto Rico & Florida and Louisiana to California to California at 22, I haven't had any illnesses. My husband had severe Covid X 2 last year and I nursed him each time, didn't get it. I don't remember my last cold, but I know it was 15+ years ago. In 1988 I had a left breast cancer with radical mastectomy (my choice) & 6 lymph nodes removed, and since then I've been healthy. I think I was saving for the big one, the big C and in the worse place possible, lung. I'm fighting this one with all my strength and keeping my husband's spirits up, because he's devastated. My motto was my paternal grandmother's who survived 2 brain tumors and the 3rd, a malignant in the medula took her life at 65 - she always said: "Nena, me voy con las botas puestas" = "Nena, I'll leave with my boots on". I'd rather not go at all, as I have so much left to do, but if I go, it will be fighting like a warrior, and definitely with my boots on.
Gary, Thanks for your post, as it makes me feel much better. I was starting to feel like a real wimp, since in my 84 years, I had severe asthma from age 3 to 17, measles around 10 or 11, and an appendectomy at age 7. Once I moved from humid Puerto Rico & Florida and Louisiana to California to California at 22, I haven't had any illnesses. My husband had severe Covid X 2 last year and I nursed him each time, didn't get it. I don't remember my last cold, but I know it was 15+ years ago. In 1988 I had a left breast cancer with radical mastectomy (my choice) & 6 lymph nodes removed, and since then I've been healthy. I think I was saving for the big one, the big C and in the worse place possible, lung. I'm fighting this one with all my strength and keeping my husband's spirits up, because he's devastated. My motto was my paternal grandmother's who survived 2 brain tumors and the 3rd, a malignant in the medula took her life at 65 - she always said: "Nena, me voy con las botas puestas" = "Nena, I'll leave with my boots on". I'd rather not go at all, as I have so much left to do, but if I go, it will be fighting like a warrior, and definitely with my boots on.