Over a year ago, I was having issues with blood pressure, and suddenly dropping out...like a stroke but lasting only minutes.
Finally, making a long two years short, an MRI detected a brain tumor. a chordoma. The local neurosurgeon told my wife and I that had a few weeks...go and take care of things and get prepared. No way to operate. The tumor was located directly on top of my spinal column, and inaccessible. Great news.
My oldest daughter, an RN, knew a doctor that told her of a specialist and at least go and see him. So we went, and he took a few pictures, and said he had no idea what it may prove to be and it would be risky, but he was good with trying.
And we did....he removed a tumor the size of a lemon through my nose by dissecting it with a guided laser and computer imaging. Turned out to be malignant, and they got it all in one pass.
Now, all this is why I have hardly been around for nearly a few years. That said, I am just now getting interested in woodworking and sawing again.....but I also will be living life for the sake of living.....my wife and I take more trips, and I am trying to slow down at work...let my son take more of the company over.
The point it to smell the roses.