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"The irony seemed a bit heavy-handed, frankly. Just as I was about to publish a
book called
How Life Works, my own life stopped working as it should.
Following a series of urinary tract infections, a biopsy confirmed that I have
prostate cancer. Sometimes this kind of cancer just sits there and does very
little, in which case regular monitoring of blood PSA levels is adequate to
identify any danger. My cancer isn’t like that. It is moderately aggressive and
classified as high-risk, which means that a radical intervention—in my case,
surgical removal of the prostate—is needed to keep me alive.
Whether that works only time will tell, though the prognosis is hopeful. After
the diagnosis but before learning from a PET scan that the cancer appears not
to have spread, I was particularly mindful of life’s finiteness. Those
uncertain days, lit by the golden glow of summer’s late dwindling, had a
charged intensity. To my surprise, I found solace in what writing
How Life
Works had led me to conclude about the nature of life itself. I am now more
amazed by life than ever. Like my late friend Oliver Sacks, my predominant
feeling was one of gratitude. Like Oliver, I realized that “being a sentient
being on this beautiful planet”—for however long that might continue—“has been
an enormous privilege and adventure.”"
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
