This morning my urologist called me. He was pleased to tell me that there was no sign of cancer in the biopsies of my prostate. See "The Impatient Outpatient". However, he wants to see me again next February and his staff called me back with a specific date.
Where are my get-young pills?
Ah, this is a good place to stick in my notes about Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth. Ponce did not discover Florida. "By 1513, when Ponce de Léon first arrived, so many Europeans had visited Florida that some Indians greeted him in Spanish." The fountain of youth at St. Augustine was concocted by Washington Irving over 300 years later. See "Ponce de León, Exposed", T. Allman, New York Times, 2013-04-01.
About the only Fountains of Youth are to pick long-lived grandparents, don't smoke, drink moderately, eat your vegetables, and exercise regularly. I've failed at some time or another on all five, but I have followed the second for over 30 years and I try to follow the last three every day. Plus I have Magree's push-up rule of longevity - you'll live as many years more as you can do pushups. I have been doing between 22 and 26 most mornings. See "The Magree Inexpensive Heart Stress Test".
