Ace, I'm 61, and up until Monday, absolutely nothing worth noting medically, either treating or medicating. I had COVID and never even needed a hanky.

There's a couple other surprises I got from the MRI and CT scans, in essence, 45 year old time bombs left over from cancer treatments (4000 rads of glowing goodness) back in the 1970s. It's likely the biggest, nastiest surprise caused the stroke and it isn't cardiovascular in origin. The radiation fried both my brain lining and a heart valve, it seems. But the observations of the stroke event are real, and I had no idea what I was experiencing was anything other than "getting old."

Just thought I'd say something about balance and eyes, because it's not being taught.


Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.