Originally Posted by PhotoJoe

I absolutely think about the distant future - far more than I used to. I spent a year going through chemo to fight a Ewing's Sarcoma (cancer). Docs told me it was "extremely aggressive". We caught it early, however, they gave me absolutely no guarantees. I spent about 75 days in the hospital between April 2011 and March, 2012. I spent a lot of time wondering if I would get to walk my daughters down the isle, see grandkids, etc. We never have any guarantees, however, I now look at what I eat a whole lot closer. I'm not perfect, but I have cut out some things, cut way back on others. I still want to enjoy life, and I have no idea of which competing study I should believe, but I am making smarter choices, just in case something in my old diet caused the disease.

Not to be dramatic, but I guess I look closer at today so that I can increase my odds of having a distant future. That's a big reason why I ride.