Originally Posted by
VtwinVince
Without wanting to hijack this thread, be very careful of the medical industry's obsession with surgical solutions to what is a fairly endemic problem amongst us old guys.
The problem as a layman (for me) was determining what was the proper course, surgery, radiation or observation.
Surgery is gnarly, but ending up like Mr Singleton is way gnarlier.
Even after the fact I am still no closer to what was the correct (or best) course of action.
It seems to me that there is a lot of gray/fuzzy area to consider, nothing seems to be black and white.
I know I didn't want surgery but I also didn't want to die, not yet anyway.
I know as a 20 year old I thought: "Oh well, he was 67, he lived a good, long life".
As a 67 year old, I am: "Wait a minute there, son, I still got a few, good years left in me".
(leaving on a multi-month, self-contained Europe tour in 3 weeks on my BikeFriday)
RIP Gordon Singleton
My condolences to his family