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Thanks for the note, Dave. I might take you up on your kind offer. Rick

Just the co-pays. Rick

Hello Jojo, Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm generally not a whiner - many have problems much worse than mine. I'm just waiting for the 'golden years' to kick in. My kidney function is at 9%; funny thing is I have virtually no symptoms. Just high potassium that's controlled with...

I'm in Gig Harbor. I don't agree that In N Out is garbage - but Fatburger is my preference as well. Their location in Federal Way closed down, so I can't get either now.

I'm on the kidney transplant list here in the PNW - wait time approximately five years! However, one of my sons may donate a kidney to me. As much as I hate that idea: would I rather go on dialysis? Or die? I think I'd rather live, as selfish as that feels . . . .

A nursing home - there's living death.

I'm going to delay till next season, and hope my kidneys hold out - or I get a transplant - in the meantime. I create international travel sections for magazines, so I've been out of business for almost two years now. It looks like New Zealand won't be open until October, so that's next season...

And to you.

Do 'em when you can and while you can. That's my new motto.

It's possible to get in, but not worth the downside, at least for me. Not when the downside could be a hospital visit or worse.

Mid-30s is too young to have to be confronted with your own mortality. I'm reminded of a line from another Clint Eastwood movie, this one from The Unforgiven: "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

Thanks - I haven't given up yet. But I'm reminded of a scene in the Eiger Sanction. As they descend from a failed attempt to summit in fatally dangerous conditions Clint Eastwood says not to worry - they'll get down ok. The Austrian climber says: "I don't think so - but we'll proceed in style."

Yes - vaccinated and boosted. I'm careful. But it's still a crap shoot. All the prophylactic efforts are worth taking - but are the chances? And if I suddenly had to go on dialysis . . . . well, the nearest clinic would probably be in Buenos Aires. If I were young and healthy I'd go and say to...

I'm now 73 and was supposed to leave on a trip to Argentina to fish at Jurassic Lake Lodge, Las Buitreras and two other bucket list-type destinations. My kidneys are failing and I wanted to get this done before dialysis limits my travels. Damn it - I remember being young and fearing nothing. But...

For some reason I can't rotate this pic. But this is Avi, my 4th Great Pyr, at1.5 years old. I adopted him - this photo was taken three days after we brought him home.

260 lbs of Great Pyr.

I love hearing about the flotsam and jetsam that sometimes appear in classifieds. As General Motors used to say - for every rear end there is a seat.