>>>>I'm not good in pampering someone in german, forget about english. Except the prostate problem (depends how serious / fast this is) the rest IS for just walk on.
>>>>I know a lot of people with diabetes that live for decades with it now. But they are stubborn on there way. The ones that have choosen otherwise - I think you doctor told you. Booze is the same.
>>>>Well, you have it hard. But there is still time to change you behaviour. You are on the right way with the alcoholis. Start working on diabetes. Move, run, walk, workout. Give your body a workload. In some sence you are on probation and the sentence is clear. You do not need to be a sportsmen. Just a long stroll with your daughter, story telling, singing, whatever. Daily. (Please, pardon me, but from your pictures it will not hurt her too. So you got double result.)
>>>>You can't do much yourself for your prostate - but whatever the medics are doing - normaly a body with a good condition responds better.
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>>>>Anyway. I wish you the best. I know how a depression feels from inside. I know how sad things could go.
>>>>If you feel lonley or sad at your night - it's my day.
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>>>>Lutz
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>>>Thank you for the kind words.
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>>>The silver lining in all this is the medication for the prostate problem says explicitly do not mix with alcohol. That is something I have been working on already. This gives me an extra incentive. After the diagnosis I drank for a day and found the warning was accurate. It was like a field trip to hell.
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>>>The daughters are both grown and gone now, alas. The younger one finished her semester abroad in Prague and is now barnstorming Europe for another month. Rome and Pisa are on the agenda. She did not share that detail with me in advance. She just said she would be back at the end of June. She has kept her own counsel from about the age of 6.
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>>So I must have mixed up something.
>>Anyway, to be grandfather is a goal too. :)
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>Yes, that would be nice. I don't think either daughter is anxious to marry any time soon.

That's the problem with contraception.