Better today
I think it's got a few years left. They're gonna have to cut it off my crawling, trail-leaving body before I let it go!
I made it through without going to the hospital. When we go to the hospital here, we not only have to worry about our own finances, but those of our small-business co-workers, who are lucky even to have insurance, given that small businesses are quickly dropped or priced out of range by large insurance companies that hold all the cards. So by toughing it out, I made it possible for someone to use the limited credit we collectively get on a kid or a sick wife. Gotta take a few for the team.
Thanks for the concern. Maybe there will be replacement parts (spare veins) when the time comes to let ol' Peg go. If that happens, I'll bury it and throw a wake where everyone has to come dressed like a pirate or a wench.
-drl