Replying to a comment that Alan Meyer made three years ago.

[E2-Guy]

AlanMeyerAlanMeyer in reply to Roland632017

3 years ago

I think that a good way to overcome an addiction is to get yourself addicted to something cheap and harmless. RonrunHU's interest in cactus sounds like a pretty good one. Photography, especially now that it's all digital and you don't have to pay for film and processing, can be a good one. Reading books and keeping notes on them is fun and they're free at the public libraries. Some folks are into cooking, or exercising, or learning a foreign language, or playing the guitar. I suspect that more than a few of us are into reading and writing postings on this forum.

You can even combine them. In addition to growing cactus you can make photographs of them and, after a while, come to see more and more details that you had missed before.

Alan inspired me to post these pics! Photographing their magnificent flowers is also one of my hobbies.

[Tall_Allen]

He hasn't posted in a while, unfortunately. I hope he takes a short break from whatever his new hobby is, and says hello.

[pjoshea13]

I was recently wondering how Alan was doing.

He posted elsewhere in August 2020:

"I'm still alive at age 74, more than 16 years after treatment in 2003-2004. I have no indication that I have any cancer and believe I am likely to die of something other than prostate cancer."

Good to know.

-Patrick

[E2-Guy in reply to pjoshea13]

I hope Alan is doing well...would be great to hear from him!

I'm still alive at age 77, 16 years after my robotic RP. The only indication that I have PCa is/are the cute little boobs that I've acquired from applying Oestrogel (tE2), and I hope to die in my sleep from a MI.

[Hidden in reply to E2-Guy]

Amazing and inspiring ! 🌵

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Nice cacti ronron! I’m going to see that lanai someday when covid abates . 👍🌵😷

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Last time I spoke with him he indicated that he was heavily involved in the 2020 elections.