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dustydigger
Posted 2022-12-29 5:23 PM (#26641 - in reply to #23638)
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Location: UK		Well,here we are,end of another year,and as is usual in the last few years I hesitate on starting anew,this time,unbelievably,year ten!. I had a very poor year healthwise,midsummer it seemed very likely I had pancreatic cancer,with a 90% death rate within a year. After tests and scans the following month waiting for results was traumatic to say the least. Fortunately it was only a scare,but what with diabetes,hypothyroidism,pernicious anaemia,my arthritis decided to over grow spinal bone,causing irritation to the chord and pretty constant pain,so sitting at a computer can be a bit fraught at times. I pretty much gave up on the thread mid year and have done very little here. The participation too was way down. I think I got about 5 posts of people in the whole year!. And disappointingly books read by Pick N Mixers dropped by over 200 books from the year below,the lowest for years I think. So I was very close to closing the challenge.
But as usual I dont want to do that. I enjoy posting at least a few of my reads on here.
For 2 years the anaemia caused mental fog and depression,but I think I am finally coming out of it. The packing my body with nice red blood cells has finally made some progress in making me less weak,less brainfogged,less gasping for breath.A side bonus the last couple of months is less inflammation of my bones,actually typing posts is a bit easier.
So I have decided to do probably one last year with this challenge. I will be 75 next month,so ill health is likely to be progressive. I'll take advantage of my seeming remission of various illnesses to post my reads.
I have loved this website since i fell into it by accident summer of 2012. What a huge number of fabulous books I have enjoyed,and I so enjoy looking through the lists of other challengers,often having surprising or intriguing titles brought to my notice.
I hope you will all join me for another year. And who knows,maybe this time next year I will once again be hesitating then deciding to the challenge another year. You never know.......

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