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Consider the Cost

Yesterday I woke feeling under par for the third day in a row.   I had changed my plans to go somewhere I really really wanted to go two days in a row already and it was the last day for this particular event.  I thought how much I would regret not attending.  It is an annual event and there wouldn't be another chance for a year. I had to rethink it.  I did not feel well.  I was coughing, sneezing, and itchy.  The tree outside my door that is dropping pollen like rain has my immune system on full alert.  I also had some pain in my back and hip.  It wasn't bothering me too much but when I considered all the walking I would be doing at the event, I knew I would be aching when I got home.  So, I thought about it and wrote about it. I started with feeling regret about the car accidents that caused my back and neck injuries over 40 years ago and how if I had only gone to the doctor then and gotten treatment my pains would not be so u...