News on My Health

In response to my latest EconLog post, “Competition Works, Even in Health Care,” August 17, 2024, a number of you commented or sent emails or Facebook messages expressing your concern. I appreciate all of you who did.

Yesterday, I got some pretty great news. Then biopsy had yielded 12 tissue samples. 10 showed no sign of cancer. 2 showed evidence of cancer but the Gleason score on each was 3 plus 3. That’s apparently what one hopes for from a Gleason score. The Gleason score, as you might guess, is named that famous comedian Jackie Gleason. No, seriously, it’s named after Dr. Donald Gleason.

By the way, I am not planning to make EconLog the place where I post about my health. I will do that only on my davidrhenderson Substack, “I Blog to Differ” and/or on my Facebook page. The only reason I mentioned my health on my Sunday post was to tell my competition story. So the only posts in the future where I talk about my health on EconLog will be ones in which there’s an economic component.

Thanks again for all the good wishes.

The accompany picture is of comedian, and noted medical researcher, Jackie Gleason.

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