Excellent cheated death 24 times in my life Cheating Death 24 Times by jake cosmos aller Teach Me Something (3) writing prompt entry

measels, should be measles 14 operation should be fourteen operations I am now 68 soon to be 69 I have cheated death 24 times in my long life ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- starting when I was a young lad and had all the childhood diseases over a five year period. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ including the flu pandemic of 1957 measels, mumps, whooping cough. -.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- later I had typhoid fever in 1979. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in 1991 almost died in a train accident. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in 1995, I went jogging fell and ended up with  fourteen operations over the course of a year. later had hammer toe surgery too. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as a mutant drug-resistant staph almost killed me --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ended up in the ER later that year due to an acute GI infection caused by too many antibiotics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ acquired a weird parasite in Bangkok it stays in your system inert for years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- but if you take steroids for any reason it blows up to the size of a Pilates ball instantly killing you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ survived a total car crash winter 1996 in Texas. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- got sick in India a coupl.e of times dengue fever in Barbados. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bronchitis summer 2019 Pneumonia Winter of 2023. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and dreaded coronavirus in 2023. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my father died of cancer his father died of cancer both at age 65. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and so I felt   I may escape the curse that befell my father. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and cheated death again but I know that the Grim Reaper will be calling me some day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ and I will be waiting and will ask him why did he let me escape death so many times before. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am waiting to hear his answer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wondering why I am still alive when death came near me so many times before. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Writing Prompt In this round of Teach Me Something, the theme is YOU. *choose a topic about you that others may not know much about: --an unusual job or hobby, or a little-known aspect of it --an unusual accomplishment or ability --a medical/genetic condition --anything related to you that would be informative to others --nonfiction, prose, suggested word count: 100-1000 --not-blind contest so people get to know YOU better! Author Notes Teach Me Something (3) Getting to Know You In this round of Teach Me Something, the theme is YOU. *choose a topic about you that others may not know much about: --an unusual job or hobby, or a little-known aspect of it --an unusual accomplishment or ability --a medical/genetic condition --anything related to you that would be informative to others --nonfiction, prose, suggested word count: 100-1000 --not-blind contest so people get to know YOU better!

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