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 Two things are heavy on my mind today.

First, Rob is still early stages, and has always been a careful, cautious driver.

Today he raced the flashing lights at an oncoming train crossing. We did make it to the other side, but with barely moments to spare before the train passed.

He didn't even look, or slow down - as if he didn't notice the flashing lights.

When asked about it, he said that the lights often stayed on for 20 minutes after the train passes, another time he said that the lights were broken and came on even when a train was not coming. I checked with a friend who also drive that way to work, and he confirmed that this was not true.

Either way, if he had looked, he would have seen the train coming.

He later said it was no big deal, and that the lights didn't start flashing until after he crossed.

Second, he got a prostate cancer diagnosis today (this happened after the train incident, so wasn't the cause).

He is taking it well, they caught it early. But they want him to have surgery, with a 4-8 weeks recovery.

I am worried that anesthesia, being in the hospital, and the long recovery, will hasten his dementia.

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