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Written By Boy Guingguing
Publisher, Sunday Post

It’s better to have gambled & lost

than never to have gambled at all

Life is a gamble, so they say. Win or lose, you accept life as gamble even if you are not a gambler yourself.

If I have to describe my gambling habits, it is not by force of habit. It is what we call as social gambler, recalling to mind other social  characteristics like social drinker or social smoker.

Why talk about gambling this time?

The premise is that since life is a gamble we might as well tinker with our risk of losing or winning in a kind of battle never been fought in our whole life.

It is one battle that win or lose-- worth fighting.

We are referring to our date with the knife anytime next month. Not that I am scared to death. If we keep on postponing and postponing this major surgery, it is not because we are afraid to die, if the procedure goes kaput. Ergo, if we are ready to die because God so willed, then why would we be afraid to live? If we may call this as our last hurrah, the operations will spell the difference between leading a normal life or rather than being subjected to constant dialysis which is only a temporary solution.

After experiencing near death when we have this renal failure attack, we feel that we are ready for the final call if indeed it cannot restrained from any ‘motion for reconsideration”. Aside from the financial consideration that goes with the operations, we are also ready with our emotional and spiritual baggage that go with the territory. 

As the Big Day nears, we feel that this is the opportune time to say thank to all our friends who encouraged us to take the great plunge to kidney transplantation.

We have to make this thank you gesture in advance because who will make it if we lose in the biggest gamble we ever made since we see the light of day 58 years ago. You said it right. It’s better to have gambled and lost than never to have gambled at all.

Therefore, our heartfelt thanks go to those who made pledges to make our date with destiny possible. They are such loyal friends like Anos Fonacier, Gov. Erico Aumentado, Richard Uy, Marlito Uy, Geesnel and John Yap, Board Member Roygie Jumamoy and countless others who are willing to be counted when SOS for help come their way.

We gamble with the only life we have? Yes, Kith, if God is with us, who can be against us.   

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