69-year-old Alabama doctor eager to return to Iraq

http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-10/110140524087650.xml&storylist=alabamanews

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"I considered myself fit to serve and I still do," he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press from Fort Bliss, Texas where he's being treated for a blood clot in his right leg. "You know, 60 is the new 40. ...People need to stop think of age 40 as middle age."

Wicks, a psychiatrist at North Alabama Regional Hospital in Decatur, volunteered to serve in Iraq last fall and was called up a few months later. In July, the retired National Guard colonel arrived at a base in Bilad, Iraq where he evaluated soldiers for post-combat stress.

A blood clot in his leg from dehydration forced him to return to Fort Bliss for treatment. And while his family was excited to have him home for the holidays, he had hoped to stay in Iraq until at least January.

He shuns any notion that the blood clot was a result of his aging body, and blames himself for not drinking enough fluids to combat the harsh climate of the desert nation.

"Older people will be sensitive to dehydration but it could happen to anyone," he insisted.

:crazy:

Not voting for * and sticking stupid magnets over their cars.

trying to go over there out of sheer boredom. Hope they've packed their attends, cause they're gonna be getting the sh*t hugged out of them by all those grateful 'raqis.

Hey, maybe we can empty out the nursing homes and kill those pesky Medicare payments all in one throw!

Gyre