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This Fathers Day resolve to get a checkup with your son or dad

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This is my all time hero, Bill Young. He obtained this position for a few reasons: At 96 my Grampa was the last surviving member of the Triple Crown winning Scotland Rugby Team of 1938 . He met king George VI and was a living legend. He was a doctor and went to Kenya as a missionary during WW II, surviving torpedo attacks on the long sea voyage, stitching tribal warriors scalps back on and running a hospital in a remote mountainous area for many years. I wanted to become a doctor because of his stories of adventure serving faithfully in the roles he was called to, from wing forward to father, from missionary to mentor. I encourage men everywhere to step up like my Grampa and become living legends: to be inspirational role models to sons, fathers, brothers and boys everywhere; but specifically in the area of their health. Us men are especially bad at getting things checked at the doctors. We think that big boys don't cry and try to ignore symptoms in the hop...