With The Grace of the Sea

An unplanned pause – dan

We’ve got our first destination locked & loaded, a schedule, a to-do list and a very narrow weather window that coming is up fast but sometimes the universe has a way of setting us back on your heels. I was afraid that it might be one of those “set back” times when I discovered a growth on my scalp. I had a basel cell carcinoma cut off my face a couple of years ago and another growth removed from my face several years before that so when I discovered a growth on my scalp a few days ago I asked Susan (who is a nurse) to have a look. Susan assessment was that I should have a doctor check it out. My first thought was; Shit, I haven’t got time for this! My next thoughts were; Pay attention, it’s best to deal with these types of things sooner than later and in this case even more so as the countdown clock is ticking.

It usually takes a few days at best to get an appointment with my GP who is not close to my current orbit of operation. Susan offered to ask her physician, Michael Bergman if he could fit me in. Michael, like must successful doctors has a lot of patients and a very full schedule but in spite of that he graciously agreed to see me first thing in the morning the very next day. You can’t imagine, or perhaps you can, the relief that washed over me when Michael examined the suspect growth and pronounced it benign; most probably a seborrheic keratoses that doesn’t require any treatment. So the great news is that I don’t have a brain tumor and we can leave for Bermuda on schedule, the bad news; I’m getting uglier by the day.

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