A Story to Tell

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Well I have a little story to tell today.  I haven't said much about this until now because there was not a lot to report.  The pictures are a little gross but they are part of the story.  Over the last 3 months or so I have developed a growth on my ear.  It does not hurt nor is it infected but it bleeds at the drop of a hat.  If I catch my hoodie or my pillow on it, it will start to bleed and the only way I know it is bleeding is when it starts dripping all over my shirt or pillow.  Very aggravating.  

I checked it out in Mexico with my Dr in March and he informed me that he was pretty sure that it was not cancer. He offered to personally take me to Tepic to his plastic surgeon and for a fee of 60000 pesos it will be gone.  Well that is about $4800.00 Cnd.  Not a big price when a plastic surgeon is involved.  And the big thing is that it would all happen within 3 days.  I don't know if I made the right decision but I decided to wait until I got back to Canada to have it looked at and get another opinion.  So I had a Dr appointment with my GP to start the process.  My GP had a look and agreed that it is very unlikely that it is cancerous so that is 2 Drs agreeing.  He gave it a name that is longer than the alphabet!!  My Dr said he would set up a referral to an ear surgeon in Brandon and later that afternoon I got a call confirming a surgery date of August 22.  That is over 3 months!!!  Now I am thinking maybe I should of had it dealt with in Mexico!!! Hind sight is always 20/20.  Oh well we will see what happens.

We spent the rest of the afternoon trying to stay warm and still get a few things done in the shack.  I got the propane heater going today and it kept us from shivering while doing some chores.  That was it for the day.  Good Nite!!!