Test Results

My Chart pinged me with the biopsy results this morning. Doctor to Doctor speak is just so amazingly complex but I got the gist basal cell carcinoma. I read this on the bus on the way to the pool. By the time I got out and was on the way home, the tiny doctor had chimed in:

Comments from the Doctor's Office

Hi Susan, The pathology from last week did show a basal cell carcinoma as I expected. We discussed that given the size of it the biopsy only took a sample. It would need a surgical procedure for complete removal. I know you were reluctant to undergo a larger procedure and it is your choice, though this may become larger and more bothersome if it is left. We will call to discuss whether you would like to have the remainder removed.

Erin Moore

I very much appreciate her "it's your decision" tone. It sounds like to me that a very viable option is to wait until the spot get bigger and then revisit. If that's the case, that's the option I think I'll pick. We'll see when she calls.

This is why I do not do tests. I don't do mammograms or colonoscopies or heart stuff... once you do tests, then you have to deal with the results. If you don't do tests, you got nothing to deal with - the land of denial is my happy place.

I slept like a friggin rock last night. I was really really sleepy and ended up turning the lights out just before 9. I did not wake up once until 5 am. That's some solid sleeping. I usually get up a couple of times to pee. Not last night. I hit the ground when I did wake up and got suited up and out the door without feeding Biggie.

Turns out I could have/should have. I need to get out of this feeling that I MUST get the 5:53 bus (there's one at 6:08) and I do NOT need to get there by 5:40. Geesh, me. Get a grip.

The pool had people in it but wasn't crowded. Today marks 7 days in a row that I've gotten to swim. It's such a joy. So many different things could end it again so I've decided not to worry about it and just enjoy every swim I get. So far, so good.

I'm thinking about getting my hair cut. By a real hair cutting person. Nothing fancy, just really evening it out - especially in the back. I've been cutting my own hair since about 2017. It really looks like it, too. No big deal. It just might be fun to get a real hair cut. I'm talking Great Clips, not a salon.

There's one near the cat food place that's near the Dollar Tree and I want to go to both those places. So maybe. Also maybe today. Maybe tomorrow.

I really have no plans for today. One of the great benefits of swimming is that it kind of anchors my day and gives me the freedom to do nothing else if that's what I want. I swam a mile this morning, I've done my duty to the day.  Right now, I need go hang up my wet swimsuit and think about what's next.

Bet you can get it in one

A woman in Dr. Moore's office called and explained that it was the most common of skin cancer. She said I could come in and have it removed OR I could check back in a few months and re-evaluate. Wonder which option I took????

I did go out. Scored big at the dollar store. Not so big at the cat food store (but did unload all the Biggie rejects into their donation box and they were thrilled). They did not have the food I wanted. So I went next to the Fred Meyer (walmart-ish but more expensive). They had a fairly large and diverse cat food situation so I got some options. And got me a poke bowl for lunch.

I took a vote on the hair cut and it was thumbs down. I remembered all the things I hate about hair cutting places and decided I didn't care what my hair looks like and came home.

While I was out, I fired up my phone to get directions and damn, it was as slow as 1999. Or slower. Then I remembered on the bus this morning, it was dog slow. Then I remembered I used up all my data! They said it would be slow and they weren't lyin. I went into the app and bought another gig for $10. That fixed it immediately. I pay $15 a month on Mint Mobile and it's a steal. Another $10 for one month is still a damn steal.

Now I'm chowing down on my poke bowl and Biggie is actually eating one of the options I got at Fred Meyer. All is good.

Knitting and TV this afternoon.

Dollar Tree Gives... Dollar Tree Takes...

First the giving. Last time I got some flowers and some of these pinwheel/spinning flowers but not enough of either because they didn't have enough. So today I went back to see if they had more and o yeah baby! These actually sparkle! I love them.

And I have GOT to stop buying water bottles at Dollar Tree. They have thees nice little ones that are a great size to carry on the bus and have by the pool. They have about six different kinds. I've now bought and tried 4 and they all 4 really not good. You can't get a decent swig. I can unscrew the top and swig that way and I will but function, people, function!!

I'm so delighted with my spring planting.