[John Rogers]

Lost it for the first time in over 20+ years, maybe longer, even when dealing with really stupid computer customers I would tell myself they were just not educated. Anyways, back at the end of August I had a 1.5 inch diameter cancerous spot removed from my right side forehead, right at the hairline. About 3 weeks into September at my last office visit the doc said there was a small lump in front of my right ear and it might be some "drainage" from when he moved my scalp around to fill the "hole". He said to keep an eye on it and it slowly grew larger and when I went to see the oncologist folks at the beginning of this month they said I should get it removed as it was too large. So I got an appointment with a surgeon and he looked at it and agreed it should come out and scheduled a MRI. The MRI showed a "lump" but couldn't be sure of cancer or not?

Soooooo a surgery is scheduled for to morrow but after the MRI my heart doctor (quad by-pass 4 1/2 yrs ago) wanted a stress. Okay no problem as I told them I can't run the treadmill test now due to hip spurs and a metal knee but when I got there last Friday, guess what, a treadmill test so they quickly checked and this last Monday a nuclear stress test was scheduled and I looked great the test doctor said. As of yesterday, the surgeon's office called and said they had no info from my heart doctor and they had called 4 times! Could I call too please so I did and here is where things went badly. The lady on the phone (not a nurse) said they had the message but they had been unable to get someone to type up the paperwork as UCSD Medical system is having "workers" going on a 3 day strike but they said NO hospital actions would be affected at all! The lady then said the surgeon should have gotten all the tests scheduled before and surgery scheduling and it may just have to be moved! Then I lost it and said if my surgery would have to be moved because the heart doctor can't do their own one sentence note saying all is well, I will call EVERY TV station in the San Diego area, including the Mexican ones and explain why I am having to lay in bed with tremendous headaches that even my hydrocodone can't stop that they would love something like that!


Here it comes...….I got a call from the surgeon's office less than 15 minutes later saying they have the heart doctor's okay in hand and all is well! Sorry this is so long but we do get medical posts on here at times and these are the sorts of things that can possibly happen when you too get old. The surgeon did say that my eye sight will not be affected so I can still shoot the muzzle loaders!