Episode 3: Some phone calls

I got a little figety and started making some phone calls.

I called my doctor's office to see if he would chat with me about the diagnosis.  The receptionist wouldn't let me do that without making an appointment. What a pain.  Make an appointment 3 weeks out for a 5 minute conversation? Pass.  My questions will be moot by then.

So I called the specialist clinic to find out if the appointment my doctor made was for treatment or for further diagnosis.  They basically said "could be both." I took that as good news.
They plan to look at it and see if:

• They can treat it the same day or
• They can treat it, but need a longer appointment or set of appointments or
• They can't treat it and I need to go elsewhere.

That gives me some hope.

Then I called a friend of mine who is a general practitioner MD and imposed on him to give me some insight.

He didn't want to make any promises, but that it sounded like "Basal Cell Carcinoma."
He said if that is the case and if it hasn't gone too deep, the cure rate is high.

So: fingers crossed.