I jumped into the Silver Fox this morning at 5:30 am and navigated to Los Alamitos to meet my dermatologist. He did his thing, leaving my face dotted with bandages. I loudly complained when they did not have Spongebob Squarepants-colored band-aids; alas, I am dotted with flesh-colored band-aids!
My appointment was at 6:15 am, and Dr Newman took me in right on time. He did three biopsies, so I expect to get the news on Tuesday.
The Silver Fox and I returned home to pick up Mary before the gym appointment. We arrived at 8:30 am for thirty minutes on the exercise machines. That reminded me that I plan to move our exercise machines upstairs into “The Loft” so we can exercise, overlooking the backyard, or, better yet, watch the 60″ roll-around the TV while we stay trim and fit!
The Silver Fox just celebrated his 50-thousandth mile!
After returning from the gym, we began working on the closets. Mary, a doctor, decided to do her medicine closet. We filled a large trash bag with out-of-date goodies.
Not to say Mary is old, but we found that The Spoon of Diocles, also called the Diocletian kyathiskos, was an ancient medical tool allegedly designed by Diocles of Carystus for removing arrowheads. It was a long bronze or iron tool with two hooks ending in a curved scoop with a hole and a perforation. This tool would be pushed under and then between the arrow and the flesh. The head of the arrow would be caught in the hole, and the scoops would cover the barbs. Thus, the flesh would not be pierced when the arrow was dragged out.
Mary found her ether maker in its original box. Its “use by” date is 1916. Doctors and dentists began using ether as an anesthetic for dental and surgical procedures in the 1840s. However, people drank it in countries like Norway, Russia, and France. Women even held “ether parties” in their homes. Eventually, chloroform became a more popular anesthetic than ether.
It took me a while, but I convinced her she no longer needed her ether maker!
Mary fixed a pastrami sandwich, and we had some turkey carcass soup; downright yummy!
We worked all afternoon and into the evening and hit the sack around 9:30 pm.
