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We were up at the crack of dawn, summoning all our zombie powers to get ready for an early morning expedition to Long Beach for a date with the doctor at the ungodly hour of 8:00 am.<\/p>\n
After our showers, we went to the garden and picked some goodies for our doctor, hoping this would convince him to double the painkiller strength.<\/p>\n
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I had a squamous-cell cancer located adjacent to my knuckle, and it had to go!<\/p><\/div>\n
The doctor popped in, we chatted about his recent vacations, and then he hit me with a local anesthesia, and the pain was gone.\u00a0 My hand was right before me, and I watched with interest his use of the scalpel to remove tissue I had taken years to grow.<\/p>\n
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Front row seat!<\/p><\/div>\n
I could hear the blade swishing in the air as he performed his famous GinSu knife procedure, which he learned on the Home Shopping Network.<\/p>\n
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I will rush home and weigh myself, hoping he took ten pounds!<\/p><\/div>\n
We wrapped it up good and admonished me:\u00a0 1) keep it clean, and 2) make sure you get a chocolate bon-bon on the hour every hour for the next two days!\u00a0 He prescribed item number two (if Mary did not remember)!<\/p>\n
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Oh, the pain!!!!!<\/p><\/div>\n
We thought we were getting close to the Elks, so we stopped for lunch and shared a turkey sandwich. I guess we took the whole ‘getting close to nature’ thing a bit too literally!<\/p>\n
I had ordered a bowl of chili, but I was too full, so we gave it to our new bar buddy.<\/p>\n
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As at all Elks Lodges, we have met some really great people who are always friendly and ready to share!<\/p><\/div>\n
We finally made it home, and I treated my cold like a boss with an arsenal of spicy pills and magical potions. My cold didn’t stand a chance! It was like my nose was hosting a fiery party, and only the snot was invited.\u00a0On the bright side, I was feeling a lot better!!<\/p>\n
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We were up at the crack of dawn, summoning all our zombie powers to get ready for an early morning expedition to Long Beach for a date with the doctor at the ungodly hour of 8:00 am. After our showers, … Continue reading