New Pain, Greater Loss

02/29/08 03:18 PM | Up Chucks

Thursday. I went to the Doctor. I had my foot examined, I heard the options, I elected to have it removed (not my foot, the growth on it). I had been told it might be a type of wart. But oh no this was not a wart. It was a porokeratosis growth. A hard round growth near the bones of my little toe on the left foot, the porokeratosis caused a callus to extend outward to the surface. I have been shaving off the surface of the callus for years, for a little bit of temporary comfort. Thursday after a brief examination and consult I gave the Doctor permission to cut out the hard core. I was amazed at the size of it. It was as large as an adult tooth and every bit as hard as a healthy enameled tooth. The numbing process took longer than the extraction. The hole left behind was as big as .38 caliber bullet. and about 5/8th of an inch deep. Doctor Gray told me that I should not be on the foot any more that absolutely necessary for the next few days, so I called in and took today off. After I got home I sat in my recliner for hours, falling in and out of sleep. Jenni had a Doctors appointment yesterday also. She got a cortisone shot in her knee again, maybe she won't be walking with a cane for a while.
defaced madchen

The Mädchen: her face removed and unceremoniously tossed in the boot.
This morning Jenni called me with even more bad news. The cost of repairing the Mädchen reached a level where the insurance company totaled it. So I am down one porokeratosis and one automobile. Jenni has taken the loss of the car like the loss of any loved one. The phone rang again as I was preparing to dress my wound, it was the auto rental place, Liberty Mutual my insurer is extending up to 10 more days of rental fees, but the plate on the Spectra is expiring at midnight tonight. More bad news. I agree to drive out there and get the new plate and since it is the same place where the Mädchen has gone to die I decide to get the plates and any other personal effects from the carcass. I got a couple of parting shots for the record too. Jenni has already started looking for a replacement Bimmer to fill the void in the garage and in our hearts. I don't need any more bad news to pile on and make my March start like my Bonus extended February ended.
It is not just the bible that has an answer for any problem or issue that life can toss you, so do the lyrics of Mr. Elvis Costello.
Excerpt from "5ive Gears in Reverse", Get Happy, 1980

But if your patience is exhausted
and you still cannot decide,
you're sitting in the garage
contemplating suicide
and you have no motivation
you can't even catch your breath
All of this acceleration
is driving you to death

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