latest dilemma

Texas_wedge said:

Golf and other risk factors
Sounds an interesting job Rae, and one that you would do well too. You are reducing the risk factors - no Harley, not changed your name to Larry or Gar(r)y, now golf out of the way - I just worry about Michigan, maybe!

Golf never your thing? I wondered that myself today - about a 6-club wind, at times, at Carnoustie. On the winter layout 3rd ("Hogan's Alley") I shot a 13 after being 5 off the tee having blasted two massive hooks on to the fairway, the problem being it was the fairway on a different golf course!!

On the 18th I was about to play my second shot when the wind blew my mat and ball away down the fairway along with my 3-wood head-cover and my golf cart. I mentioned this to my GP this afternoon and he looked askance when I said 6-club wind (he's an ace golfer) until I told him what happened next:-

I put my second shot pin-high in the right semi. My pal then put his third into the Burn. The Barry Burn was running quite fast, being fairly full from recent rains, and I went over to help him rescue his ball with one of the enormously long and heavy all-metal ball-retrievers supplied by the Links Trust. As he was fishing we heard a big splash. My electric golf cart had been blown down the fairway and had nose-dived into the Burn just where Jean van de Velde went on his fabled fishing trip in the 1999 Open. Unfortunately it was a few feet deeper today and my trolley and large cart bag disappeared beneath the waves. It took us about ten minutes to fish it out, using two of the ball-retrievers like grappling hooks to pull the bag, which had separated from the cart, close enough to grab part of it. It was so heavy, full of water, it was a real struggle to haul it all the way up the stepped concrete banking (couldn't tip the water out earlier because that would have shed all my clubs into the Burn).

I thought I could redeem the round with a par after that and chipped close but just missed the putt. However, it was a good laugh and although my wallet and much else got a thorough soaking, it was easy to be philosophical. When held up by slower players I had tried to reach my GP and/or Urologist to get word of my scan results, so my iPhone was in my pocket and so was unscathed - lucky I didn't fall in the water while recovering my bag. Got the cart out too and, to my amazement, found the battery still functional.

Texas_wedge said:

Caddy
Carnoustie caddies, in particular, are celebrated for their wry sense of humour so you'd fit in here a perfect treat.

[Speaking of which, since writing that sentence I've been on a call with my Daughter who previously observed that if my particular version of RCC gets any rarer it might have to be named after me. She's just followed that up with a text which reads "I'm still keeping fingers crossed they'll name something after you. If not, I think we should demand your kidney back and go elsewhere. ;-) "]

Distraught (American golfing tourist, after having had much of the luck of the Irish, said "Much more of this and I'll drown myself in the next water hazard" Caddy mutters "You couldn't keep your head down long enough!" (Some of the old ones stand re-telling, don't they?)

rae_rae said:

Test Results
My mammogram and ultrasound showed no signs of cancer or abnormalities - woo hoo, crossed that off my list! Thank you all for the support and prayers.

The interview is for sales, but not related to golf this time. It would be for an assisted living and memory care facility. Golf never really was my thing!!

sharnan said:

Garym
Haha, all our men are referred to as "blokes" in Australia.

Texas_wedge said:

Blokes
Well, it wouldn't be all that bad to be considered an honorary Strine.

Any early indications about the interview outcome Rae? It would be great if you could pick up some info. from Fox on the area in question. [I fear I might qualify as a "memory impaired unit"!]

Texas_wedge said:

Talkin' strine
Paul Hogan is a long term favourite of mine and I'd guess you enjoyed Crocodile Dundee. How nice to be able to choose between the fairways and the blacktop in the 60s. Here there was a really hard frost yesterday, though it's much warmer today - blazing sunshine and up to 11C - I'll need to start using sunblock soon!

Texas_wedge said:

This is a knife
Yes, the flick-knife scene was one of the great ones - 'just a boy thing, comparing our knives' (or something like that - as I said earlier I'm a memory impaired unit these days).

As you say, adding melanoma to RCC wouldn't be a good idea at all (been reading quite a bit on the skin cancer threads the last couple of days).

Texas_wedge said:

Wondering
Wondering is in order but worrying won't help. A quick look around suggests that it's unlikely to be due to RCC. One site worth a look is at MedlinePlus, which I imagine you may have already looked at at

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003099.htm

Worrying would be pointless, especially since you have an appointment on Wednesday [snap!]. I'm guessing you don't have a major new problem Rae and hoping it's nothing much at all. In our situation we all get jumpy, frequently without due cause. Wednesday isn't long to wait for, I trust, re-assurance and we're well used to waiting, aren't we?