September 24, 2024
Does this bandage make my earring look small?
Quick, I need to get out of town before they find another medical thing wrong with me! Today, bright and early 7:00 am appointment in Yardley, PA - yep I was up at 5:30 AM ! I had Mohs surgery, for first time, on a little Basal Cell Carcinoma on my right face cheek. Shout out and many thanks to my wonderful friend Dina for providing me with a car, to make it all happen ! I just found out Friday I needed this done and called first thing Monday, begging for an appointment anywhere this week, to get done. The fantastic, funny & compassionate Dr. Junqian Zhang, just happened to have a cancellation and agreed to do surgery at Penn Dermatology in Bucks Co.
Got to love a place that sells shirts saying " Where the heck is Yap? " Colonia ( population 3,100 ) is the Capital and Harbor town of Yap State ( population 11,600 ) one of four states in the Federated States of Micronesia. We are in the Pacific Ocean or Philippine Sea just north of the equator, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Ternate, Indonesia, which is both the name of the city and island, and is part of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is a port that sees maybe 3 Cruise ships a year. However, they really made an effort to show us the best of what they can offer. It's mainly a Muslim country, and we knew we had to dress discretely, but we knew little else. We didn't have our typical port talk prior, due to a technical issue with the AV equipment. Ben a fellow resident, organized an island tour, with about 8 stops, for 90 of us residents.
Cebu greeted our Ship with a big warm welcome, despite having just been rocked by a major Earthquake, days before our arrival. The Minister of Tourism arrived with a motorcade and she proceeded to chat with the residents and thank us, for all our support.