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Cordelia's not pleased that I'm up while she's getting ready for school, but I need to call a cab at about 8:15, so I needed to get up at 7:00. Of course, I forgot that I'd reset my alarm clock to go off at 8:01, so it's really lucky that Cordelia made enough noise to wake me.

I just hope 8:15 is early enough. I've never taken at cab at this time of day, and I'm worried the wait will be longer. I've allowed an hour for the cab to come and actually get me to the clinic. That's usually enough, but traffic is much heavier before 9:00, so I don't know.

Scott had to work late last night. There were leftovers Cordelia and I could have eaten, but I decided, since it was relatively cold out, that I'd bake the potatoes Scott bought a couple of weeks ago. Those came out pretty well and didn't require a lot of time on my feet to prepare.

I did spend too much time on my feet yesterday, though. My foot and ankle hurt all night, keeping me awake, and still hurt. I had been dithering about whether or not to wear the boot for the appointment, but I'm pretty definitely going to do that. The two appointments will involve more time on my feet than anything I did yesterday, and that hurts less if I wear the boot.

I'm still not at all sure that the dermatology appointment is worthwhile. The thing by my eye is almost certainly a cyst. I mean, I can't get a good look at it in the mirror, but I think that's what it is. And I really don't know what a dermatologist can (or would) do about that. I suppose it may be a good idea to see a dermatologist anyway. My father's father had many, many bouts of skin cancer. Of course, he worked out of doors all of his adult life in a time before sun screen.

Drat. Cordelia has gone to school and left the TV on. We can't find the remote that turns it on and off, so turning it off requires walking over there. The Today Show is on, and I do not want to watch, but I also don't want to stand up and put weight on my foot/ankle. I suppose I'll have to eventually.

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Well, the appointments went pretty well. The dermatology appointment, as I expected, was a whole lot of nothing. Yes, I have a little bump next to my right eye. Yes, it's probably a cyst. No, it's nothing to worry about. That took about ten minutes ,and that was only because the resident I saw had to have an attending sign off on his diagnosis.

The dermatology clinic is on the first floor of the Taubman building which is attached to the University of Michigan hospital (the cab dropped me off at the hospital main entrance). Radiology, where I was scheduled for my bone density check, is on the second floor of the same building. I had over an hour and a half left before my appointment when I finished at dermatology, but I figured I might as well wait in the radiology waiting room as anywhere else.

As it turns out, that was a good call because they were able to take me back about an hour early. I actually got home before my scheduled appointment.

The scan was no big deal. They scan my lumbar spine and my left hip. For the spine, the technician propped my legs up on a big foam block so that my back would lie flat. That part was easy. The hip scan required that I turn my left foot inward as far as I could. She strapped it into place so that I couldn't move. That was fairly uncomfortable, but I don't think it lasted more than five minutes, if that.

I don't know the results yet. I expect to hear in a day or two (hopefully before the long weekend!).

The cab to the hospital took nearly half an hour to arrive, and the driver was very reluctant to take my credit card because their computer was down. I had enough cash to pay him that way, so I did. I forgot how much the trip cost, though, so I think I tipped him nearly $4 which is more than I meant to. ($4 for and $8.00 trip is a lot. I wouldn't think much of it if it was a $20 trip.) The cab home came after less than ten minutes. This cabbie was happy to take my credit card even though the computer was still down. He said it didn't really make any difference, that it would be cash in hand tomorrow.

My foot hurts a lot. I think I'm going to stay off it as much as possible for the rest of the day. Wearing the boot meant that it didn't hurt while I was out, so that made things easier, but now that I'm just sitting around at home, my foot is complaining rather loudly.