Surgery Day ...

Yesterday
Nov. 14, 2011

This is a picture of the River View Surgical Centre ...

on Bowwood Drive in Calgary ...

It was a great facility ...

very pleasant experience ...

and I would not hesitate to have further surgeries there if needed ...

I have had a persistent annoying Ganglion cyst for a couple of years now ...

on my second toe of my left foot ...

injured from my steel-toed work boots ...

It took over a year to finally have surgery...

 get this cyst removed ...

"ganglion cyst, also known as a bible cyst, is a swellingthat often appears on or around joints and tendons in the hand or foot. The size of the ganglion or cyst can vary overtime. It is most frequently located around the dorsum of the wrist and on the fingers. The term "Bible bump" comes from a common treatment in the past that consisted of hitting the cyst with a Bible or another large book.^[1] Rupture of the cyst is rarely curative - which means, trying to pop it probably won't fix it and might make it worse".^{[citation needed]}

I was feeling well enough after dinner...

 to visit the Nathan, Katie and the grandchildren ...

Nathan is currently working in Calgary ...

and has a two bedroom fully furnished apartment ...

Craig, James and Ella are still on school break ...

so they spent a couple days with dad in Calgary ...

they are heading home today...

It was great to all of them ...

and they wanted to see grandmas' foot ...

had lots of hugs & kisses ...

As I was not able to play any games with them ...

other than on the iPod touch ...

grandpa spent time on the floor  ...

playing a build a Snake game ...

After a few hours ...

I was getting tired and my foot was starting to ache ...

we said our goodbyes ...

and headed back to the house (Calgary Cottage) ...

but not until the kidlets ...

had us purchase a few (10) chocolate bars ...

they were selling for a fund raiser ...