By Mamahops, on October 7th, 2008
We spent yesterday working on Jamie’s medical issues because (awww…) my recommended doctor was out healing the poor. 
We headed to Star Medica, which was a journey of its own. We got lost at least 3 times, stopped at a Comex (paint) store to get directions where the guy even drew me a map and following the map we ended up on the road to Progreso. Eventually we found a giantly tall building with a big star on it. At this point we weren’t really sure but figured it was a tall building and had a star that that was probably a good indication that it was the hospital. We found an excellent parking space directly in front but outside (what we thought was) paid parking and as we walked in we found a teeny tiny itsy sign at the bottom of another (non identifying) sign which indicated that the building was most likely the hospital we were seeking. I’ll take a picture today – coming from Quintana Roo where the hospitals have giant signs, we were a little confused.
We started with a gastro who came very highly recommended and he told us that he is almost completely certain that Jamie’s ass mass is most likely benign. The fact that it goes almost completely away and comes back only with exercise leads him to believe it can’t be a malignant carcinoma. And it is so small right now he can’t really find it. So the plan is for Jamie to make it big (bike ride) and then then get an ultrasound. He has a colleague who he knows personally in Cancun and we’ll head there to investigate the ass mass when Jamie manages to make it big. He is pretty good at making it big so I don’t think that will be a problem. Continue reading One down, one to go
By Mamahops, on October 1st, 2008
Just a quick update – we’re not going to Merida until this weekend. We just couldn’t get everything organized in time and figured it would be better, in the event that Jamie will require surgery (and I would require a brain transplant ha ha), to be there at the beginning of the week. So . . . → Read More: the Presbyterian Church like enjoys you not
By Mamahops, on September 23rd, 2008
We’re so incredibly black humoured. Jamie and I have been sitting on our collective hands (not literally – that would just be weird) doing nothing about his ass thing and about my head thing. So today I took him to the doctor. We went to the general doc ($28USD) who said, “hey you have . . . → Read More: ying and yang
By Mamahops, on August 29th, 2008
I have lots of excuses; I’ve been trying to get all kinds of “stuff” to Natalie’s sister so she can bring it down to us (mostly books), I’ve been trying to figure out what other materials I want to get (we’re finishing up World History and moving on to Ancient Cultures), obsessively checking the . . . → Read More: yeah, it’s been a little quiet lately
By Mamahops, on June 24th, 2008
Jamie has caught the tummy bug that has managed to pass itself around here regardless of the fact that we interact with few people. We really must be living in a petri dish to constantly be picking up these bugs without having contact to infect us. Since he was under the weather and I . . . → Read More: Creepylandia
By Mamahops, on June 10th, 2008
What an ABSOLUTE Farking headache! I’ve been at this since early yesterday and I’m still not absolutely certain it is fixed. My one saving grace is that I ALWAYS button down the files on my server. They are ALL and ALWAYS set to 0644 (file permissions) and 0755 (directory). So no hacks to the . . . → Read More: but wait, there’s MORE! WordPress Hacking and more!
By Mamahops, on October 11th, 2006
He’s got chicken soup on the stove, just cranked the stereo and is hip thrusting to “Burning Down the House” and he knows All The Lyrics. He’s cooking up grilled cheese with the Amish cheese and bread we bought yesterday and while he is doing NOTHING the way *I* would do it, but he’s . . . → Read More: This must be why I love him.
By Mamahops, on December 19th, 2005
It has really been an awful week. Jamie and I got a weird back thing (I think mine was started by badly done yoga) that put both of us prone on the bed for a couple days. Luciklly, we were able to stagger the days we were down. I have stopped doing Yoga to . . . → Read More: Leaving Las Vegas
By Mamahops, on December 8th, 2005
We saw a different doctor today for Jamie. We were really in some kind of limbo not knowing what should be done. The one doc said to get parasite test, PSA and maybe colonscopy and did little on the examining side. All those tests (except the colonoscopy) were negative and the doc kinda left . . . → Read More: Health and Projects
By Mamahops, on November 23rd, 2005
Every time I post about our intestinal upsets in Mexico I feel like I’m single-handedly destroying the tourist economy. Even the lab technician said that to avoid parasites, you pretty much have to never eat out. Even then…
So, yeah, I have not only parasites (E Histolytica to be specific) but a raging case . . . → Read More: Organic mushrooms!
