Further Countdown to Retirement

After today, I have only 6 more work days until retirement. I would have 7, but I am off tomorrow for a doctor's appointment. It seems a couple of weeks ago, my dermitoligist finally biopsied a mole on my back that he had been watching for about a year. Yep, you guessed it--melanoma. I went last week to have it removed at a skin surgery center. I was there and ready for the in office surgery. The nurse even described the football shaped incision that the doctor would do to make it easier to close. He came in and sat down, Dr. Leshin, who had begun the skin surgery center. He said he had looked at the biopsy results and the lab technician who did the analysis reported that there were cancer cells at the bottom of the biopsy. My doctor said he did not feel good about doing the surgery, not knowing how deep the melanoma was. He said he would get me an appointment with a doctor friend of his at WFU Baptist Medical Center. He stated his doctor friend is head of the department. My doctor proposed his friend check my lymph nodes and then remove the melanoma. I go tomorrow for a consultation with Dr. Malcolm Marks, head of dermatology at Baptist Hospital. I feel really good about all this. I may be more nervous than I realize, but I know it is in God's hands and he has always looked after me in the good times and the bad times. He will not place anything on us that is too much to bear. He has always been faithful. I will trust Him.