Several medical updates...   
      
   1) The butt cyst wound has only a large scab on it now, which will fall off in   
   time. The surgeon told me that "the wound is otherwise healed", and no further   
   bandage or health care is needed. At least no more "hair removal" from the   
   butt cheek when they pull off the bandage. :P   
      
   2) The scrotal cyst removal surgery was postponed a week. They have to do it   
   at the end of the day, as it would delay them seeing other patients, but there   
   was a screw up when it was scheduled. I'm told that it will be with "a local   
   anesthetic", but I'm still apprehensive. My fear is that if I don't do   
   something with it (which has been there for 30 years), it could become   
   abscessed or turn into a boil. The latter hurts like heck to be lanced...and   
   in the groin area, any laceration could turn into fatal bleeding.   
      
   3) I am pre-type 2 diabetic, and am overweight (273)...and I know my Body Mass   
   Index (BMI) is high. One of the gentlemen in the waiting room this morning was   
   telling me about "gastric bypass surgery", and that he was originally well   
   over 300 pounds...but he has lost over 100 pounds, after having it done.   
      
     I did some research on it from the WebMd website, and while it'll apparently   
   cure type 2 diabetes, cause 60 to 80 percent weight loss (from a much smaller   
   stomach), and lower cholesterol and triglycerides (which have been a major   
   problem for me)...vitamin and mineral deficiencies are likely to result, with   
   changed eating habits...so special diet, exercise, and medication (if not   
   shots) are required the rest of ones life.   
      
     I am still waiting on the blood work for checking if I am type 2 diabetic,   
   and have gout...and then to see if my PCP feels that gastric bypass surgery   
   would be an option for me. I wonder if anyone in this echo has had, or knows   
   someone who has undergone it, and what their experiences were. So, I'm not   
   going to rush into this, but would appreciate any feedback.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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