Elko, NV Labor Day Camping Meet (Aug 29th-Sept 1st)

[taylorRichie]

Brittany Will be coming... But I'm having issues right now...

I Found out Monday I have a Tumor in my foot, the doc wants to take it out ASAP, but I'm trying to push it until Late Sept/oct. When I have the surgery I'll be out for 4 weeks. As in, no driving a vehicle (right foot).

So, it's going to interfere with my summer no matter what

The campground sounds great to me, but there's that chance I won't make the trip

edit: and Bender won't be joining us.

[nfpgasmask]

Brittany Will be coming... But I'm having issues right now...

I Found out Monday I have a Tumor in my foot, the doc wants to take it out ASAP, but I'm trying to push it until Late Sept/oct. When I have the surgery I'll be out for 4 weeks. As in, no driving a vehicle (right foot).

So, it's going to interfere with my summer no matter what

The campground sounds great to me, but there's that chance I won't make the trip

edit: and Bender won't be joining us.

That sucks, well, if you drop out and Todd does not come then we only need 3 sites. When I call tomorrow I will see if I can book 4 sites with the possibility of cancelling the 4th site if you don't come. When do you think you will know? A tumor in your foot? I have never heard of such a thing! Do what you gotta do to take care of that foot, but I still hope you can make it.

Bart

[taylorRichie]

Yeah freakin' weird...

Went to the doctor (podiatrist) on the 26th, because I had some pain and swelling on my right foot, great toe. He took a look at it (30 seconds) said this is really weird. It's a soft tissue something or other, Like a cyst or a tumor. Let's get some X-rays to be safe. X-rays showed nothing wrong with the bones just a little wear from where the soft tissue mass was rubbing.

He scheduled an MRI for the 31st, I got the MRI, went back the 4th for the results, and it turns out it's a Giant Cell Tumor.

He said This is an extremely bizarre case (not that I wanted to be a bizzarre case, his words)

So he wants to get it out ASAP, he's confident it's benign, only 5% of GCT are malignant and 5% can progress to become malignant.

3 days off the foot after surgery, 2 weeks in a hard cast, and 2 weeks in a soft cast.

Pretty lame.

I'll let you know as soon as I know. But I'm Planning on going still.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah freakin' weird...

Went to the doctor (podiatrist) on the 26th, because I had some pain and swelling on my right foot, great toe. He took a look at it (30 seconds) said this is really weird. It's a soft tissue something or other, Like a cyst or a tumor. Let's get some X-rays to be safe. X-rays showed nothing wrong with the bones just a little wear from where the soft tissue mass was rubbing.

He scheduled an MRI for the 31st, I got the MRI, went back the 4th for the results, and it turns out it's a Giant Cell Tumor.

He said This is an extremely bizarre case (not that I wanted to be a bizzarre case, his words)

So he wants to get it out ASAP, he's confident it's benign, only 5% of GCT are malignant and 5% can progress to become malignant.

3 days off the foot after surgery, 2 weeks in a hard cast, and 2 weeks in a soft cast.

Pretty lame.

I'll let you know as soon as I know. But I'm Planning on going still.

Yeah, its only your foot, its not that important!

Bart

[nfpgasmask]

OK!

I just got off the phone with the reservations people. I booked 3 sites at the South Ruby Campground. Sites 22, 23, and 24.

http://www.campingguidenevada.com/cg...rubymarsh.html

She said we do not need a fourth site, since there is an overflow parking area for sites that have more than 2 vehicles, but I am sure we can get away with 3 little VXes in one site without much hassle.

The total cost to reserve with all the BS fees and what not comes to $138 for all three sites, for three nights. It breaks down like so:

3 sites at $12 per night plus a $10 reservation fee per site = $138.

So I figure we can just split up the cost bewtween all of us and it will be pretty cheap that way.

So the plan is:

Meet at Smiths in Elko (1740 Mountain City Hwy) between 5-6pm on Friday, August 29th. Once everyone is together and ready to head out, we will drive south to the campsite and setup camp, hopefully getting down to the campsite no later than 7:30pm. I have reservation numbers for each site. There are toilets at this site and piped water. We should all fill up with gas in Elko since that is the closest station to the campsite.

See you all in a couple weeks!

Bart

[nfpgasmask]

Nice work, Capt'n!

Thanks, son!

[snowtrooper1966]

You da man, thanks!