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Bonus points if you can ID my kid
Son was/is into kitesurfing and he has mates that have done windsurfing and say kitesurfing is a lot easier
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Bit of light ânewsâ in the midst of all the crap going on in the world.
Goose Update.
I have written on here about the Canada Goose that broke its wing last year. Mrs ROTW phoned up the authorities, but nobody would come to get it as it wasnât on anyoneâs property. It was on and around a retention pond in the adjacent neighborhood to where I live, and I saw this goose most days when I walked the dog.
Anyway, I was very concerned that he wouldnât make it through the winter. It gets very cold here, way below freezing, and his chances of getting some food were slim as the grass around the pond was covered in snow and ice for a long time.
For a while I didnât see him, and just assumed he had died. Everyone else had flown south for warmer weather.
Anyway, Iâve since seen him up and about and doing his thing. Canât fly, but he swims on the pond and walks around the edge, eating the grass. He made it through the winter, which was a huge surprise, and now, lo and behold, heâs got himself a girlfriend.
The fellaâs a champion.
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Elbows up! 
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Maybe she is not his girlfriendâŚ
He has just taken her under his wing :0)
- TaxiâŚ
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@aussielad has an apprentice it appearsđ
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Ok, so I had a kind of mole, maybe a wart (?) on my face and it started to itch, so I went to my GP on Friday to get a referral for the dermatologist.
GP takes one look and says âThat looks like cancerâ.
I was devastated, of course. Cycled home on the verge of tears. Didnât say anything to the Missus because there would have been a huge scene. Sleepless night.
Thank god I had managed to get an appointment for the next day at the dermatologist.
He looked at it and said âThatâs ok, looks benign, we can remove it right nowâ.
Half an hour later it was gone and I was so relieved!
Canât believe the GP though. Totally unprofessional! I feel like going back and telling her off.
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Would you have preferred she said something different? Surely the best possible outcome is that it was promptly removed? GPs canât be experts on everything and the most important thing is that it was promptly seen by an expert and dealt with.
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Iâd agree with @dalglish.
The best thing docs can do is to not underplay the significance.
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Bloody hell, you gave me a scare.
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Hope you are alright. You got it removed in time. It is a blessing. Whenever, i had a narrow escape with a medical condition or social problem, i would donate something to any charity close to my heart.
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I once had a âmoleâ on my back and the doctors decided to remove it at the surgeryâŚthe day I got to the surgery he said well where is itâŚthe bloody thing had removed itself in the bathâŚso no surgery requiredâŚ
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How long hadnât you washed???
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Yes, Iâd have preferred her not to have expressed an opinion on something she didnât know about.
She could have just said âYes, itâs a good idea to let a specialist look at thatâ, rather than jumping to conclusions.
Iâm pretty sure thatâs what most doctors would have done, and what they are trained to do.
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Hey!!!..a bath every nightâŚbut used one of those loofah type thingsâŚ
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Bur if she, to the best of her knowledge, thought it was cancerous and of unknown aggressiveness and she said what you proposed most patients would have dawdled to book an appointment and taken one available months later and some may not have it looked at at all. I understand how distressed you must have felt but if her blunt words in such situations save even 1 in 10 patients from waiting when that proves costly then she (and probably many others including myself) may think that worthwhile. Rebuke her and have her stop doing this for fear of upset may cost lives down the track; surely you wouldnât want that?
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I donât know, I wouldnât be the type to overly worry about things but iâve been advised twice to have things like that looked at and booked appointments almost straight away both times.Doctor tells you to do something, you do it.
Ok, Iâm not going to go on about this because itâs getting annoying, I just wanted to share an experience, not get into a long discussion about it.
There were a number of other options rather than saying âThat looks like cancerâ.
Jumping to the most dramatic conclusion was not professional or sensitive.
She did ask me when my appointment with the dermatologist was, and she could have said something like âIt would be a good idea to go asap for safetyâs sakeâ or similar.
If you donât agree that it wasnât a good way to behave as a health professional, then thatâs your opinion. I have a good relationship with her in general and would be able to diplomatically tell her that she caused me unnecessary distress.
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Iâd already made the dermatologist appointment. I was just trying to get a referral. I was taking it seriously, of course.