Most of you who know us know that the sun in not our friend…we both come from Scandinavian backgrounds and are fair and freckled. Ralph has way more trouble with this than I ever do and before we came to Mexico he had a lesion on his scalp that our doc in Washington froze off, twice no less. But the thing has come back again so a visit to the doc here was in order. He took one look and wondered aloud why on earth the doc in the US didn't cut it off to begin with, and he proceeded to give Ralph a bit of a funny haircut and then cut the lesion out and stitched him up and sent him home. He'll get the stitches out next Thursday, and while the doc doesn't really think its cancer he sent it for biopsy to be sure. Those results will be back in two or three weeks.
Dr. Maldonado is an interesting guy. Born and raised here in La Cruz, finished school here and went off to university to become a doctor. Upon graduation he had offers to work elsewhere, including a big hospital, but in the end he decided to come back to La Cruz and help his people. He has a great practice. No insurance forms to fill out, no three weeks waiting for an appointment to see him. No appointments at all actually, just come on in. He does his own triage as to who gets seen first, first come first served if there's nothing serious. Efficient office too, two exam rooms, waiting room, bathroom and his small office. He has one woman to help him out. No nonsense cut to the chase kind of guy. Funny too. Works 9 hour days, six days a week. Office visit, surgery, biopsy, three kinds of medicine and another office visit for stitch removal. $2,000 pesos!! Less than $200 US. You won't find that in the US.
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