At last the 30th comes around and with a certain trepidation I walk to the hospital.

To be honest, I'm not overly worried as there's no pain, no discomfort, the lump is not attached to anything (it floats, it moves) within the sac so I feel confident it's nothing major but, as always, these things just need checking and diagnosing!

There aren't many people in the clinic so I'm not waiting long before I see the consultant.

Adopt the position (as they say) and she quickly diagnoses the lump as being an epididymal cyst.

Nothing to worry about and no further treatment Happy days!

Appointment is for Thursday, 30th July :-) 8 days away :-(

Going to be a long wait...

Met up with Trev in said establishment for a few quiet beers and a catch-up.

Good to see you mate!

To quote a line from [many] an old joke...

"Why do men scratch their balls in the morning...?"

Well, a couple of days ago, on waking and before arising from my bed I decided to do just that: because I'm a bloke and that's what blokes do

Only problem that morning was that there was one more lump than there should have been!

Check, double-check, triple-check and so on and, yep, definitely there - merde!

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As it was the weekend, and as I have my (I'm pleased to say) open invite to Sunday dinner (thanks Sarah :-), whilst around there I had a chat with Sarah and she advised me of the normal process for these kind of 'concerns'.

Off I trot to the doctors to see my GP (who I've never seen before: the last time I saw my GP in UK was July 2004.

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Following a quick examination, she says she doesn't think it is the big C but has to refer me to make sure...

I should hear something in a few days...

John's sister Karen has a BBQ this weekend so it's over to her house for a few beers and a catch up.

Thankfully the weather stayed good all day so no need to rush for the inside or under the tent.

Nice to see the die-hards at the end of the night and John back on form .

Sadly my time in Thailand, this time, is over and I have to fly back to the UK to sort things out.

A fairly crappy flight to Mumbai, and then a rush to get the connecting flight to Heathrow (swine flu checks!!).

The plane to Heathrow though is the best long distance flight I have been on, nice one Jet Airways.

Landing back in London I'm pleased to say that it's raining, joy!

Hire a car from Europcar and drive north...

4 hours and back in sunny (?) GY.

Ah well, never mind, have my [return] flight booked for the 4th August

We board the Grand Pearl and seated, the boat slips lines and we head up the Chao Praya river passing the sights of Bangkok.

After eating and about 1 hour we get to the turnaround point:

and then back towards the Grand Palace:

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...go past the palace and then to the Temple of the Dawn:

All in all, a fantastic night!

Head down to central Bangkok for a river cruise...get there early so sit down and chill out for a while whilst we wait to board.

A trip to Trat Airport and an easy check in.

A one hour flight to Bangkok and then normality .

Not diving today and just going to catch up on stuff (like updating my website :-) plus it's raining hard here at the moment with the occasional sound of thunder to accompany it .

SUnset turns out to be good though:

Back to Bangkok tomorrow...

Two good dives yesterday and another two today with 'Scuba-Evolution'.

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