Oct 28 - to the Dr's we go

It was time for telephone calls and appointments.

I called for the colonoscopy, first, as it might be hardest to schedule.  I still haven't had a call back.  Rats.  I'll try again today.

Actually before that, I called Arnstein Garage and he said "oh, we're a little slow at our banking, will let you know if there's a problem" and then she called later to say that she'd just done the deposit the day before.  Small towns ... small businesses ... gotta love them !

Next up, physical, was surprised to get an appointment mid November.  Now I have to get over there and get my labs done.  Then I called Gundian, urologist and spent forever on the phone.  He's moved to the Mayo clinic in Jacksonville and as he's a robotic surgery specialist, that's likely good for him.  Getting a routine examination scheduled could only be accommodated for an existing patient, which I am, but is unusual.  I bounced around among three people who took my information (filling in forms verbally) and set it up for a couple of weeks hence.

I then called Superior Propane as Generac (still working on that one) wanted original invoices sent directly to them by SP ... and they obliged.  I don't know if this one is going anywhere but I'll keep at it.

I haven't called the Dermatologist yet; was waiting for these others.

Oh yes, and there's one other Doctor's appointment ... Sandy set out for Home Depot and was back shortly thereafter with the X5 showing a "check engine".  I looked at it with the code reader and figured that it would clear itself.  Nope.  She called a while later that she'd stopped just on the other side of the US 1 overpass because the car had gone into "limp mode" (my term).  Rats.  I drove out to her and we swapped cars; she followed me home.  Sure enough, limp mode returned a few minutes after restarting the car.

I called my rep at Fields BMW and then decided that there was no point in waiting for a response, I might as well head out there ... make that "we".  I also figured that it might be better taking I95 as I could probably maintain a constant speed in limp mode better than along US 1 stop and go.  We headed out.  My chief worry was merging onto I95 but traffic was almost nonexistent and I had lots of time to accelerate.  Sandy followed me with the four-way flashers on; probably not necessary as I wasn't that much under the speed limit.

To add to the fun, Cassie was in the M5 in her kennel and upchucked.  She'd been munching on some mangrove leaves while I was trimming and the M5 does take corners tighter with some drivers ... like Sandy ...

Naturally I didn't hear back from my call to BMW.  My rep was at lunch when we got there.  Hopefully today they'll be able to do diagnostics.  If any parts are required, I won't get it back until sometime next week.

Oh yes, did I mention that when Sandy brought the car back the first time it had 107,000 miles on it ?  Did I also mention that the extended warranty ran out at 100,000 ?  Is that a coincidence ?

Onward ...