July 29: my options

My plan was to leave Sunday, August 5^th, although I am running behind schedule because of Erde’s situation.  If I can leave then, here are my options:

1. Wait until the biopsy report is back on August 8^th and then decide. 

 - If the result is malignant, the trip is cancelled.

- If the result is benign:

    --- go ahead with the trip on Sunday August 12^th and have the mass removed when I return; or

   --- have the mass removed immediately and leave for the trip Sunday August 19^th.

2. Leave for the trip now as planned. 

- If the mass is malignant, abort the trip, return home and have the mass removed.

- If the result is benign, 

   --- continue with the trip and have he mass removed when I return; or

   --- Return home and have the mass removed immediately and either cancel the trip or leave for the trip no later than August 25^th, which would just give me enough time to get to Denali.