I'm more broken than you

[Drunk Monk]

You got me beat with the tendonitis there IY. My left forearm hurts like a beyotch but I haven't had the chance to really take care of it. My practice has fallen apart and I really need to get on it before allergy season kicks in. Super bloom will be bad.  

I was having whiskey nitecaps when I first got back to Svale but I stopped. Been totally sober since. I'm so exhausted that I don't dare anything that'll mess with my circadians right now. It's just tea and caffeine pills.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Caffeine pills? Wow. You are beyond coffee. I am sad. Chromatic Coffee on Stevens Creek (by Lawrence Expy) has great coffee, Verve-level, if you feel the need to treat yourself.

The side effects of the steroid were...more than I thought. Definite agitation, some aggression, a little more focus, a bit manic. Riding the motorcycle on 280 was fun. For me, anyway. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT FUCKFACE?!?!?

In your current “gonna cut someone” mood, *not* recommended.

[King Bob]

I've had three cortisone shots for my back, and will say that even with local anaesthetic it was painful. And the first two didn't really do much. I don't know if it would be as bad in the elbow. Good luck to you.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Thanks. Avoiding the shot for now.

[thatguy]

So I had this splinter in my wrist that was too tiny to see, but was irritating every time I bumped it. Fast forward a few months and it's an angry wart-like bump that is demanding more attention than it deserves for it's tiny size. So I schedule a dermatology appointment since they provide that service at the wellness center at work. I've never had a dermatologist appointment before, so this is all new to me. They look at my wrist and say, ot that's "blah-blah-noma" nothing to worry about really. We can shave it off, or extract it. I opt for shaving it off. So they schedule a follow up for that....but while they have me, they say "What's that thing on your face?"

"What thing?" I ask..."I don't see any thing"

"That tiny patch that is a little bit lighter"...they hand me one of those cosmetic dish shaped mirrors and point to it. It doesn't look like much, but they are alarmed and want to take a sample and send it in for testing, so we do that and a few weeks later, they let me know that it tested positive, but it's a slow actin' tinactin kind. Not to worry, but better extract the fucker soon, before it becomes a face-hugger.

I wait for the new year so all of my deductibles reset and I can pay more out of pocket. I go in and they remove about a small patch which they then go off and test while I wait an hour. Nope...there's still more. The patch becomes dime-sized. They go and test again for an hour. This time they've got it all, so they sew me up. A few weeks later, I go back and get the stitches out. There's still dissolvable inside stitches, and after two weeks, (last Tuesday) I start massaging it to prevent any scar tissue from forming and to try to break up the remaining stitches.

I wasn't worried before, during, or after. All went pretty smoothly. Now I have a bragging schmisse, so I guess I should start fencing again.

--tg
PS: the shaving of the wrist thing didn't work, so I had to go back for extraction and stitches there, too.
PPS: Always wear sunscreen!

[King Bob]

I keep thinking I'm going to have some of those issues. I used to ride my bike everywhere, and I never wore sunscreen. So far so good though.

[Drunk Monk]

Just a few skin tags, moles and an eczema patch for me so far.  I'm horrible when it comes to sunscreen.  Stacy is the opposite.  Of course, our genetics are different when it comes to skin.  Tara inherited the worst of both of us in that regard.  I started sunscreening more for her benefit, to set a good example, but I don't usually burn and tanning alleviates my scarring.  In recent years, bug bite scars really stay with me and make me all spotty like.  

But yeah, maybe you should start fencing again.  

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Just had a couple more patches burned off my face on Monday. Mostly right side side temple. I thought it would be left side, since that is where the “Driver’s Tan” side is.

[cranefly]

Just had a couple more patches burned off my face on Monday. Mostly right side side temple...

That's why I gave up lightsaber.

[The Queen]

I had a run-in with the dermatologist and an odd discoloration on the tip of my nose. They come at me with a scalpel and tell me to, “Hold still,” and I’m like, “Get the hell away from me with that thing! I heal with keloid scars! I don’t want to risk having a giant permanent bump on the end of my nose!” They eventually talked me into letting them do it, and no scar, thank goodness. No skin cancer either. Grrr.

[Drunk Monk]

My beard hides a keloid scar, which is why I keep it.  It looks like a big witches wart on my chin.  It is from either 1. a fencing scar gone horribly wrong 2. getting punched in the face by someone wearing a ring 3. a beer bottle in a bar fight 4. self-inflicted during my cutting phase or 5. I honestly don't remember.

[thatguy]

When people ask, I'll rotate those same 5 options!

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

When people ask, I'll rotate those same 5 options!

--tg

Feel free.  Happy to be of service.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Here’s a new one: Did you know that you can get shingles...in your *mouth*?

Well, you can. And it is as pleasant as you think it is.

[Greg]

Ow. Ow. Ow.

The first time I had Shingles, I thought I was having a heart attack the pain in my chest was so bad.