03-24-2019, 10:48 PM
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!
"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!