A Day with my Dermatologist...

WMostellar

WMostellar

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A Day with my Dermatologist, Dr. Chastain in Marietta, GA: it was 3 layers and the size of a nickel.

I'm glad my Bride noticed the spot and scheduled a look; it was basal. I use Sunscreen and hats, but I can't outrun my genes.

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WMostellar said:
A Day with my Dermatologist, Dr. Chastain in Marietta, GA: it was 3 layers and the size of a nickel.

I'm glad my Bride noticed the spot and scheduled a look; it was basal. I use Sunscreen and hats, but I can't outrun my genes.

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Bless you lady's keen eye-you're ahead of the game, facial scars are the least of my worries. You oughta see my neck- it looks I'was almost beheaded,....
 
A lot of bad stuff can be avoided if you simply make periodic visits for high risk items.

Once a year to the dermatologist, and once a year to the urologist. Even if your insurance doesn't cover "periodic maintenance visits". I pay cash for these two, and it only runs me $350 a year. WELL worth the expense.

The life you save may be your own.

Hope you feel better, Bill.

Richman
 
As an aside, getting your doctors finger in your pooper is humiliating and uncomfortable and leaves you feeling dirty. If you're 40 or over it's just part of life, my father is going through a second set of chemo treatments after having his prostate removed.
 
Well, that's just awful! My dermatologist suspects that a small growth on my face is a basal cell carcinoma which she'll remove in January and send for tests. I'm blaming you if I don't sleep well tonight!

Wishing you all the best.
 
Your scar will be better than mine. Mine was just over a week ago. Been doing exactly like the Dr. ordered. It's still a little swollen, but I have a feeling it was a little more invasive. They basically had to dig down into my neck. My right side of my tongue is still numb, and may never come back. Makes it a real PITA to eat, whistle, talk, etc.

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mshunter said:
Your scar will be better than mine. Mine was just over a week ago. Been doing exactly like the Dr. ordered. It's still a little swollen, but I have a feeling it was a little more invasive. They basically had to dig down into my neck. My right side of my tongue is still numb, and may never come back. Makes it a real PITA to eat, whistle, talk, etc.
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Yours does look more invasive - I pray you get your tongue back.
 
pntbllr233 said:
How many times has crew scheduling called to see if you're ready for work?
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None...I called Crew Scheduling when I knew the exact date so I wouldn't be called out (Reserve).

On another note - I sent the "Sick Leabe Verification Letter" to the appropriate office with an electronic signature from the Doctor (neat Adobe feature), but the Administrator said he needed a fax with a signature...LOL, that would be easier to forge if I were so inclined.
 
WMostellar said:
None...I called Crew Scheduling when I knew the exact date so I wouldn't be called out (Reserve).

On another note - I sent the "Sick Leabe Verification Letter" to the appropriate office with an electronic signature from the Doctor (neat Adobe feature), but the Administrator said he needed a fax with a signature...LOL, that would be easier to forge if I were so inclined.
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Isn't it fun being treated like children?

At Surejet a doctors note means exactly nothing. They could have to put an arm back on, you still get dinged for missing work.
 
I'm glad you took care of it!

Now you have to put sunscreen on it every single day to avoid scarring. Neutrogena makes a facial sunblock that worked for me when I fell down a flight of stairs in 2011 and cracked my skull. The crack is visible but there is no scar.
 
Good luck, man!

Skin cancer is nothing to mess around with. Regular check-ups are the secret. Caught early, the cure rate is very, very high. Not caught, it's one of the nastiest, and treatments don't add much time, or quality to the life that is left.

Lots of those teeny, tiny stitches are the way that plastic surgeons and dermatologists minimize scarring. Works, and the visible scar can take up to a year to reach its final smallness.
 
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