Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Identical twins separated at birth?

I'm in K's doghouse.  I have a special aversion to sunscreen.  It's slimy and I don't like putting it on right after a nice shower.  I feel dirtier than before I took the shower!  Now I've got this skin cancer and it turns out I'll HAVE to dip in the stuff daily. Yuck!  I have to admit it....K has been right all along telling me to slather it on. 

Yesterday I had a procedure done where they cut out a small spot on my chest.  All is well.  Then I had to go next door to another Dr. for consultation about the cancer on my nose, right where the nose-piece on my glasses rests.  

This guy is a "maxillofacial" specialist.  Next week he's going to cut the spot off and examine it under a microscope to make sure he cut out juuuust the right amount of tissue.  Then he's going to cut skin elsewhere (maybe the bridge of my nose?) and transplant some tissue from there back onto my nose where the boo-boo was.  



George Clooney.  Or is it?

I told him as long as he was slicing and dicing I was kinda hoping for the "George Clooney" look, and told him there would be a nice tip in it for him if he could help me out.  He told me he was a simple highly trained medical specialist, not a miracle worker.  :)

So I guess it pays to be a pasty-white little nerd living in mama's basement.  No sun, no skin cancer, no slimy sunscreen.

S


10 comments:

  1. Hope all goes will with all the snipping! I need to go to a dermatologist sometime just to get a baseline exam.

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  2. Does not sound a simple as you make. Good luck with it and when it is done...

    Listen to YOUR WIFE!! on this anyway.

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  3. Joe....You're right. That was just the Readers Digest version. I guess I need to practice up on my "Yes dear." ;)

    Dana....Yes, go. I wouldn't hurt.

    S

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  4. Firefox refuses to allow me to comment; it keeps logging me out. Let's try it again with good ol' IE8...

    It's good that that you went early. Buy sunscreen that smells nice and maybe it will ease the ick factor :-)

    I guess I should have the bump on my nose looked at...

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  5. I don't like sunscreen either, but I should probably wear it more often. Dang people destroying the ozone layer and whatnot.

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  6. Have you ever seen an untouched photograph of George Clooney? Who knows what he's had lopped off? By the way, don't mention this to Mrs. C. who sighs at the mention of George C.

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  7. I just came from Murrmurrs blog where I commented that I thought sunscreen felt SLIMY. And now you say the same thing.

    Still, put it on. George Clooney uses it, just tell yourself that.

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  8. Good that you are getting it taken care of. I think I'm doomed to eventually get some skin cancer; I grew up in the generation where it was considered cool to lather ourselves with baby oil and spend hours at the beach and burn. What were we thinking?

    betty

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  9. Very glad to hear you got it taken care of. Catch those things early and they're (relatively) not a big deal, but ignore them and it can be a death sentence. My Dad had a skin cancer removed from his forehead (probably brought on by his being bald and playing sports in the sun, so I'll probably have to look out for the same since I do those things and am those things.)

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  10. If he can't give you the full George Clooney, perhaps you can talk him into a mini Brad Pitt?

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