Bonfire of the Goddesses
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haven't been here in a while, I suppose that is a very good thing, but now I have some medical practice people to throw into the fire: today I went to have a small growth under my eye removed - nothing urgent, at my annual - April 1 my pcp thought it looked pearly ie basal cell - so had a dermatology visit in May, who wasn't sure but thought it should be biopsied but because of location, recommended a PS group, so I randomly picked a doc in the group - had a consultation in mid June - scheduled for removal today July 20 - so this was not considered by anyone to be time-sensitive. Doctor greeted me looked at the growth, said it had to come off and that I should schedule the procedure, I reminded him that I had done that and that this was in fact the day of the procedure - he pretended to remember by saying, hasn't it grown!!!?. So he did remove it, then the nurse says, no exercise for a week (news to me) and come back in a week to remove the stitches. I said I will not be here, a lot of back and forth and I was told that the stitches had to be removed next monday, not the Friday before and not the Friday after and I should go to an urgent care center. So I go home and look up urgent care centers in the section of the Adirondacks where I will be, they don't take my insurance and what would be $20 is now going to be $180 minimum. I called around to the primary practices in the area that accept my insurance and they won't remove stitches they didn't' put in even if I were their patient. I am just pissed because this could have been avoided if at the consultation in June I had been provided by the doctor, the nurse, the schedulers??? with information on the one week follow-up - I would have made the appt on a day that would have avoided this ONE 4 workday period the entire summer I will be out of town. I am hoping that someone in the group I will be vacationing with is/was a nurse who can take the stitches out. Oh, and about the biopsy results? one week.
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Take a small pair of scissors (tiny) and delicate tweezers with you. And some triple antibiotic to put on after. Should be able to find a brave soul to remove the stitches. Good luck.
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Jelson, That is ridiculous! I've removed a fair amount of stitches without any problems. I'm not a medical professional, but it is pretty easy to do. I even removed a stitch that didn't dissolve from my port.
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Jelson,
Take a bottle of Jack Daniels too!
Just kidding! maybe your health insurance has an advocate who can help address this.
Your face is important and beautiful, although I would take stitches out in other places -like my cat's ear (did it) your face is different.
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That is so stupid! I agree with the others here, see if you can save yourself the money and see if you can have someone you know do it.0 -
thank you ladies for your validation of my indignation!! I just watched a few youtube videos on stitch removal and it does not look difficult at all and I think there are no more than 4 stitches. however, this is right below my eye and I am a bit near sighted and will want to wear my glasses which kind of cover the area and I am a bit leery of holding, much less manipulating a sharp scissor and tweezer so close to my eye. So, I will bring the implements with me and see if I can convince someone to help me with this. If not, then off I will go to the urgent care center. I will report back on what happens. no matter what, I am looking forward to soothing myself afterwards with Monday's soft ice cream from Donnelly's an ice cream stand in the middle of the no where - they make it easy for their customers - only one flavor per day but you get to choose cup or cone!
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Hi Ladies...............wanted to stop by and say Hello............hope your all doing well..................we're already close to "cold weather".........let's keep i'n touch.................no reason to let this thread "die"...............people come, people go......but its the ones who stay that matter..........hugs to all........
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I am here ducky and I still believe in burning and moving forward!
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Ducky.. Yes.. I'm here too.. and I always have plenty of chit to throw in the fire :-)
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Ditto Lucy....................
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Hey ladies happy gal turn the clocks back Nov 1st
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hey
blondie!
How is it going?
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Going good
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Hi Blondie...............hope you good...........
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blondie
check out crazytown thread. that is where a lot of people are currently hanging out. Missed hearing from you!
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Yea Blondie......come on over and sit a spell.........................
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G'uess who came to stir up trouble..............Chevy...............missed the old girl..........up to her old tricks...............more fun then a barrell of monkeys............
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Blondie.. Hi !!
Ducky.. HaHa.. You and Chevy bounce off each other. 😃
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Hi to anyone still on here...............guess this thread tanked...........anyone looking for a safe haven........Come visit us at Crazytown.............
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Everyone has gotten tired I guess but lets get the fire burning again ;-) I have loads of logs here - I will share with you Ducky !
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GmA......sound good........
Ok, ladies...............bring your good, your bad, your happy, your sad whatever you need the fire for.................to burn.......to warm......or just to sit by.................or just to chat a while..........stop by a give us a Howdy...........
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GMA and Ducky.. I think it would be great to get the Bonfire burning again.. Coming to sit by it when I was diagnosed was so comforting.. and would be now too!! Gosh.. lots of us still have lots of stuff/ people to through in there.!!
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Everyone is welcome.........
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Back at cha good buddy....................let's keep the Bonfire burning.............hugs to all my ladies.........
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I have a list of thngs to throw in there starting with humans...
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Blondie.. Throw them in.. We'll help you :-)
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Throwing all the stress and worries that have been coming my way lately on the bonfire!
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So nice to see the Bonfire is stil burning............
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yep. Great place to gather with the gals!
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