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[Alaskan]

I think the other thing day students miss is meeting people from a lot of places. Many geographical, ethnic, religious, political, etc backgrounds that are likely a lot different than the bubble of their high school years. Just might expand their minds a bit.

For me it wasn't meeting new kinds of people that was so cool, it was more WOW, there are freaks just like me!!!

 

[microchick]

Because, @bruceha2000. What if somebody comes up to you while you are sitting in your car with the window rolled down or walks by you and coughs hard and long and that person has Covid? Remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean somebody really isn't following you!

Seriously. I was 30 feet from somebody coughing in the Salvation Army thrift store and got sick. I'd rather not take any chances with rolled down windows and or people NOT wearing masks coming too close to me.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We have masks ready do not leave the car without them

 

[drumstick diva]

George I had the basal cell cancer on the end of my nose. This was years ago I think I only had one round of mohs, at most two. Dr. grafted skin from the side near my eye(thanks a lot Dr.) to fill in the hole. It's at least 5 years since and can still see the stitch marks plainly- near my eye.

The last time I saw him for my annual skin cancer check- he said he doesn't do anything but surgery now. He did a 5 second glance and said I had pre-cancerous lesions under the other eye. Said medicare won't pay till it is cancerous - so he wouldn't touch it.

I have some pics I took afterwards, you wouldn't believe how clucked up my face was just for the spot on nose and stitch marks. Thankfully it healed and looks very close to normal

PS he also did/does plastic surgery but I knew I couldn't afford it. Plus at my if people can't accept me, I don't need/want them in my life.

He also told me to bandage the area for 4 months when going outside, and NOT to use sunblock until AFTER that period. Funny though when I was in stores people would come up to me and say they had the same surgery. We would compare notes & results. I guess it is very, very common - since noses tend to be uncovered in all types of weather. Ears are the next commonest place for skin cancer.

I found a hat like the "French foreign legion," kind at Kohls, with long ear flaps that fastened under the chin. So I wore that in summer etc. In winter I am sure to wear a warm hat that covers them as well as a facemask

 

[drumstick diva]

George didn't you have another lesion some time (maybe year ago or more) that was removed? Was it the same type?

 

[getaclue]

micro, when we actually had Covid, we were faithful about staying home. I have horrible allergies, and with all the rain we've been having, EVERYTHING is blooming, or dropping pollen. It's not uncommon for my stuffy nose to decide to drain down the back of my throat, in the store. Of course, I cough. Before Covid, nobody really gave it a second thought. Now, sometimes people stare. All I have to do is say "allergies", and people continue on their merry way. LOT'S of us are being affected with allergies now.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh yes both BF and I are afflicted with bad allergies.. We quit smoking almost 6 years ago I think mine got worse not better

 

[getaclue]

Hmmmmm. An interesting topic came up in light of the former threat of a possible hurricane, now downgraded to possible tropical storm. In Florida, we open the shelters when we're pretty certain we're going to be hit with a hurricane. They get filled up. They were discussing how to deal with all the high volume of people, in a shelter situation, and protecting them from Covid too. I had to chuckle. You simply can't protect everyone, from everything. It's more of a pick, and choose which you'd rather face, in this type situation.

The reason I had to chuckle is that, when I got cancer, then chemo, I not only had to deal with the impact of the cancer itself, but chemo opens the doors on a multitude of things to die from as well. It's like a buffet of things to die from. If one doesn't get you, sooner or later, another one will. As if that's not enough, add in the daily preventative medication(s), and that increases the odds on some of the doors the chemo opened, and adds a few more things to the buffet. It's easy to get fearful, or paranoid in this type situation, OR go the opposite end of the spectrum, and go into denial. Neither extreme is beneficial to living one's life. Living, not just existing, during the time I have, is my focus point. It's about planting the roses, and stopping to smell the roses occasionally too, while being cautious, but not overly concerned about the thorns, so they don't prevent me from enjoying the roses.

 

[Alaskan]

It's about planting the roses, and stopping to smell the roses occasionally too, while being cautious, but not overly concerned about the thorns, so they don't prevent me from enjoying the roses.

I agree.

Not a covid thing, or not really exactly, but as to the risk thing.... and the importance of weighing risks and rewards...


I had to remind myself of that a bunch when my kids started getting active. My first instinct was to protect them from everything, but I would then remind myself that some risks are acceptable, and having fun in life is wonderful. I learned to adjust my thinking, try to minimize risks where possible, understand which risks were acceptable and which were not.

You can't ever learn to stand if you don't get to fall, sometimes falling is the lesson, and sometimes falling is fun.

 

[bruceha2000]

Looks like some of our friends in TX, LA and MS are going to get some wind in the the next few days.

okay just shoot me bought 12 green eggs from ebay Amercuana

If they are green they are EE not Ameraucana.

Said medicare won't pay till it is cancerous

Well that is just brilliant! I thought the whole idea was to catch things BEFORE they got serious and a lot more expensive/deadly?