The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

Good Morning Old Folks, We are still dry here.
Up at 8:30 last year rained so much had to cover the tomato ripen them inside.
This year no rain water all the time.

 

[getaclue]

The doctor deemed it as a type of wart, even though it's black. They did the cryo-freeze on it. While the freezing stings a bit for a short while, it's not even close to as bad as when they cut to do the biopsies. East peasy.

 

[Nomadicus]

Doc has been freezing the area where he puts in the shots for joints.

 

[getaclue]

Um, cryo-freezing kills the skin. The area gets a scab, and in about 3 weeks, the scab falls off. I'm not sure it's the same type freezing they do for the shots in the joints. That type freezing is probably an anesthesia/numbing agent for pain.

 

[Nomadicus]

Um, cryo-freezing kills the skin. The area gets a scab, and in about 3 weeks, the scab falls off. I'm not sure it's the same type freezing they do for the shots in the joints. That type freezing is probably an anesthesia/numbing agent for pain.

Yeah. I don't get a scab. It feels the same but doesn't do what the dermatologist does. Next week I get that kind of a freeze in a spot or two if the norm holds true.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I get to go to the dermatologist today to check for a skin cancer. More fun, fun, fun...not usually.

I hope the doctor I see today, is better than the one I saw last time. The last one disagreed about the area I suspected. I got the "I'm the doctor, listen to me" lecture. She turned to Dh after lecturing me, and reassured Dh that I did not have any skin cancer anywhere, and I was just being paranoid.

When the test results came back in, it confirmed that the area I suspected was indeed cancer, and I had been scheduled with a surgeon to have it removed. Dh almost fell off his chair when I handed him a printed copy of my test results. He kept saying, "but she assured me that you didn't have skin cancer, and you were just paranoid".

That attitude from doctors pisses me off! Doctor didn't think i had Lyme disease, but i tested positive. He is no longer my doctor.

 

[bruceha2000]

For the most part, that still holds true today.

I agree though DW's younger aunt missed that. Mind and body still in good shape at 102, went into care facility as things progressed just shy of 103. Didn't use a walker until after that, didn't use a wheelchair until nearly 104. Still asking pertinent topical questions 3 days before she died.

I have a theory that you can guess if someone will be long lived or not. If they don't look their age, they will live long. None of DW's father's side looked old at 80. Even her uncle who died youngest at 91 didn't look like he was at death's door at 90. He got cancer in his back at 90. FIL, now 98, has Parkinson's, not good and certainly a case of body gone, mid still there. Other 2 siblings died at 96 , not looking old at 90, both had their faculties.

Then you see people who look very old and you find out they are not yet even 70.

 

[Nomadicus]

Good morning Old Folks. I'm up but not going to be running any foot races today. Have a good one everyone.

 

[sourland]

Good morning. Moderate temps here. Dogs to be worked and a small part of the lawn to be mowed.

 

[getaclue]

Good morning OF. It's already hot out, and the temps are climbing. One good thing that's been happening, just about every day, later in the afternoon when temps should reach their hottest, it's been clouding up, and/or raining some. When it clouds up, it's dark rain-type clouds, which provide quite a bit of relief from the heat, whether it actually rains or not.

I finally got sick and tired of all the bags of cereal on the counter. I bought some large Rubbermaid cereal containers. They came in yesterday, so I got them all washed up, dried, and poured the cereal into them last night. Oh, what a difference. It cleared up the clutter look, and these are easier for the kids to manage, so less cereal spilled onto the counter. I should have gotten them a long time ago.