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Mizmo said:
Today at 1pm I go to see a surgeon re a ghastly thingie on the front of my thumb ..right hand.
Very very painful and having to use left hand...lots of typos...
Started out as a crusty white pimple size of a small pea and because of location it got knocked and bumped and bled on and off.

Family Doc of course was unavailable for such a small pimply thing even though it was bleeding .
With my history of BCell lymphoma you would think..never mind.....
He said on phone appt. to treat with over counter creams
They did not help at all.

One had to be almost gasping for breath to actually get an in office appointment but finally he gave in an allowed me to visit him in clinic. He said he had never seen anything like it...all red and purple and swollen...wow....neither had I !
Shot it with his liquid nitrogen gun which just made it worse. Prescribed a cream which cost me sixty bucks and it got worse with that. By this time the size of a dime, hard, and the whole thumb inflamed. On antibiotics for a week.
Two weeks ago he says ....thats gotta come off !..really!

I was lucky to get in house appointment with plastic surgeon for his diagnosis
Sooo...wish me luck folks please...
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@Mizmo .. it's too bad it has gotten so big that you now need surgery. I hope it all goes well. All the best to you (y)
 

It's windy and cold outside (like a 40 degree drop from yesterday), so it's a good day to stay inside, cook soup, bake, and listen to great music on youtube. I especially enjoy the group/movement "Playing for a Change" that brings together singers and musicians from all over the world to do Rock classics. So many talented people... it's lovely to see music bring people together
 
Mizmo said:
Today at 1pm I go to see a surgeon re a ghastly thingie on the front of my thumb ..right hand.
Very very painful and having to use left hand...lots of typos...
Started out as a crusty white pimple size of a small pea and because of location it got knocked and bumped and bled on and off.

Family Doc of course was unavailable for such a small pimply thing even though it was bleeding .
With my history of BCell lymphoma you would think..never mind.....
He said on phone appt. to treat with over counter creams
They did not help at all.

One had to be almost gasping for breath to actually get an in office appointment but finally he gave in an allowed me to visit him in clinic. He said he had never seen anything like it...all red and purple and swollen...wow....neither had I !
Shot it with his liquid nitrogen gun which just made it worse. Prescribed a cream which cost me sixty bucks and it got worse with that. By this time the size of a dime, hard, and the whole thumb inflamed. On antibiotics for a week.
Two weeks ago he says ....thats gotta come off !..really!

I was lucky to get in house appointment with plastic surgeon for his diagnosis
Sooo...wish me luck folks please...
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I'm glad that you are having it looked at! ....hope all goes well!
 
hollydolly said:
It's 51 deg f here... don't have any heating on, it's very mild for the time of year...but it's dull with just a faint blue sky

Today is a Holiday, so nothing much happening.. I was going to take a whole load of stuff to the recycle centre, but I realised that today it will be very busy with people getting rid of all their Christmas stuff... so I'll wait until later in the week..maybe tomorrow before I go to the dentist ..

I wish we had coffee bars and cafes' near here.. and I could take a walk to them... that's the drawback of living in the country, nothing nearby...
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I know what you mean.....the closest place for me to get cappuccino or coffee, is about 10 miles away from my home. It is major (higher speed) roads the whole way there, no place to walk even if I wanted to.

Still, I love living in the country, so I'm ok with it. We usually go into town once a week (or more), so that is my cappuccino day.
 
hollydolly said:
it's the substitue for New Years Day... being as NYD fell on a Sunday
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We have the same here. I’ve been waiting for the final parcel so I can return everything needed at the same time.
Today will be the last few decorations put away.
Clean the fridge before heading off to the grocery store.
DH has an appointment DT so we’ll find something for lunch - probably pickup. It seems we always end up going DT on a Monday and many restaurants are closed.
Now I need to get out this chair and continue with the next load of laundry and have breakfast.
 
I've been in the kitchen cleaning most all morning...cooking grease settles on everything around my cooktop no matter that I always turn the overhead vent on...so that's my morning job today.
It's beginning to warm up here, no more freezing until Thursday.
I plan on making soup with the leftover roast later.
Everyone have a good day.
 
Trila said:
Schedules can be good at times. I'm a natural-born procrastinator.....if I didn't make myself a schedule nothing would ever get done! LOL
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I am a gold medal procrastinator, too. I like making schedules. After that, back to procrastinating. I think this will be good for me. My goal is to keep it up for 3 weeks. My backlog of stuff I need to do will be cleared, and maybe I'll end up liking it or form new habits. If my goal is longer than 3 weeks, the schedule will end up in the abyss.
 
Thanks for all good wishes. Appointment was changed to 2pm. Eight people waiting...

Well the visit was less than satisfactory. I was in and out in ten minutes and I am not quite sure what I am supposed to do.
The surgeon looked and said it has to come off that there was some cancer. I still do not know what to call it. It will take months for thumb to recover as tendon is involved and home care would be required for a while.....or.....I can leave as is as covering is causing infection . Should it not be covered to prevent infection......duh.....I am so confused. He wants to take it off...cash in his pocket of course

Now, as of today, all surgeries are again cancelled at my local hospital so who knows when the surgery will happen and of course I am in lineup for such event. His office will call. Could be six months, could be a year. I could pop my clogs before it gets done....who knows at this point.

I find at this age that doctors, even my family doctor are just not as attentive as they were when I was a few years younger. The number 80 seems to do it. Other friends in my age group say the same thing.

I will call my family Doc to explain things to me ...should I or shouldn't I.
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@Mizmo, not sure if Canada has the same laws associated with confidentiality but if it was me, I'd sign a release of medical information and have my primary MD send for the office notes, diagnostic tests, etc, from the specialist and/or surgeon and go over it with you, asking pointed questions. Like how was cancer detected, if it actually was, and what type?
 
CinnamonSugar said:
@Mizmo, not sure if Canada has the same laws associated with confidentiality but if it was me, I'd sign a release of medical information and have my primary MD send for the office notes, diagnostic tests, etc, from the specialist and/or surgeon and go over it with you, asking pointed questions. Like how was cancer detected, if it actually was, and what type?
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well I was in there for about ten minutes...no testing but even if it is benign it still needs to come off or I live with it.Doctors here communicate via PC if they are recommended which he was so I guess my Doc has all the info by now.
 
Mizmo said:
Thanks for all good wishes. Appointment was changed to 2pm. Eight people waiting...

Well the visit was less than satisfactory. I was in and out in ten minutes and I am not quite sure what I am supposed to do.
The surgeon looked and said it has to come off that there was some cancer. I still do not know what to call it. It will take months for thumb to recover as tendon is involved and home care would be required for a while.....or.....I can leave as is as covering is causing infection . Should it not be covered to prevent infection......duh.....I am so confused. He wants to take it off...cash in his pocket of course

Now, as of today, all surgeries are again cancelled at my local hospital so who knows when the surgery will happen and of course I am in lineup for such event. His office will call. Could be six months, could be a year. I could pop my clogs before it gets done....who knows at this point.

I find at this age that doctors, even my family doctor are just not as attentive as they were when I was a few years younger. The number 80 seems to do it. Other friends in my age group say the same thing.

I will call my family Doc to explain things to me ...should I or shouldn't I.
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I agree today’s doctors are more interested in money than patients. They are quite willing to leave you on long term pain,and with medical conditions, and they want you to live longer just so they can collect the money. I am in the US and I think it’s the same everywhere.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
@Mizmo, not sure if Canada has the same laws associated with confidentiality but if it was me, I'd sign a release of medical information and have my primary MD send for the office notes, diagnostic tests, etc, from the specialist and/or surgeon and go over it with you, asking pointed questions. Like how was cancer detected, if it actually was, and what type?
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These days a lot of doctors can look at a growth and tell it’s cancer by the way it looks.
 
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