tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6138474597361696617..comments2024-03-28T05:53:09.950-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Des Affaires MédicalesOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50156440831515043572016-10-09T12:58:52.857-07:002016-10-09T12:58:52.857-07:00Based on your description Andrew, yeah, I'll t...Based on your description Andrew, yeah, I'll take the cold stuff.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32453084438336559442016-10-09T11:44:14.919-07:002016-10-09T11:44:14.919-07:00Freezing beats slicing. When they go after some s...Freezing beats slicing. When they go after some skin cancers, they use a curved knife-thingy, and take slices out. They stop digging when the slices stop showing malformed cells. Sound bad so far? Nope. It is much worse. See, they take a slice, take it to some lab in Timbuktu while making you sit in an uncomfortable chair, then come get another slice, repeat, slice, wait, slice, wait, slice...<br /><br />Sometime after the fourth coming of Christ, yeah, that long, they finally sew you up, say some things that make no sense (like, have a nice day and such) and say you are good to go back to work. As if. Once the lidocaine stuff wears off, it does indeed feel like someone with a stick is hitting you in the head (I actually know how that feels, the hitting in the head with the stick thing. I used to do that stuff for fun.) And then the real pain sets in. Imagine having your face gnawed upon by a buck-toothed giant rat with really bad teeth, while the dude with the stick is trying to hit the rat with a stick and keeps missing and hits you instead.<br /><br />Next day you wake up looking like an epileptic Zorro used your face for target practice.<br /><br />I much prefer the cold stuff. Really much prefer the cold stuff.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74734608878191637572016-10-09T08:24:57.623-07:002016-10-09T08:24:57.623-07:00Well, it's certainly cold enough!Well, it's certainly cold enough!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71699655046424981992016-10-09T00:31:39.836-07:002016-10-09T00:31:39.836-07:00Anybody with access to Liquid Nitrogen should be a...Anybody with access to Liquid Nitrogen should be aware that it's also good for making great ice cream, especially if you have a good kitchen mixer.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23486346816130827482016-10-08T12:36:13.845-07:002016-10-08T12:36:13.845-07:00Hahaha!
That's deep John.Hahaha!<br /><br />That's deep John.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26089711232142417032016-10-08T12:13:14.149-07:002016-10-08T12:13:14.149-07:00Have had several moles removed over the years. So ...Have had several moles removed over the years. So far they have all been cut off when in the early stages of going very bad. Going back into the dermatologist's office next week for a slice and dice after getting the phone call that says they need to take a little more. My standard answer is to cut more than you think, because just like nuking the site from orbit, it is the only way to be sure.<br />As others above said, these things are best caught early.<br /><br />Small fingers. Out of a three doctor practice I picked the doctor with the smallest hands when I got a flare up of a condition what rhymes with droids. During the examination I realized that finger size did not matter, I should have looked at the size of the wrist and arm. (or maybe it just felt that way!)John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61642636561978956612016-10-08T07:41:10.708-07:002016-10-08T07:41:10.708-07:00E-3s misbehaving? Nah, say it ain't so.E-3s misbehaving? Nah, say it ain't so.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81184874712739025132016-10-08T07:40:28.910-07:002016-10-08T07:40:28.910-07:00Yes, it isn't very attractive is it?
Then aga...Yes, it isn't very attractive is it?<br /><br />Then again, I'm not on the market anymore. ;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41993875654449948762016-10-08T07:39:31.635-07:002016-10-08T07:39:31.635-07:00I am getting to that age where trips to the medico...I am getting to that age where trips to the medicos is a couple of times a year. Back in the Air Force it was more like once every five years, until I hit 40, then they wanted to see me once a year.<br /><br />Small fingers, no need to say any more. Am I right?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19928811328874138862016-10-08T07:38:02.990-07:002016-10-08T07:38:02.990-07:00Ouch!Ouch!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64545427963325044272016-10-08T07:37:49.382-07:002016-10-08T07:37:49.382-07:00Shaun - Concur, and we heard it here first.Shaun - Concur, and we heard it here first.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2064687834004861062016-10-08T07:37:19.664-07:002016-10-08T07:37:19.664-07:00STxAR - oh my!STxAR - oh my!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86116724678527989812016-10-08T07:36:18.957-07:002016-10-08T07:36:18.957-07:00Indeed it is. Can't feel a thing today.
For w...Indeed it is. Can't feel a thing today.<br /><br />For which I am thankful.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44914616246162664652016-10-08T07:25:36.316-07:002016-10-08T07:25:36.316-07:00I dislike the temporary discoloration and waiting ...I dislike the temporary discoloration and waiting for the frozen skin to peel off. Better than the alternative though.Ron Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217389199007968254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85589455028165318342016-10-08T07:24:14.202-07:002016-10-08T07:24:14.202-07:00BITD every air station and carrier had an O2/N2 pl...BITD every air station and carrier had an O2/N2 plant. Needed LOX for breathing and very pure nitrogen for tires and pneumatics. So we always had LN2 available at medical for weekly wart clinics. And when you send E-3's to collect LN2, they always get more than required (as much as possible), which results in much happy experimentation. I don't recall any severe injuries, but from time to time there was a bit of property damage.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81736530412602819002016-10-08T07:15:13.830-07:002016-10-08T07:15:13.830-07:00Now THAT is a story which needs to be protected an...Now THAT is a story which needs to be protected and preserved for posterity. PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9296483251635384472016-10-08T07:07:10.179-07:002016-10-08T07:07:10.179-07:00You're very wise to get these checked out. My ...You're very wise to get these checked out. My Grandmother Lewis had melanoma when I was little and I watched her<br />waste away in agony till she died in our home when I was in the 7th grade. My Mom has had several Basel cell<br />spots removed over the years so I get checked out every year. And I'm definitely with you on the small fingers!!!rkinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432551832152096206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86957682478997621312016-10-08T06:38:33.249-07:002016-10-08T06:38:33.249-07:00BTDT. Now I self medicate with the application of ...BTDT. Now I self medicate with the application of food grade 30% hydrogen peroxide. Works, and there is no $50 co-pay. Downside is 30 minutes or so of intense pain. Makes me howl like a die hard Bronco fan after their team loses.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51312739065516378862016-10-08T05:58:07.857-07:002016-10-08T05:58:07.857-07:00I got the same treatment this year. It stung when...I got the same treatment this year. It stung when they zapped my face. But the itch was maddening! Man... until the affected area sloughed off. I had warts burned off when I was a teenager, I'll take freeze over burn any day. Frostbite isn't as painful.<br /><br />My high school geometry teacher told me a good one: He had a wart he wanted gone, and went to the old saw bones in his town. This dr. was really old, this was the late 1940's. He tells my teacher, TD, to 'drop your trousers'.... then leaves the room and starts rooting around in a closet. TD is a bit distressed, leans out the door and advises that the wart is on his hand.... Dr. says "drop your trousers now!" So, he reluctantly did.<br /><br />Dr. comes back in with a cymbal! Puts in on a stool and commands TD to sit. TD, "uh.. Doc.... I, uh...." "SIT!" TD said is was cold, but it was the situation that was most uncomfortable. The old doc puts a welding clamp on the cymbal, and fires up some electric thing to burn the wart off. That was when TD relaxed.... a bit.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61284047715624767802016-10-08T05:55:35.117-07:002016-10-08T05:55:35.117-07:00Well, hang in there! The alternative is worse.Well, hang in there! The alternative is worse.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com