If ever you point out some minor skin irregularity to your doctor and her eyes light up… If ever she says with too much enthusiasm, “We could zap them off!”
Say, “NO.”
She just wants to play with the cool freezy chemicals. I know it’s fun… fog rolling out of the shiny metal container, freezing random parts off of patients… but really. It hurts! And it doesn’t actually freeze them off… it just makes thinks look worse. Five days later… I’m still wondering, “Why?” “Why?” And now I’m getting this sick feeling that maybe my insurance won’t cover it and I’ll actually have to pay my own money to be tortured and uglified.
I only have one turtleneck sweater. Surely I can not continue to wear the same sweater every day. Thank God for this ridiculously cold April weather!
With all the fear of skin cancer, I think weird skin growths are routinely removed as a precaution rather than being considered merely cosmetic. So it might be covered.
I’ve learned to say these three sentences at the doctor’s office (not necessarily in this order):
I need to think about it. (then go home and research)
Is this cosmetic or a true medical issue?
What happens if I do nothing?
And maybe we both need to add, “Will this be covered by my insurance?”
Comment by Chartreuseova — 4/14/2007 @ 2:47 pm
cold? we’ve been having bbq’s and water fights, granted its only about 60 odd degree’s but thats warm for us! any excuse to mess about
Comment by james — 4/17/2007 @ 4:45 am
Well, two days after it was snowing, it was in the seventies. Crazy place we live.
Comment by Amy — 4/17/2007 @ 6:34 am