There's lumberthing I want to tell you

[fargon]

Oh No! Fuck cancer.

[Gravdigr]

Momdigr had a thing removed from the same spot earlier this year. They tried freezing it a couple times, didn't take, so to speak. So then they scraped the fucking thing off. Left a helluva divot, it's filling in, though. And the thing hasn't returned, so...





When I first saw your evidence, I thought "Now all ya need are the bolts-in-the-neck, and then ya"---And then I thought, "Too soon, maybe."

It's good ya got it took care of. If nothing else, it's that much off yer mind.

[Gravdigr]

Please take that in jest, as I meant it.

Also, fuck cancer.

[Undertoad]

Get all the health care they are paying for!

One of the advantages of living where we are... good docs want to live and work around here. I begin to get the suspicion that the B team is working out where mama lives in Harrisburg. Just a troubling suspicion.

Well more than a suspicion... when there was real trouble 7 years ago, they sent her to a Penn hospital for the surgery...

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I got a new zipper put in.

Reverse lobotomy?

Kidding - fuck cancer.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Look on the bright side, you lost weight.
My mother had a bunch of spots on her face chopped out at 65, and lived to 95 so it can be beaten.

[Griff]

I'll be on the same team soon enough.

[Gravdigr]

Those look like some seriously well-done stitches. Very neat & tidy.

[lumberjim]

The doctor that referred me to him said he's the best, always perfect. And you know how vain I am, and that's the side of my face that faces the customer at my desk when I look at my monitor...

So far, customers been too polite to ask what the head wound is about, but I've had to explain it to the coworkers repeatedly. Never a straight answer. I had a zipper put in so I can change the battery easier, etc.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

The doctor that referred me to him said he's the best, always perfect.

They truly are very clean stitches, he did a nice job. But I have to admit I'm so incredibly skeptical when I hear that a doctor is the best (usually it's "one of the best in the country" or "best in the state") because the referring doctor/hospital/whatever has every reason to lie to you--first off, you're not going to know, and second, you likely don't have a choice so it's better to just feel good about your fate.

When my father-in-law had a brain tumor, three different nurses went out of their way to reassure us that the surgeon he'd been assigned to was "the best in the state." C'mon--the best neurosurgeon in all of Texas is working at a mid-tier hospital in suburban Fort Worth? No he fucking isn't. But it made my mother-in-law happy, because it was what she wanted to hear. So, okay.

[Gravdigr]

I woulda just figgered that there was only the one neurosurgeon in all of Texas, and everything else was just cowboys.

[lumberjim]

I did Google him. Steven greenbaum in Philly.

The doctor that referred him didn't seem to be selling anything. He said, you'll wait longer to get in with him, but his work is always perfect. And then gave me 2 other doctors that are also very good. I wasn't in a hurry, so.... And I know a guy that used him and he was 2 thumbs up.

Only hurts when I put on glasses at this point.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

… So far, customers been too polite to ask what the head wound is about, but I've had to explain it to the coworkers repeatedly. Never a straight answer. ...

Bullet grazed your head while shopping at the mall on Black Friday.

Hit a bird while skydiving, found a broken beak inside your helmet.

Doing an overhead lift of your figure skating partner and her skate blade clipped you.

[Undertoad]

Brain surgery because you started having seizures. Turned out to be a 1" live worm

[lumberjim]

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