OWWW

[cornerofmadness]

I was forever and a day in the ob/gyn's office. The yearly part of it went well enough. Have to go get the boobs crushed again. That'll teach me to be almost 40 and never have kids (yeah nothing like pulling the pin on the cancer hand grenade there)


The oww isn't the yearly. That's nothing. But I did have some lumps and bumps that needed removing. Hell I could cut off all of them but one myself but they're in a place I can't reach easily with the tissue nippers (it's not like you need anesthetics for skin tags) but they're right where the bra hits so bye bye. The other was a freaking mole that was getting bigger right where the panties rub. It's like screw you body. can't you put these things where a) I could cut them off myself or b) at least where they wouldn't rub. That one needed numbed (and now that's worn off). pouts. Also it decided to bleed like crazy. thru the dressing and everywhere else. The little skin tags didn't bleed at all. The doc's like...um you're not bleeding. No shit. it's so damn COLD in here all my blood vessels are clamped. I'm sure that'll change as soon as I'm in public

well off to do the laundry. And boo to Domestications for having two more bedspreads I'd die for. ARGH. I WILL NOT TURN INTO MY MOTHER. I will NOT have a bedspread for every season. Whimpers. I want them.

Comments

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

I sympathize with the moles in bad places. The one I had removed from the top of my foot back in December still isn't fully healed because Hello! Top of the foot! Can't not wear socks and shoes in the winter - at least not in my office.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's a very odd place for a mole. And yes that would be a very sensitve place. Tip, find the non-medicated corn pads, the ones that look like donuts, and put that around the area. It'll take the pressure off

(love the icon)

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

It was a flat mole, but a big one that was slowly growing so the dermatologist wanted to remove it. Good idea. I'll look for them next time I'm in the store.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yep, see I can still think like a foot doctor

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Oh this has you written all over it:

http://www.domestications.com/ProductS.asp?deptid=10000&sid=45DCDD006827E17F&subdeptid=10209&product=F13632x&R=13632D&dept_id=10209+4294967239

Or, actually - me, Kylie and ELD since we're all dragons. *g*

And, so sorry for all the moley stuff. I'm about to have to go through all that very soon. Skin cancer practically gallops in our family. :(

I'm also getting my first booby squish this spring (as one of my resolutions), and I too am 42 and never had kids. Two giant hand grenades on my chest, yay.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

ha. that IS the bedspread i have.

yeah you'd want to watch those moles. I've been getting the stupid mammograms since my 20's

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i've thought about it but i have no storage

[mjules.livejournal.com]

Your icon lies, Sanzo. *grin* You don't even like to be touched, much less hugged.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

this is true

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Oh ouch :(

So basically by the time I'm 40 the fact that I don't have kids will be endangering my health? Yay.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

in a nutshell yes, with much greater chances of both ovarian and breast cancer

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Wonderful.

Still isn't enough to make me change my thoughts on having kids though.

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you about the skin tags. :-S I hope that you will be feeling better.

Maybe you should invest in a bedspread. I'm wanting to make another quilt and I haven't even finished the last one! Of course, I can't see the design well enough to quilt on it. :-S (Thus the order to AS&S for the magnifying glasses.)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i have one nice bedspread less than 6 months old (from the same company) but two isn't too bad right? good luck with the glasses

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

I have skin tags but they're all really tiny. Sometimes I scrape them off with my fingernails.

Is not having kids really all that hazardous to your health? And here I thought pregnancy put a big stress on the body, but is not having kids even worse? Screw it, I'm still not having kids.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it's hard on you either way, having them or not

being diabetic I needed them clipped cleaning. like i said i can do it myself when I can reach them. the mole is a different story.

[dknightshade.livejournal.com]

I'm over thirty with no kids and a history of breast cancer in the family. Wanna pull the pins and play catch?

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Oh, me too, me too!

While having an upper GI done, I was told, "You've got terribly dense breasts...you know those are more likely to give you cancer, right?"

Plus, no kids, which my OBGYN in FL was always complaining about - "You'd stop having cervical cancer if you just got pregant!"

[dknightshade.livejournal.com]

Like you're going to just go out and have kids just to lower your cancer risk. *sighs*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well no but they have to start testing you a LOT earlier than they would mothers for the same diseases and they have to make you aware of your increased chances of cancer

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I think that was about the time I freaked him out by asking how soon he could yank all of it out. *grin*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah have those breasts too. That's why ive been having mammograms since my 20s

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I'm due for my next one in...March? I think that's when. I'll have to look.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i'm doing that with a lot of my friends. I have a feeling most of us won't be around to worry about which nursing home we're in

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I'm childless and my paternal grandmother died of breast cancer at age 41, but I've had three clean mammograms so far in my life (at 35, 40, and 42).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

and let's keep that roll going

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Amen!

[roguewords.livejournal.com]

See there's another good reason for having my boobs cut off!

(not that I plan on being childless, mind. But it's not happening in the near future, so.)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah i have a feeling I wouldn't be hesitating if it came to that

[roguewords.livejournal.com]

Oh, I already had mine taken away...

Almost two years now. In May, it'll be two years. Main reason was that my sternum was falling apart. Then my back, neck, and oh yeah, I was 23 and childless with boobs that looked like they belonged to a 60 year old with three kids.

yay insurance.

I absolutely never hesitated.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

my sister in law is looking into a reduction too

[roguewords.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend it. There's just something about knowing that when someone is looking at you, they're actually looking at your face instead of your breasts that makes you feel really good.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

she needs it. I, on the other hand, don't

[roguewords.livejournal.com]

*nods*

I always offered to give my excess to my sisters, if there had been a way. ;)

The really major upside of the surgery for me was the increase in my self confidence. Even with my tummy being bigger since the surgery (or maybe it was just always that big and I couldn't tell) my self confidence has gone up like crazy.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's a good thing

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

My Mom and I were discussing that - I said, "Do you think if I claim back pain, I can get my breasts reduced?"

She said, "GO FOR IT."

Of course, then I quit the job where I had insurance....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes exactly and it still might not have been covered

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

But I might've had a better chance of that THEN than now.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well true