WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2022

dlfk202000 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

[Then on Wednesday, I am booked for 3 punch biopsies on areas which the specialist suspects are skin cancer (Basal cell carcinoma, most likely). The one that bothers me the most is my nose because the landscape of my nose will change. And since she suspects that's the worst one, there may be more treatment. The one on my hip is the largest one, so I don't know if she'll just do a punch biopsy or if she'll take the whole thing. Wait and see.

After that, I'm off and recovering the rest of the week.


Machka in Oz

I am going in on Nov. 15 for biopsies on my nose. Doing 4 spots on it. He doesn't think it is cancer but wants to be sure. I had it froze off twice , the last one 4 yrs ago. My doctor wanted to freeze it again but didn't have the stuff in office so sent me to dermatology. He said because it has come back, he wants to just be sure it is nothing. He said the same thing about changing the landscape of my nose if it is skin cancer.

Debbie

KetoneKaren wrote: »

Cathy - Welcome aboard! Glad to have you! Congratulations on the weight loss - 20 lbs is fantastic.

Machka - I see some Patricia Cornwell books under your bed! I spent 2 months working with her in the medical examiner's office in Richmond, VA, before she wrote her first crime novel. Her protagonist was inspired by my supervisor at the time, Dr. Marcella Fierro, and her first crime novel was uncomfortably similar to the real life murder of one of the medical fellows at the medical college in Richmond. Later, I worked with the sister-in-law of the murdered fellow and she told me the family had not been happy at the thinly disguised details of the novel vs the real case. Patty, as we called her, had written some books about her friends the Rev Billy and Ruth Graham prior to writing her first best seller, and she knew lots of other interesting people, too. She and I had lunch together several times during those 2 months, and went on crime scene investigations with the ME. It was an exciting 2 months. Of course, at the time, I had no idea Patty would go on to become such a famous author. We did not keep in touch after my rotations through the ME's office were over, and I seriously doubt she would remember me now, but I will never forget her. Kay Scarpetta is a hybrid of Dr. Fierro and Patricia Cornwell in my opinion, with the knowledge & expertise of Dr. Fierro, and the physical attributes of Patricia Cornwell. I read many of her books before finally tiring of them as it seemed to me they were becoming formulaic.

Karen in Virginia