should i ask or should i stay oblivious
Posted on Fri August 07, 2009
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i have my annual dr appointment in a few weeks. usually these aren't a big deal
for me as for some crazy reason, i tend to be physically healthy. (other than
the overweight part - but i'm working on that.) somehow i've avoiding diabetes,
arthritis, and cancer which all run in my family (knock on wood... or a forest
for that matter!). But this time i'm going to finally remember to ask about this
thing on my leg.
It's not really a sun spot, but it kind of looks
like one. it's hard and has been there for i guess 2 years now? i don't remember
when it showed up... but i know it bugs me. i also want to ask her about some of
the sun spots i have.. i have one on the arch of my foot - one of the few places
i've never EVER been sun burned... and it's kind of on the bottom so it's never
really even tanned! the ones on my face - make sense... but i digress. it's that
bump on my leg that's bugging me. at first i thought it was a bug bite - but
it's not. i've poked it and it kind of feels like dead skin.
I
know it's likely nothing, but it scares me. After watching spider bites that
would normally do nothing to others - send me to the hospital oozing green
goo... I get worried over "bite like" things.
so...
hopefully it's nothing. and hopefully it won't involve any needles!
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Carrie says:
on August 07, 2009 at 03:26 PM
you should definitely show your dr. Hopefully, its nothing but at least you'll have the peice of mind. good luck! I dread routine doctor's visits too!
Ester says:
on August 07, 2009 at 07:34 PM
yeah, sometimes you don't want to ask at the risk of sounding silly. But I've had a small mole once that I was shy to ask about and I found out later that it may be malignant and it had to be removed! so definitely ask =)