A joke from one of my other threads:

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are -- or where you are going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

ha Vortex!

So my appointment was a mixed bag. On the one hand, no long term health issues, but on the other, I've only escaped a scalpel temporarily. SURGERY (his word, not mine) is scheduled in a couple weeks. Oh and, while he's at it, he wants to BURN something off my face WITHOUT ANESTHETIC too.

Sorry to go all asscaps on y'all but yeowch!

WTF! Burn? No anesthetic?

Yikes, Burrell. But good that it's nothing long-term?

Burning could mean using liquid nitrogen or something with a local anesthetic. I had that done for an odd bump on my nose and some odd cells on my cheekbone--which I was annoyed by, 'cause I liked that birthmark. Nothing beyond getting rid of some stuff that wasn't a problem at the moment but wasn't serving any useful purpose.

WTF! Burn? No anesthetic?

Yep. Evidently it's a blood vessel thing, and local anesthetic constricts the vessels and makes it temporarily disappear. To make it go away, it needs to be burned without anesthetic. He says it hurts too. He tried to do it to himself at some point, but he couldn't stop flinching.

Burrell, I vote that your Dr. be renamed DR. TMI.

I can't stop laughing, Sox. I think that every time I see him.

Oh yeah. He also chided me for not coming to see him for the past four years. Whatev.

amyth, continued recovery~ma for your brother.

Yeesh, Burrell, never mind.

Always fun when the doctor says "I've had that, it's a bitch." As did my female doc re: a colposcopy.