Went to Goinsoon's doctor today and had two biopies, one of the left side of my face, just above the ear, and one on a mole on the upper right arm. I was surprised there were only two. I thought I'd be a patchwork.
Going back on Monday for the results.
You were right Brian, he's very thorough, and a nice man to boot.
Happywanderer said
02:20 AM Feb 9, 2012
Beth, forgot you were going today. Good luck with the results on Monday. I go tomorrow morning for my biopsy. I'm not even going to ask how it felt and I don't want to know.
Dougwe said
02:22 AM Feb 9, 2012
Hope all is well for both of you.
JRH said
02:24 AM Feb 9, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
Hope all is well for both of you.
Think positive ladies, hope all is well for you both.
Beth54 said
02:24 AM Feb 9, 2012
Okay Marj, I'm saying nothing!
Thanks Doug. Fingers crossed!
milo said
03:07 AM Feb 9, 2012
good luck
Helena said
04:30 AM Feb 9, 2012
Good luck with the biopsy results hopr it all turns out well for you both Helena.
jules47 said
04:35 AM Feb 9, 2012
Good luck to you both - a good outcome would be welcome.
goinsoon said
04:43 AM Feb 9, 2012
Good luck Beth, I am back tomorrow to get the stitches out
golivers travels said
05:26 AM Feb 9, 2012
Best of luck ladies. Hope th results are positive. Thinking of you. Have had family in similar situations.
Glenda
Travel Bug said
06:50 AM Feb 9, 2012
Beth and Marj...fingers are crossed that both of you get good results.
Cruising Granny said
07:00 AM Feb 9, 2012
My turn Friday, and I hope for all of us, the results are negative. Good luck girls.
Happywanderer said
07:02 AM Feb 9, 2012
Goinsoon has got us all going, hasn't he girls? A timely warning to us all. Good luck everyone who is getting their spots checked.
Beth54 said
09:20 AM Feb 9, 2012
Yes Marj. Unfortunately it has to be done, and I for one, have been putting it off for too long. The doctor actually asked me if I had my skin checked regularly, and I had to admit, it was only semi regularly.
I also had an appointment with my own GP a couple of hours later, so when I walked into her room I said, 'I've been unfaithful!' She laughed and said the previous patient had said the same thing. How amazing is that! But she wasn't offended by my 'unfaithfulness' at all.
Thanks Gert, I'm actually not too worried. I'm more worried by the fact that I'm well and truly overdue for a Colonoscopy, and waiting waiting waiting for the RBH to give me an appointment. With my history of Ulcerative Colitis, it's extremely important to have this done every 2 years.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Thursday 9th of February 2012 09:24:14 AM
bill12 said
04:22 PM Feb 9, 2012
Hope you are well. I am at Narooma , on the southNSW coast in the rain, but catching a few fish. Will be going out to Greens lake early next week.See you soon , Bill
Gerty Dancer said
05:17 PM Feb 9, 2012
Good luck Beth and HW, it will be a long weekend waiting for those results. Hope you are planning a party when they turn out ok?
Beth54 said
05:32 PM Feb 9, 2012
I've also got to have a hearing test. I had to admit to my GP that my kids have been telling me that I'm going deaf, but when my sister also told me, I thought I'd better get checked!
Happywanderer said
06:39 PM Feb 9, 2012
Had my biopsy this morning. Didn't feel a thing, the injection did sting but only made me want to sneeze which I managed to hold off till she had taken the needle out. Now have a bandage over my nose, got some strange looks in the supermarket. Off to the dentist in couple of hours. Can always say I've had a nose job. Have to keep bandage on till tomorrow morning and ring in a week for the results.
We don't have skin clinics down here like Qld does. It was my own GP who did it. I'm not going to worry about it until I get the results. Plenty of time to worry then.
Beth54 said
06:51 PM Feb 9, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
Had my biopsy this morning. Didn't feel a thing, the injection did sting but only made me want to sneeze which I managed to hold off till she had taken the needle out. Now have a bandage over my nose, got some strange looks in the supermarket. Off to the dentist in couple of hours. Can always say I've had a nose job. Have to keep bandage on till tomorrow morning and ring in a week for the results.
We don't have skin clinics down here like Qld does. It was my own GP who did it. I'm not going to worry about it until I get the results. Plenty of time to worry then.
Well done Marj. My needle in the side of my face stung a bit but not the one in my arm. Yeh, the bandage on my face got a few looks, but didn't bother me.
I didn't go to a skin clinic, although I've been to one before. My GP isn't that knowledgeable on skin, that's why I went to Brians doctor. I thought he said he was a Dermatologist who bulk bills, but he's 'just' a GP who's very knowledgeable about skin. My GP was impressed that he also does skin grafts.
Happywanderer said
06:54 PM Feb 9, 2012
My visit this morning cost 93 dollars, she said I would get most of it back at Medicare.
golivers travels said
08:39 PM Feb 9, 2012
golivers travels wrote:
Best of luck ladies. Hope th results are positive. Thinking of you. Have had family in similar situations.
Glenda
Sorry meant that the results are negative which would be a positive.
Glenda
Happywanderer said
11:09 PM Feb 9, 2012
Know what you meant Glenda. Bit of a twister isn't. A positive result would be to get a negative result. lol
JRH said
11:11 PM Feb 9, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
Know what you meant Glenda. Bit of a twister isn't. A positive result would be to get a negative result. lol
I would say we all knew what you meant Glenda and I would say that as long as the result is clear then I don't care whether it is a negative or a positive.
peacewalker said
11:37 PM Feb 9, 2012
good luck beth, I still haven't had this done, so will be looking into it. Let us all know the results, you will be ok my esp says.
Beth54 said
01:56 AM Feb 10, 2012
Thanks all. Yes Glenda, knew what you meant.
Marj, this doctor bulk bills pensioners, as does my own GP. A doctor told Pam that most doctors in Australia would bulk bill pensioners.
Happywanderer said
01:58 AM Feb 10, 2012
Oh No!!! Not down where I am. A couple will bill age pensioners at one of the other clinics. The odd occasion my doctor has bulkbilled when I've gone back twice about the same problem.
Beth54 said
02:03 AM Feb 10, 2012
So what we Qlders lose on the roundabout ie: having to pay our rego...we make up for on the swing ie: bulk billing doctors.
Happywanderer said
02:16 AM Feb 10, 2012
So right Beth.
BarbandDaz said
03:26 AM Feb 10, 2012
Hope your biopsies are behaving themselves Beth.
NO infections allowed. good luck with the results.
Beth54 said
03:48 AM Feb 10, 2012
BarbandDaz wrote:
Hope your biopsies are behaving themselves Beth.
NO infections allowed. good luck with the results.
My arm is a bit sore today, and I'm not keen on the bandaid on my face, but that's just vanity. So far, so good.
Went to Goinsoon's doctor today and had two biopies, one of the left side of my face, just above the ear, and one on a mole on the upper right arm. I was surprised there were only two. I thought I'd be a patchwork.
Going back on Monday for the results.
You were right Brian, he's very thorough, and a nice man to boot.
I go tomorrow morning for my biopsy. I'm not even going to ask how it felt and I don't want to know.
Think positive ladies, hope all is well for you both.
Okay Marj, I'm saying nothing!
Thanks Doug. Fingers crossed!
Good luck Beth, I am back tomorrow to get the stitches out
Beth and Marj...fingers are crossed that both of you get good results.
Good luck girls.
A timely warning to us all.
Good luck everyone who is getting their spots checked.
Yes Marj. Unfortunately it has to be done, and I for one, have been putting it off for too long. The doctor actually asked me if I had my skin checked regularly, and I had to admit, it was only semi regularly.
I also had an appointment with my own GP a couple of hours later, so when I walked into her room I said, 'I've been unfaithful!'
She laughed and said the previous patient had said the same thing. 
How amazing is that! But she wasn't offended by my 'unfaithfulness' at all. 
Thanks Gert, I'm actually not too worried. I'm more worried by the fact that I'm well and truly overdue for a Colonoscopy, and waiting waiting waiting for the RBH to give me an appointment. With my history of Ulcerative Colitis, it's extremely important to have this done every 2 years.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Thursday 9th of February 2012 09:24:14 AM
I've also got to have a hearing test. I had to admit to my GP that my kids have been telling me that I'm going deaf, but when my sister also told me, I thought I'd better get checked!
Now have a bandage over my nose, got some strange looks in the supermarket. Off to the dentist in couple of hours.
Can always say I've had a nose job.
Have to keep bandage on till tomorrow morning and ring in a week for the results.
We don't have skin clinics down here like Qld does. It was my own GP who did it.
I'm not going to worry about it until I get the results. Plenty of time to worry then.
Well done Marj. My needle in the side of my face stung a bit but not the one in my arm. Yeh, the bandage on my face got a few looks, but didn't bother me.
I didn't go to a skin clinic, although I've been to one before. My GP isn't that knowledgeable on skin, that's why I went to Brians doctor. I thought he said he was a Dermatologist who bulk bills, but he's 'just' a GP who's very knowledgeable about skin. My GP was impressed that he also does skin grafts.
I would say we all knew what you meant Glenda and I would say that as long as the result is clear then I don't care whether it is a negative or a positive.
Thanks all. Yes Glenda, knew what you meant.
Marj, this doctor bulk bills pensioners, as does my own GP. A doctor told Pam that most doctors in Australia would bulk bill pensioners.
So what we Qlders lose on the roundabout ie: having to pay our rego...we make up for on the swing ie: bulk billing doctors.
Hope your biopsies are behaving themselves Beth.
NO infections allowed. good luck with the results.
My arm is a bit sore today, and I'm not keen on the bandaid on my face, but that's just vanity.
So far, so good.