Rant #2,078: Enough Is Enough

I welcome myself back to this blog after a day's absence.

Heck, things happen.

But unlike when you are in school and you miss a day, I don't have to bring in a note from my mother or from my doctor saying why I was absent for a day.

This had nothing to do with me not being here yesterday, but I received the results of the lesion that I had on my nose, and yes, I have to go for further treatments, because the thing that was taken off my nose was pre-cancerous.

The dermatologist will nip this thing in the bud, and I won't have to worry about it anymore, so I am only mildly worried.

I kind of figured it was something more than a skin tag, because it was so persistent in its appearance on my nose, and each time it appeared, it was thicker than the previous time.

My wife didn't even notice it until about two weeks ago, and that was the point when I decided that I needed an expert to look at it, and I think we caught this thing just in time.

So, my advice to anyone with any type of weird thing that won't go away is to get the thing checked.

It might only be a skin tag or a wart, or it could be something worse.

Since last week, as the doctor instructed, I have put on Neosporin to the part of my nose that was worked on, then covered it with a Band-Aid, one that I found with Neosporin built into the gauze on the adhesive bandage.

Yes, it makes me look like a refugee from the movie "Revenge of the Nerds"--all I need is a pocket pack with a couple of pencils in it to secure this standing--but I really don't care about that, I just want this thing to get better, so I am going to do what the doctor says.

I actually had a couple of other places looked at--three other places on my nose forehead and scalp--and they were treated. They were classified as warts by the doctor, and they were treated, and two have already turned to scabs and fallen off.

The one that hasn't is in my scalp, and I will have the doctor further look at that one when I go back on late Thursday afternoon.

Again, it is a stubborn one, and I will let him again determine exactly what it is.

How did I get these things is the proverbial $64,000 question.

I really don't know.

I am not a sun worshipper, so I didn't get them while tanning myself into a French Fry.

When I go swimming, when I am out of the water, I usually cover myself up from head to toe.

Even when in the water, I wear a hat, and often go in with a T-shirt on my top portion.

But I have heard that the nose is extremely vulnerable because quite frankly, it sticks out on your face, so I might have gotten burned there and didn't even realize that it wasn't covered up enough.

Going forward, when I swim again this summer, I am going to have to get myself some type of nose guard to cover up this area, like the one shown above in the photo.

I checked around, and there are nose guards that literally connect to your glasses, and cover your nose in the same way that Batman's cowl covers his face and nose.

"Holy nose guard, Batman, you look even nerdier than before!"

Yes Robin, I will look even nerdier, but I will be safe.

And that is all that I care about.

I have too much life left in me to have to worry about such nonsense ever again.