And apart from all the national and international news (hurricane, election, stevedores, and WWIII), I am dealing with another, personal crisis.
I have an injury to my nose. It has been healing slowly. Since my blood doesn’t bring enough nutrients to affected areas, it usually takes at least twice as long for me to heal. (FWIW, that includes the spider bite — still not completely healed) Unfortunately, the site on the nose is the same place I had a pre-cancerous lesion removed in 2020.
The crisis is that a dear friend saw me last night. She returned to Papua about two weeks ago and hasn’t seen me with my injured proboscis. Unfortunately, I chose last night to not use a band-aid as my skin reacts badly to adhesives. Always has. She saw a huge scab as it leaks serum and then scabs and more serum and larger scab. She was extremely concerned.
Unfortunately, she is married to a dentist who also advises in general medicine in the absence of an ex-pat doctor. She went home and told him.
Immediately, he called me and reamed me out for not hoping on a plane and flying to Singapore and seeing a doc there.
The plane tickets over and back total around $1000. Singapore is expensive. Hotels are expensive. The doctors charge US pricing.
I totally understand his POV. I also know that my injury could be skin cancer. But, otoh, I do not want to panic and spend $$$$ needlessly. I think I should keep up my treatment as I’m seeing healing. Because of this I’m being badgered (yes, several calls and wanting to talk to my superiors and my husband). I take his calls as he is truly a friend.
But, hearing him literally yell at me over the phone has upset me greatly. My emotions react and magnify the input I receive.
/vent. Thanks for listening.
Jemian, you speak of an injury. Did you actually injure it somehow or is this a sore that just came up on it’s own and it got worse? If you actually injured it like you said you may be a slow healer. If it was the later, if it was me I would give it a little more time. If you don’t see it healing then of course get to a doctor.
Jem, if it’s scabbing, then it’s healing, isn’t it? I understand you take longer to heal, so it makes sense. I think I’d give it some more time as well, unless they offer to help with the cost of the flight (being a dentist and all lol). If you see healing, then it may just be a matter of time.