"Tiny black moles" or hair follicles falling out?

UCSF sent me bills for RT even though my HMO paid the bills - it was over 300K just for that.

My wife is an licensed esthetician so we're really into skin care over here - wear your sunblock every day - even when it's raining outside. We have a lifetime risk of skin cancer due to the amount of radiation we have received. I got a letter from the doctor to allow me to have darker window tinting on my driver and passenger doors with 99.5% UV filtering.

She told that most creams will dry out your skin so the doctor was right.

Actually it was my Pharmacist who said creams dry out the skin. Weird huh? I told my rad nurse that and she just gave me a "duh you do not know what you are talking about" look.

Nope its moles. Teeny tiny black moles. Excuse me but what is a "esthetician?" I could look it up most likely but I am so tired tonight. Feel like I ran a 6 week marathon race all of a sudden. Its just now 5 p.m. and I am ready to go to bed.

I have my air on 71 and I am burning up. My legs and hands are swelled up. I am having, quite frankly, a lousy night.

I wonder how much my treatments are? I don't get any kind of copies of bills or anything. I would be curious to know though.

Well I think I may go lay down and put the fan on me. Blah.

Bless you,
Barb~

Hi Barb,
my individual treatments were $5K a pop. It was an additional 20K for programming & simulation.

Estheticians (skin care technician AKA beauty therapist) deal with the skin, do facials, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, waxing, etc. They are often employed by dermatologists as an in-between. They are trained to identify and refer to doctors issues involving the skin.

Please tell your wife I need Botox forthe frown lines between my eyes. My skin is fine and almost wrinkle free which for a 60 years old is pretty good if you ask me. My hair aint gray either. Must be a good gene floating around in my family somewhere. hahahahaha

My treatment was cancelled today due to the hydrolic bed beinbg out of whack. I guess I am luck though to go all this time and this being the first really bad maching breakdown. Week before last the machine was down but it only was a 20 minute delay which wasn't all the bad I didn't think.

Now I am going to have to find out how much my treatments are or I will go nuts. Maybe one of the guys there knows. I will ask them tomorrow. I ask them everything so I doubt it will surprise any of them. TG for insurance.

Well I am tired again. Blah. Ready for bed at 2 in the afternoon. Pretty sad. I need to put that Miles stuff on the inside of my lip too and hopefully it works and takes some of the discomfort out of it.

God bless,
Barb~

You need to go to a doctor for Botox - that's a prescription injection.

The machine I was treated on broke down several times as well. They were in constant use so downtime really screws up their schedules.

Yeah' its sad to say they are in constant use. I feel like an oldtimer there so many new ones come in for simulation everyday. I cry all the way to the car. I am such a cryer. I am glad there are no children there. My husband went to some CC and he had his treatments on the upper floor and on the lower floor were the children. I cried so much he finally asked me to stop coming. I cannot take other peoples pain and sorrow as well as I can take my own.

Maybe I will just forget Botox and use Preparation H. I hear it works for under eye bags. hahahahahaha

Ignore me. I am swelled up and hot and tired. I am also whining.

Blessings abound,
Barb~

Barb
Jerrys RO gave him silvadene crm.I know it works wonders on burns and I know it helps his Rad burns.

This triple antibiotic seems to be doing the trick. Its not a script either. Just over the counter standard. Shriners Burns IOnstitute is pretty well know so if they recommend it then I am all for it.

Blessings,
Barb~

Barb, when you are tired---sleep! It doesn't matter what time of day or night it is. The only time clock you have to worry about is getting to treatments. Otherwise, qiut watching the clock and do what your body feels like it needs.My hunch is lots of rest CA Amy

My body feels like doing nothing. It does feel like eating but it doesn't want to walk into the kitchen to make anything. It doesn't want to sleep and it doesn't want to stay awake. I believe it is getting a tad depressed as all it wants to do is cry all the time.