Topic awaiting preservation: Marla and I (Page 1 of 1) |
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-16-2002 07:48
Being a regular (well, as regular as can be nowadays) viewer of 20/20 and Dateline, I'm sure you all can imagine the first thing to float into my head after finding a mysterious growth just under my skin one morning. Cancer. Lovely. Because that's exactly what would make everything complete in my life, a terminal illness that would both drain finances and health and prematurely rid the planet of yet another mumu wearin' psycho. It wasn't big, maybe the size of a pea, and it didn't hurt. I thought maybe it was just a pimple, and squeezed and poked and prodded at it for a while. Okay, so that hurt. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
posted 11-16-2002 08:09
How about pay per view with your webcam? I'm lol of course when I say that and I DO NOT want to debate health care issues I will say only that; no one should be denied health care because they don't have money. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: :morF |
posted 11-16-2002 12:26
Juice...I actually would like contribute...but my dollar agaisnt yours means what I contribute would mean shit, but is there somewhere I can do it? |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-17-2002 05:27
LOL |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers From: Cell 53, East Wing |
posted 11-17-2002 05:47
I'd go with the op - at least with cold steel you don't wonder about any funny side effects. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: West Texas |
posted 11-18-2002 03:43
OK, not to detract from the possible seriousness of this... but, who is Marla? Or did I just miss it both times I read through it? Only thing I can figure is that's what you named your new... um... friend? |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
posted 11-18-2002 04:24
Oh my god. I had the *exact* same thing a little over a year ago. had this little bump on my back for years, and then one day it just started swelling, and hurt like heck. (The doctor said that "the worst thing you can do is let it sit." I should have had it taken care of a lot earlier.) |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-18-2002 07:26
Hmm, it doesn't seem to be wanting to subside in size any since taking the pills, but I'll give it a little time to see if it won't. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Seoul, Korea |
posted 11-18-2002 10:06
Yup, go with the knife. If it's benign it should be fairly easy to remove, and it will be over and done with. Of course, the cost might be a bit prohibitive. Perhaps you could dress Marla in a mumu, stand on the street and do a ventriloquism act with you and you cyst-er (say it aloud). Then you could tell people you'll stop when you reach a certain dollar amount and then pass the hat around. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: West Texas |
posted 11-18-2002 17:22
Suho - Now that's thinking outside the box That right there made my morning... |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Astral Plane |
posted 11-18-2002 17:50
I'd go with the steel. Expensive as it is, it won't be forgiving when it defeats Marla. She'll whine, wimper, and plead but in the end she'll end up as slides for some dweeb with an electron microscope to look at. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-18-2002 19:12
Suho: Good lawd man! Is the public ready for it? Could they stomach the earthy voice duo of Juice-n-the-cyst? That's a scary, scary thought... (then again, Eminem is number one on the billboards right now, so that's got to say something about people's tastes, right?) |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Astral Plane |
posted 11-18-2002 19:20
<Moan - you're right... that was bad.> |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greensboro, NC USA |
posted 11-18-2002 22:51
ROTFLMAO Oh man, are you guys ever silly! I so enjoy these humorous (tumorous?) discussions... |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: 3rd shelf, behind the cereal |
posted 11-19-2002 15:39
You know, njuice, since it obviously isn't too far below the surface of your skin, a bottle of tequila and a pocket knife should be all a good friend would need to help you out. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Astral Plane |
posted 11-19-2002 17:27
I'm almost starting to think that you should be called St. Cynical... except that I agree with you in most respects. LOL i thought of that but... the dangers are worrysome. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-22-2002 10:16 |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Seoul, Korea |
posted 11-22-2002 13:32
Challenge the tumor to a DDR match. I guarantee she capitulates in the face of your mad skills. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-22-2002 13:55 |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: New California |
posted 11-23-2002 22:16
Sounds like the operation is the best choice, IMO. And seriously if it came to passing around the hat, I wouldn't mind dropping in a few. |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: the Psychiatric Ward |
posted 11-24-2002 03:00
*looks funny at St. Seneca* |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 11-24-2002 04:05
That's a bummer you don't have insurance. Surgery, even if it is outpatient, is really expensive. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: soon to be "the land down under" |
posted 11-24-2002 06:20
Dude, I got some Lidocaine and a surgical scalpel. Hell, I'll only charge ya' $500. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 11-24-2002 15:50
Thanks, everyone, for your support. It's great to see other people actually willing to contribute to aide a fellow inmate when they need it worst. Some good news on the subject (for a change)! The medication has had a nice shrinking effect on Marla, as it's gone down to about the size of a small marble again. I called the Doc (fully letting him know that I wasn't about to spend another $140 for a 15 minute visit) and he told me that since it's going down in size, a simple lancing might be in order should they not completely work (the pills, that is) rather than the costly operation. |