I was newly out of college, living on my own, on a shoe string budget. The cyst suddenly appeared one day on my temple and seemed to grow quickly. My colleagues say you need to get that looked at. My GP after having stuck it with a needle said "I was able to extract a little fluid but you really need a surgeon". [Mistake #1:] I looked up a doctor in my insurance book that indicated he did 'in office procedures'.
The doctors office was filled with elderly patients [Mistake #2] when he brought me back into his office I could see the examining table was an antique made of wood. It clearly had been restored and was a work of art. He then began.
1. Took some kind of paper sheet and cut a circle out.
2. Put that over my face so he could work on the cyst while I saw nothing
3. Gave me several injections to numb the area
4. Started cutting
5. Said "I would never attempted this if I knew about all these adhesions." (My thoughts at that point: What in gods name is an adhesion?)
6. A short while later he says "Oooppps". Then the activity about my face seem to intensify for a short period. I feel a warm liquid fill my ear canal.
7. He removes sheet and says you need to go to the hospital now - I'll follow you.
8. I'm sitting in the hall at the nearby hospital and people are obviously staring at the young fellow with the god awful stitching job sitting in the emergency room.
9. They move me to the OR.
10. The hotshot tumor surgeon removes the stitches and says what was in there? I put my finger in there It's so chewed up I cant tell.
11. The tumor surgeon neatly closes the site of the accident, clears my ear canal of blood and I'm sent home - I sleep for 18 hours nonstop.
I must admit there was a time in my life that I felt god was having a little fun with me..
The doctors office was filled with elderly patients [Mistake #2] when he brought me back into his office I could see the examining table was an antique made of wood. It clearly had been restored and was a work of art. He then began.
1. Took some kind of paper sheet and cut a circle out.
2. Put that over my face so he could work on the cyst while I saw nothing
3. Gave me several injections to numb the area
4. Started cutting
5. Said "I would never attempted this if I knew about all these adhesions." (My thoughts at that point: What in gods name is an adhesion?)
6. A short while later he says "Oooppps". Then the activity about my face seem to intensify for a short period. I feel a warm liquid fill my ear canal.
7. He removes sheet and says you need to go to the hospital now - I'll follow you.
8. I'm sitting in the hall at the nearby hospital and people are obviously staring at the young fellow with the god awful stitching job sitting in the emergency room.
9. They move me to the OR.
10. The hotshot tumor surgeon removes the stitches and says what was in there? I put my finger in there It's so chewed up I cant tell.
11. The tumor surgeon neatly closes the site of the accident, clears my ear canal of blood and I'm sent home - I sleep for 18 hours nonstop.
I must admit there was a time in my life that I felt god was having a little fun with me..
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