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another round of wart treatment

Tue, 23 May 2023 21:21:44 GMT

Two cryogenic zaps, about thirty second each, on the right place this time. (There have now been several correct and one only partly on the wart.)

The doctor told me to go back to using the salicylic acid patches, but be careful with the bandage tape, so as not to irritate the skin on that finger which is still dry and feels a bit rough.

Follow-up in two weeks, with Pam again because Andrea doesn't have in-person availability and this needs to be in person.

The doctor's office is no longer requiring masks, and the receptionists weren't wearing masks. So I told the person who checked me in to ask Andrea to wear a mask, which she did, which makes it lower-risk than the transit to and from the appointment, or the quick stops to buy meat and bread. There may have been one other customer in the meat market, and the only person at When Pigs Fly was the cashier. There are advantages to shopping at 10:30 on a Tuesday morning, though I would have preferred to be able to sleep late.

We now have ground lamb, which is defrosting in the refrigerator, and a rosemary foccacia.

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medical: finger follow-up

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:12:49 GMT

I went to the doctor today. The NP I saw (Pam) thinks the infection is basically gone, and said I could stop the antibiotic ointment. I told her I wanted to do the full 10 days as prescribed, and she agreed that was also reasonable.

She used the cryogenic thing on my wart, and the first application hurt enough more than in previous weeks that I told her not to do a second.

I have a follow-up with Andrea (who has a lot more experience with that wart treatment) in a couple of weeks. I'm not supposed to do anything for/to the wart in the meantime. In a fortnight, I will ask her whether to resume using the salicylic acid pad, once the irritation that seems to have led to he skin infection is thoroughly gone.

Also, continue to moisturize, either Vaseline (just on the relevant part of my index finger) or hand lotion.

Then I took the 96 bus to a Walgreens on Mass Ave near Cambridge Common, to get more insurance-paid covid tests before that coverage goes away. Covid tests in hand, another bus to Harvard, where I bought two pints of ice cream before heading home.

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