The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

PasturesNew

Back from booting, bit of an OK haul of stuff I set out to get.

I got a couple of tablecloths (wanted one, but if you see two "that'd do" then might as well as it's not until you get them home you realise if you like them or not (or if they fit as they don't have measurements).

I bought two vases, one about a foot tall and one about two foot ... and a box/collection of random fake flowers and similar that you stick into such vases.... "just in case" I feel an urgent need to stick a random vase somewhere with something random stuck in it ... e.g. a windowsill since I seem to have seven of those on the ground floor!

Got a nice Next shirt, £1!

Also grabbed a great Xmas stocking filler present for somebody. It was brand new and £1. New in the shops that'd have been £5-7 at a guess.

Spent 30p entrance and £7.50 on "stuff".

Stopped off at L1dl on the way back as somebody said they had drill bits, so I looked - and they did, two sorts, £2.79/set, so I bought both sets (metal & wood).

Scorchio here!

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Back from booting, bit of an OK haul of stuff I set out to get.

I got a couple of tablecloths (wanted one, but if you see two "that'd do" then might as well as it's not until you get them home you realise if you like them or not (or if they fit as they don't have measurements).

I bought two vases, one about a foot tall and one about two foot ... and a box/collection of random fake flowers and similar that you stick into such vases.... "just in case" I feel an urgent need to stick a random vase somewhere with something random stuck in it ... e.g. a windowsill since I seem to have seven of those on the ground floor!

Got a nice Next shirt, £1!

Also grabbed a great Xmas stocking filler present for somebody. It was brand new and £1. New in the shops that'd have been £5-7 at a guess.

Spent 30p entrance and £7.50 on "stuff".

Stopped off at L1dl on the way back as somebody said they had drill bits, so I looked - and they did, two sorts, £2.79/set, so I bought both sets (metal & wood).

Scorchio here!

Time for a random cuppa, then , Pastures!

PasturesNew

Kitchen looks less bleak now there's a cheery tablecloth (Irish linen) and a couple of vases/things in them on windowsills. I was lucky there.... you can never tell until you get stuff home and in place whether it'll be a duff idea or not.

ivyleaf

I'm glad you're pleased with the results, Pastures

PasturesNew

The bit of furniture I bought yesterday is still in its box awaiting construction .... but it's inside the house now, not in the car boot

What it theoretically looks like in the end:
https://cdn.bmstores.co.uk/images/hpcProductImage/imgFull/294104-Turin-6-Cube-Shelves1.jpg

That's for the telly (that isn't working again today) to go onto.

PasturesNew

Might have to "bail out" in a minute... 9 doors along there are a couple of SQUEEEAAALLLLING youngsters (aged ~4-6) chasing around with water guns.... SQUEEAAALLLING, SHRIEEEEEEEEKING, SQUEEEEAAAAAAALLLL. Although, it's actually JUST one girl doing it... what IS it with girls and squealing?? Sounds like they're killing the pigs before a BBQ.

You'd think they were being murdered! Who knows.... might get lucky yet

GDB2222

vivatifosi wrote: »

GDB, I hope your wife is not worrying unduly, I will try to put your mind at rest a bit.

Most people will have a few moles and blemishes that we are born with. However we shouldn't really get to 40 and be developing new moles, so it is good to check them out.

3mm is very small. Also, from what you say this is very new. Has the skin at the blemish site been itchy at all? There wasn't room in my Sig for that, but sometimes that could also be a factor. Mine was so itchy early on I could have scratched it till my skin ripped. It was a different kind of itch iykwim.

Overall though, 3mm is v small. You were right to go early and they were right to check it. The vast majority of even the worst type of skin cancer, melanoma, are survived. The reason they are not is that either are an unusual type, some of which are very aggressive, or more likely, not recognised or ignored for what they are.

6mm is a critical point, especially in an evolving mole, so half the size of that is good. The reason is that if it gets bigger, it doesn't just penetrate the epidermis, but also the dermis, and that's where things start to get dangerous.

Say DW is suspected of having melanoma, which as I say is absolutely worst case scenario, they will cut it out. There are different ways of having this done. I've had three of them, so will describe in more detail.

For a small mole, she would most likely have a punch biopsy. This is like a very sharp and tiny cook it cutter, which takes out a very small portion of skin. Mine needed just one stitch, and now you would need to look really hard to see the scar. This is so quick, it is like having an ear pierced. As simple as that.

The second type is for a larger melanoma. This is called a narrow local incision and involves making an elliptical shape in the skin and removing that. When people have a normal op, afterwards the same piece of skin is sewn to its previously adjacent piece of skin
However with the NLE, this skin is cut out, so the elliptical profile allows this to be sewn together neatly. The word narrow refers to the amount of margin taken around the mole. This is kept as small as possible to reduce the scarring. The sample (in all instances) is then sent for a biopsy. If it comes back indicative of melanoma, a second process, called a wide local incision, May be carried out. That's to make sure that they have got all of the cells.

The third type of procedure is called a scrape, and just takes off the top level of skin. Doctors are not supposed to use this for melanoma as it can leave lower levels of the cancer behind in the remaining surface. Nevertheless it is used for other forms of skin cancer. All of these processes can be done under local anaesthetic as an outpatient.

The other two main forms of skin cancer are basal cell and squamous cell. These are not as serious as melanoma, but should still be treated.

Thanks so much for this very detailed explanation. There might be something wrong, so I'm pleased the GP is taking it seriously.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

The bit of furniture I bought yesterday is still in its box awaiting construction .... but it's inside the house now, not in the car boot

What it theoretically looks like in the end:
https://cdn.bmstores.co.uk/images/hpcProductImage/imgFull/294104-Turin-6-Cube-Shelves1.jpg

That's for the telly (that isn't working again today) to go onto.

Excellent. You'll have that assembled in a jiffy.

Definition of a jiffy: six hours.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Definition of a jiffy: six hours.

It's got a head start in that it doesn't have to fit into a specific space ... and, once built, could go anywhere - so won't need to be disassembled and returned to the shop (unless there are bits missing of course!).

Haven't opened it yet... bit fearful of what type of instructions I'll get and what sort of fittings are in there....

I've got history of achieving what seemed more impossible (double ottoman bed) and failing at small things (chest of drawers; canvas wardrobe) ... I don't have "bits left over when I've finished", I find that components fail during the build... and I never get round to complaining/taking them back as that'd involve faffing about getting it all back into a box and getting it back to the shop (for the sake of one tiny problem), then dealing with the faffery that tends to be "returns"... although I do have recent history of being excellent at returns by having a "face that looks like it could be trouble"

PasturesNew

Opened the box. Got it out, but still stacked/not spread out... destructions say "1.0 Hr" ... one hour? I'll give it until Tuesday

14 pages of destructions! It needs a rubber mallet (got 2 of those), a posi drive and a slot screwdriver (got those somewhere), a tape measure (got 4 of those).

17 varying types of components (the washers/screws/whatnots). 15 pieces of wood/backing board.

Oh brilliant, it uses "my favourite" fixings... where you slot a disc into a hole, then slot a metal thing in, then use the screwdriver to turn it 1/4 turn or so!

I think I can do this!

16 steps, but I can ignore the last two as that's all about fixing it to the wall for safety - I don't do that.... it's mine, in my house ... and I won't be trying to climb up it as if it's Everest, to reach a block of granite stored on the top shelf when the rest is empty

I'll add my own step though - it's not no feet etc... so I'll stick some of those "floor protectors" on it during the build process.