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So, I needed to get a mole checked out. This particular mole is on my ring finger and, considering the family history of mole-related death, I thought I'd check it out. Now, about the time I decide to do this, the college paper publishes an article about all the special services offered at the medical center on campus. Surprise, surprise, one of them is dermatology! So, considering this a lucky break, I call up to make my appointment.
"Hi!"
"SJSU Medical Center."
"I hear you have dermatology...can I get a mole checked out, and a few others taken off?"
"Yeah, we do that. It's ten dollars."
"Great! Sign me up."
"Well, you have to get a referral from another doctor."
"Does one of the doctors there count?"
"Yes. We can book you at 8:00am in two weeks."
So, I wait two weeks and go in. I ask the doctor about getting my finger mole checked out, and getting the other ones removed. He gives me the referral. For another two weeks later.
Today, roughly a month after I started this whole process, I got to see the dermatologist. Who, apparently, doesn't actually remove moles. What he does do is look at the one on my hand for about thirty seconds and tell me it's fine. Which statement is followed in another thirty seconds by "Drop your pants".
So, I go through the whole-body check, requiring a bit more nudity than I had been expecting. At it's conclusion, the dermatologist tells me that I should really be coming in more often, at least every six months.
I spent a month trying to get in to see him for a spot on my finger, ending up naked, without my moles removed. And he wonders why I don't come in much?
Yeesh.
"Hi!"
"SJSU Medical Center."
"I hear you have dermatology...can I get a mole checked out, and a few others taken off?"
"Yeah, we do that. It's ten dollars."
"Great! Sign me up."
"Well, you have to get a referral from another doctor."
"Does one of the doctors there count?"
"Yes. We can book you at 8:00am in two weeks."
So, I wait two weeks and go in. I ask the doctor about getting my finger mole checked out, and getting the other ones removed. He gives me the referral. For another two weeks later.
Today, roughly a month after I started this whole process, I got to see the dermatologist. Who, apparently, doesn't actually remove moles. What he does do is look at the one on my hand for about thirty seconds and tell me it's fine. Which statement is followed in another thirty seconds by "Drop your pants".
So, I go through the whole-body check, requiring a bit more nudity than I had been expecting. At it's conclusion, the dermatologist tells me that I should really be coming in more often, at least every six months.
I spent a month trying to get in to see him for a spot on my finger, ending up naked, without my moles removed. And he wonders why I don't come in much?
Yeesh.