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Sep. 12th, 2013 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stitchwhichToday we talked with a financial counsellor. He gave us the news I was hoping for, and now we'll see if it comes to fruition. He also basically told us that we'd not need to restructure our finances if we didn't spend so much on the SCA.
Yes, that made me snort in amusement also.
In other news, the result of my biopsy came back and I have a name for the weird sores/rash/thing on my right shin. It is a rare (Why do I get the rare ones?) condition, chronic to boot, and isn't actually curable. 0.3% of diabetics get it, and some of them will get it before they ever actually develop diabetes. Which explains why no one could figure out what it was when I first noticed the then-small sore. The best I can hope for is that the area heals up with fairly sturdy skin again. The scarring and the discoloration will be there for life, and any damage to the shin will re-start the syndrome (or whatever we call that) so it may spread larger. Damage, btw, can be defined right now as "biopsy wound" which has turned from a 5mm puncture to a wound slightly larger than a quarter. As is normal for the condition. For those of you with both strong curiosity and stomachs, the condition is called "Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum" and I'd suggest you not look in Google-images for it. Yuck.
Two weeks from now I will begin getting shots as a treatment for it. I sure hope they are just 'shots in your arm or butt' but I fear they may actually have to be at the site of the condition itself. I will bring my stuffed Opus with me and be a child for this stuff. The good possibility is that the treatment works well enough for this to go into remission. If it does, the discoloration will fade to a mild dusky pink and I would be able to wear skirts or shorts without being embarrassed. So that is what I'm hoping for.
Yes, that made me snort in amusement also.
In other news, the result of my biopsy came back and I have a name for the weird sores/rash/thing on my right shin. It is a rare (Why do I get the rare ones?) condition, chronic to boot, and isn't actually curable. 0.3% of diabetics get it, and some of them will get it before they ever actually develop diabetes. Which explains why no one could figure out what it was when I first noticed the then-small sore. The best I can hope for is that the area heals up with fairly sturdy skin again. The scarring and the discoloration will be there for life, and any damage to the shin will re-start the syndrome (or whatever we call that) so it may spread larger. Damage, btw, can be defined right now as "biopsy wound" which has turned from a 5mm puncture to a wound slightly larger than a quarter. As is normal for the condition. For those of you with both strong curiosity and stomachs, the condition is called "Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum" and I'd suggest you not look in Google-images for it. Yuck.
Two weeks from now I will begin getting shots as a treatment for it. I sure hope they are just 'shots in your arm or butt' but I fear they may actually have to be at the site of the condition itself. I will bring my stuffed Opus with me and be a child for this stuff. The good possibility is that the treatment works well enough for this to go into remission. If it does, the discoloration will fade to a mild dusky pink and I would be able to wear skirts or shorts without being embarrassed. So that is what I'm hoping for.
