Says it all
Nothing funny or interesting or even thought-provoking with which to challenge you today. I’m just trying to stay focussed.
Here is a French TV program about health that did a long feature on a surgical means to deal with the congenital giant nevus in young children, and then on how one young woman dealt with her twenty-five operations and subsequent body scars. The relevant sequence is between 26:17 and 34:15. If you don’t like blood, skip the operation sequence; it’s awful to see (especially the tape on the baby’s eyes, for me), but that is what these children and their families live with.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:50 am
For those of you just coming in, sorry about the comments; I don’t even get notified about attempts. Can *anyone* make comments? It’s been a while, but I thought it might be because I haven’t been exactly cheery lately.
Also, the *giant* nevus is ultra-rare; not at all to be expected, when you’re expecting! And it affects all people of all skin types, presenting the same danger. However, in the patients’ associations I have encountered (French and American), there is a dismaying under-representation of black people. Diagnosis is rather hard to come by to begin with, so if there is not high contrast or texture differentials, I bet there is not the same access to surgery. Even in a country where such interventions are reimbursed in large part for everyone, regardless of race or resources.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Hey there. Just testing to see if the comments work.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I believe all comments are working fine, but they must be logged in order to make comments (different than before).