Surprises at the dermatologist.

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Had a spot on my nose that didn't look quite right. Called my GP, and she looked at it and reccommended seeing a dermatologist. Went to see him today, and overheard the office staff saying something about gun rights (I'd locked up my CCW in the car, knowing I'd probably have my shirt off). I went to the counter and asked if they were pro-2nd. Receptionist broke into a huge smile and said "We sure are!". They made it clear that I was welcome to carry at this doctor's office. Went and sat down to wait, and American Rifleman was on the magazine stack.

I don't even mind going back in two weeks. He removed the spot, 99% sure it's cancer. Got another on my left hand that he'll burn off next time. Wear your sunscreen, folks!
 
My primary care physician is pro second amendment but a doctor's office, medical facility, hospital that performs medical procedures is a named no-carry zone under SC Concealed Carry law. In a State where the phrase "hold my beer while I reload" is not an uncommon phrase, it makes sense to restrict carry in a location where you might receveive a dose of drugs. Although, I do wish this restriction applied only to those receiving treatment.
 
Teachu2 said:
Had a spot on my nose that didn't look quite right. Called my GP, and she looked at it and reccommended seeing a dermatologist. Went to see him today, and overheard the office staff saying something about gun rights (I'd locked up my CCW in the car, knowing I'd probably have my shirt off). I went to the counter and asked if they were pro-2nd. Receptionist broke into a huge smile and said "We sure are!". They made it clear that I was welcome to carry at this doctor's office. Went and sat down to wait, and American Rifleman was on the magazine stack.

I don't even mind going back in two weeks. He removed the spot, 99% sure it's cancer. Got another on my left hand that he'll burn off next time. Wear your sunscreen, folks!
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Amen for that & best wishes!
 
It's good to get it taken care of early. My dad had to get a skin graft after they took out a chunk quite large near his left eye. Of course he's a Scotts-Irish burn red in the shade skin type who never took his skin too seriously. I'm not thirty yet and I know I've got to start putting on daily sunscreen if I don't want them hacking open my face in my fifties.

Cool on the doctor's office.
 
Several years ago I was visiting my doctor (had only been a patient for about a year) when, at the end of the visit he asks me if I know anything about firearms. Wasn't sure sure why he wanted to know, but I said yes, I'd owned guns for many years. He opens the bottom drawer of his desk and brings out a box with the Browning logo on it. "I just bought this, and was wondering if I got a good deal." He opens it and there is a pristine Browning Hi-Power in .30 Luger! We discussed what he paid and how to find out the value. Since then we always talk about guns when I visit.
 
My doctor is a hunter, shooter and NRA member. He also has a no carry sign on his door.

One of the good Dr's. patients had an ND while alone in an examining room. The bullet went through walls and narrowly missed a nurse.
 
I am 2.5yrs out from melanoma cancer. Two surgeries and a year of Interferon treatment SUCKED! But I think we got it. Sunblock is pretty important folks!

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Plan2Live said:
My primary care physician is pro second amendment but a doctor's office, medical facility, hospital that performs medical procedures is a named no-carry zone under SC Concealed Carry law.
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Well, kinda, but not exactly. From SC code of laws SECTION 16-23-10:



(M) A permit issued pursuant to this section does not authorize a permit holder to carry a concealable weapon into a:

(10) hospital, medical clinic, doctor’s office, or any other facility where medical services or procedures are performed unless expressly authorized by the employer.


Granted, determining just who has authority to grant permission can be a bit of a gray area that I'd not want to test (ie, my mother works for a doctor's office and the doctors in her practice themselves cannot carry because the corporate/hospital policy forbids it), but if the doctor runs his own practice and says its ok then you're good to go.
 
That's great :)

The state I live in isn't the worst one for gun-owners, but it's one of them. Not my fault I was born here, but I can't wait to move elsewhere soon as I can afford it and line up a job where I'd like to go. So that being said, over the years I've heard much more about anti-gun doctors all across our nation than I hear about pro-gun doctors. Certainly not expecting a doctor in my state to be pro...
Well, last time I went in for a physical, my doctor sees my S&W belt-buckle (on my Desantis gun-belt) and asked me why I wear it. I told him my favorite sport is marksmanship, that I am a collector, and that Smith & Wesson is one of my favorite manufacturers. He smiled and said he thinks that's just great. He became even more excited when I told him I really enjoy shooting black powder guns. He thought that was very interesting and fun.
I liked him as a doctor before that, and I like him even more now!
 
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Have no idea whether my Dr.'s are pro 2nd amendment or not but no firearms are allowed on the property at the VA where I go.

With that said I had 14 spots removed from my head, arms, & shoulders approx. 1 month ago and this is now the 2nd time I've had this procedure done. Folks keep an eye on your skin, very important.
 
That's great. I'm not sure where my doctor stands, I only go once a year for a checkup and always carry unbeknownst to them (my EDC is a pocket carry so I can change into a gown without issue).

It's funny I've gotten so used to the weight in the same exact spot although it's a light gun (Sig 938) I can tell instantly if I don't have it.
 
My wife kept telling me I had 2 black spots on the back of my neck and to have them looked at. She told me 2 or 3 more times and then I got a call saying your appointment IS so I went. Biopsy showed 1 was melanoma and the other was cells that were soon to become melanoma. I went back and they took a chunk the size of a golf ball out of my neck, but said it was all gone and no further treatment required. I got it quick enough. They took off 3 other things just because as well. Get those spots checked and often. My friends wife is near death from a skin basal cell carcinoma which unusually spread inside to her organs. She has fought hard and had a cancer diagnosed 4 times, but now she has had a series of strokes from the chemo and not long left. Luckily she is mentally "gone" so I don't think she is aware anymore. Don't wait. A little black spot can and will kill you.
 
I started working on boats way back in 1973 and we were mostly just ignorant of the danger the sun represents. My normal dress as a mate was a pair of shorts, flip flops, sunglasses, and a smile.... We all thought we were healthy with that hard red/brown tan. Who knew?

Forty years later and still in south Florida, I've been a full time fishing guide now for about 18 years. I wear long pants, long sleeved shirts, a sun mask and sun gloves (and that's year 'round folks...). Over the years I've lost a half dozen folks I've known to melanoma (and as one skin doc said "Nasty stuff... keeps coming back as something else....").

The good news for everyone is that it's easily curable if caught early. Outdoorsmen should see their skin doc once a year... Guys like me need to go every six months, period. So far I've been lucky with only one minor brush with basal cell ( the most common skin cancer) - it won't kill you generally but you'll still have it when they put you in the ground... Of course you won't look as pretty if you're missing a piece of your nose, ear, or lip....

Don't fool around with the sun and make sure your kids learn that early. Every time I hear about someone using one of those awful tanning booths my skin crawls....
 
Only on the gun boards would we see a post like "Yeah, I went in to the doctor because I have a cancerous spot, and I found out he's pro 2A! How great is that!"
 
Teachu2:
Glad that they found the spot in time! When my son was in grade school, many years ago, one of the Olive Branch Elem. (MS) teachers died of melanoma. She left behind a husband and children.

My dentist's brother reloads ammo brass. All of his staff have traditional values. My Nurse Practitioner (a guy) is into guns, but it's doubtful that more clinics/hospitals will allow guns, because of the carelessness of a few CCW people they hear about.
 
Good to hear he got it. Folks you skin is nothing to mess with our town lost a lovely young mother of 2 due to skin cancer. She did not see the warning signs and she lasted a little over a year.
 
I hope they have checked you out all over thoroughly and that you are 110% again! Sounds like you went to a GREAT doctor.
 
The last time I went to the dermatologist I mentioned I was going to the hunting lease and he showed me the 191 B&C Whitetail Buck in his office that he shot in South Texas.

Just my.02,
LeonCarr
 
My podiatrist had several back issues of both NRA mags but they dissapeared. I asked the doc and he said people take magazines home all the time and wasn't surprised and more would probably show up.
 
I'm a Florida native, and many years of hunting and fishing and swimming and scuba diving have given me loads of solar loading. I'm careful lately with clothing and sunscreen, but as a kid I didn't know better so now days I'm paying for it. I've had several squamous cell surgeries and I'm seeing the dermatologist twice a year.

I lost both my mother-in-law and my father-in-law to melanoma that metastasized. Take precautions, folks.
 
Sorry for the earlier hi-jack. I am deleting it. I do hope they have your skin cancer under control. My father has been dealing with it for 30 years, and it is becoming pretty severe. Nothing life-threatening, but he is going in 4 times per year having them removed.

Stay on top of it, my friend.
 
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