It used to be when I went to the dermatologist, they always made me get naked.

That hasn’t been happening as much recently.

I probably still should be getting naked because they should be doing full body checks, but it’s been a while since they did, which is fine.

I don’t care.

But I had a dermatologist appointment today, and it was interesting in several ways.

Would you like to know what they are?

I don’t know why you listen to this podcast if that’s not a story that, you know, titillates you greatly.

So here we go.

Here’s why my dermatology appointment today was interesting.

Your daily Lex.

First, I got there 15 minutes early, which in my opinion is on time.

They were playing the song Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, the original, in the waiting room.

And I have a policy where I don’t like to listen to sad songs.

You might not think that song is sad, but I do.

And there are times when, you know, I can be in the mood to want to listen to that kind of music.

But most of the time, 98% of the time, no, I have zero interest in hearing sad songs.

So I had to work very hard to not pay strict attention to the song.

Instead, I texted a friend whom I’ve talked about with this problem a lot.

And they’re like, do you have AirPods?

And I never take my AirPods with me ever.

It’s just not a thing I do.

I don’t leave the house with them unless I’m traveling.

But I had put them in my pocket this morning for no reason.

And I’m like, oh, my God, I do have AirPods.

And you have reminded me.

So I put them on and listened to a podcast.

Then I got nervous that I wouldn’t hear them when they called my name since I had noise cancellation on.

And I stopped the podcast.

But the song by that point was over.

Next, I was taken into my exam room a few minutes early, a few minutes before my appointment time.

And after confirming why I was there, the tech said, the doctor will be right in.

That was not true.

I, in fact, heard her minutes later go into another room for a different patient, which let me know that she was not going to be right in by any stretch.

I was seen about 15, 20 minutes after my appointment time.

And since I got there 15 minutes early, that was annoying.

But I chose to get there early.

That was my thing.

The doctor remembers me because I used to see her a whole lot when we were trying to fix the crazy redness around my eyes, which was eventually tied to a hair product.

And she really likes me.

And she said, this person is training.

So this one’s going to be talking to that one the whole time.

We’re just going to read it.

They’re going to talk in the corner, which they did the entire time.

And first, she wants to see a cyst that I discussed with her over what’s left of it.

And so I take off my shirt so she can see where that would be.

And she looks at it and she’s like, there’s a lot of scar tissue there.

You’re going to put some lotion on it for a couple of weeks.

But I want to check it again in two months.

And I can’t tell anything if I need to do surgery to remove it for another two months.

So for that two month period, which is why we’re waiting.

Great.

No problem.

I have my shirt back on seconds later.

And she’s like, let’s look at the other thing.

The other thing is, of course, my armpits, which she has also treated before.

And she’s eliminated my rash.

But I was telling her and the reason one of the two reasons I was there is that every month or two months, my armpits start to get itchy anyway, even using the nothing deodorant that she makes me use.

I hate the deodorant because I like a scented deodorant.

Not everybody does, but I do.

And this is unscented baking powder, Arm and Hammer, whatever deodorant.

It’s dumb.

It’s fine, but it’s dumb.

And I’m like, I don’t see anything when it starts to get itchy, but I put on the tacrolimus lotion for a couple of days and then it stops being itchy.

And she looks, she’s like, yeah, I see this one’s a tiny bit irritated.

We could do a whole bunch of testing to figure out exactly what it is that’s irritating you or that you’re allergic to.

It could even be the baking powder itself, baking soda, baking powder.

I don’t know, something.

And she’s like, but let’s not.

Just keep doing exactly what you’re doing.

If it starts to get itchy, put on the tacrolimus for a couple of days and then stop when it stops being itchy again.

You can do that forever.

And I was like, okay.

And then she’s looking at me and she’s like, you look different from last time.

And I thought it was going to be about the beard.

She’s like, did you lose weight?

And I was like, oh, well, yes, I did.

And she’s like, how?

And I tell her and she’s like, can I take down your trainer’s information?

He’s remote.

You don’t have to go see him.

You don’t have to go to the gym.

You do it all from home.

So I gave her my information and I’m like, just to be clear, I will not consider it a HIPAA violation if you mention my name when you talk to him.

But I thought that was funny that I was suddenly shilling for my trainer because she noted my weight loss.

This might be the first person I saw recently where I didn’t disclaim the giant beard.

And it is hilarious to me because I disclaim this giant beard all the time, but she didn’t bring it up and I didn’t bring it up.

So there it is.

I think the difference must be that I keep seeing people like on Zoom where I can see the beard and here I’m looking at my own eyes.

So I couldn’t quite see the beard.

We have been warned that tonight’s Fiddler rehearsal might go late.

I don’t want it to go late because I prefer sleeping.

But it should go late because boy, the show starts on Friday.

I don’t know if I’ve ever felt like a show was less ready to open.

Again, I think I just, I’m past caring.

Like the show will be what it will be, which is bad.

If I say quietly and lean into the microphone, that’s like the polite way to do it, right?

But it’s fine.

It will be a show.

We have not talked about it, my wife and I who are in it.

We have not talked about it on social media platforms.

We have not encouraged our friends to see it.

We have some who insist on seeing it.

And our policy is they must discuss it at great length and give us their harshest analyses after the show if they do come see it.

Most of our friends are not coming, which is perfect because wow.

Yeah.

Anyway, that’s all I got.

Hope you’re having a wonderful Wednesday, June 4th.

Goodbye.

Lex.