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So if you read this post, you'll know that I've had this weird rash for the last couple weeks. First the dermatologists thought it was eczema, but then it appeared on my inner wrists and they thought lichen planus and did two biopsies this week.

Being a patient is really tough. I feel like I should get expedited care because I work at the friggin hospital and my doctors are really my colleagues. But at the same time, I also feel that it's unfair for me to get any special treatment just because I'm a "doctor" too. Plus, it's a good experience for me to know what it feels like to be a patient, right...?

So the lidocaine numbing medicine REALLY REALLY hurt. I have medium-tolerance for pain, I'd say, and it was one of the more painful things I've had to endure. (The most painful experience being the time I got my tattoo). But it worked well because I didn't feel the actual scrape biopsy part at all. Even though it looked NASTY.

It's been two days and this is what they look like. One on each forearm. This one hurts like a motherfucker. I wanted answers though so as long as this gives us the diagnosis, I'll think it was worth it.