{"id":691,"date":"2011-08-27T17:47:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T17:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blumeskintreatment.com\/a-new-beginning-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-27T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T17:47:35","slug":"a-new-beginning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumeskintreatment.com\/a-new-beginning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p >As a physician, becoming a serious patient is always difficult.\u00a0 We know too much.\u00a0 It is not like having a pimple or needing acne treatment.\u00a0 Nor is it like having a cosmetic treatment where you are seeking healthy skin treatments.\u00a0 Surgery is not for wimps!\u00a0 I have never had surgery before so I decided to start with the king of surgeries \u2013 open heart!\u00a0 It is surreal for a doctor to become a patient.\u00a0 I was told I was a good patient and listened to the nurses and treating physicians.\u00a0\u00a0 Again, not always easy.\u00a0\u00a0 Even though I now treat only cosmetic skin conditions and have not treated medical conditions \u00a0for a few years, I remembered what it was like to see open heart surgery, having assisted at many of these procedures.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I was scared!<\/p>\n<p >I knew it would be a long process and painful recovery.\u00a0\u00a0 I think that was the part that scared me most.\u00a0 Luckily, as I had been told by others, I don\u2019t remember the pain, only the inconvenience it created.\u00a0 I had just restarted this new business after owning and managing Parkway for seven years.\u00a0 \u00a0I think being a patient has made me much more aware of what others have gone through and will go through during medical treatments.<\/p>\n<p >I know my surgery has nothing to do with <a title=\"Skin Care Services | Professional Skin Care Treatment | Skin Treatment Specialists | North Scottsdale, Phoenix AZ Arizona\" href=\"https:\/\/blumeskintreatment.com\/skin-careskin-treatment-services\/\">acne treatments<\/a>, acne scars, or skin care.\u00a0 Nonetheless, I have many long time patients\/friends from the days of Parkway Medical Laser and Skin Centre who continued to call with best wishes and speedy recovery.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I want to thank you all and look forward to seeing you for many more years.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"About Blume Skin Treatment | Skin Specialists | Skin Care Company | North Scottsdale, Phoeniz AZ Arizona 85255\" href=\"https:\/\/blumeskintreatment.com\/about-us\/\">Martin Blume<br \/>\nDO, MBA<br \/>\nThe Blume Skin Center\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a physician, becoming a serious patient is always difficult.\u00a0 We know too much.\u00a0 It is not like having a pimple or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"acf":{"hide_banner":true},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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