I feel sappy.
Nov. 21st, 2005 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kickahaAs in a maple tree tapped for sap.
Got the biopsy results this morning about 11:30: "severely dysplastic atypical cells" Definitely not a melanoma, definitely pre-cancerous, definitely an indicator. Recommended course of treatment: slice more away! Wheeeeee!
So they say I can have it done anytime in the next couple of months, no hurry, but by end of Jan would be good. I mention that I graduate this semester, and my health insurance runs out 12/31. They say they'll take a look at their schedule and call me back.
At 1pm they call: Can I come in at 2:30? Today? Uh, sure. The plumber was just finishing replacing our hot water heater (oh yeah, it went blorp this weekend as the tank rusted through), so I was able to head out and get the appointment.
Same as before, lidocaine, cut, snip, stitch. Except now the incision is about 1" long, the hole is actually like a quarter, with the skin now all stretched and pulled taut to close it up.
I'm gonna have a sweet scar. :)
I should get the results for the second core sample next week. Small chance of more needing to be removed, depending on whether they figure they have it all.
Got the biopsy results this morning about 11:30: "severely dysplastic atypical cells" Definitely not a melanoma, definitely pre-cancerous, definitely an indicator. Recommended course of treatment: slice more away! Wheeeeee!
So they say I can have it done anytime in the next couple of months, no hurry, but by end of Jan would be good. I mention that I graduate this semester, and my health insurance runs out 12/31. They say they'll take a look at their schedule and call me back.
At 1pm they call: Can I come in at 2:30? Today? Uh, sure. The plumber was just finishing replacing our hot water heater (oh yeah, it went blorp this weekend as the tank rusted through), so I was able to head out and get the appointment.
Same as before, lidocaine, cut, snip, stitch. Except now the incision is about 1" long, the hole is actually like a quarter, with the skin now all stretched and pulled taut to close it up.
I'm gonna have a sweet scar. :)
I should get the results for the second core sample next week. Small chance of more needing to be removed, depending on whether they figure they have it all.