mamabealadventures

mamabealadventures
I am back home again, and cintinuing my medical saga. Monday 19 Sep I had another baselcell carcinoma removed from my nose. It was less than 1/4 " but it made quite a havoc of my face. It was deep and they had to do a skingraft. the surgeon Dr Braun is very good. He took the graft from the smile line and swung it up to fill in the hole. You are supposed to keep your eyes closed but I had mine open just a little bit and could see them swing the little worm of tissue around and cut it to size. It took five hours with the interuptions to have the pathologist examine the edges to make sure they got it all but it beats having to go in several times and not know if they got it. Dr Braun gave me orders top be a couch potato for the first week and not talk so the incitions could heal up undisturbed. I have looked respectively as a victime of domestic abuse, and an alcoholic with a swollen bulbous nose. It is a little scary when you take the bandage off and your whole face is swollen, red and blue. I could hardly see out of my right eye for several days. But it is amazing what a week will do. I almost look like a normal person again. I plan to return to work on Tuesday.
I have pigged out on TV. They had a marathon of old Westerns, and seing that beautiful countryside in southern Utah has made me determined to go out to see it. We lived in Utah for several years but we only got to see Zions National park briefly. My thanks go to Lynne and Linda for driving me to the drs office which is in Dc. Linda drove her convertible. It has been years since I have been in a convertible so it was quite a treat specially since the weather was lovely.