So you know when is a really daft time to decide to do a month long fitness challenge? When you have minor surgery scheduled that requires you not to do anything for at least two days slap bang in the middle of that month. My instruction sheet actually says two weeks, but I checked with the doctor who performed the procedure and he said that because my surgery site is at the top of my left breast I can still Zumba as long as I wear a supportive sports bra! Yay!
Anyway, it was all fine. I took my valium, well it was actually tamazepam, with breakfast and was considerably more relaxed about the whole thing then Doc C was. He has been taking a lot of interest in my remaining moles since my last visit to the dermatologist, and asked me to get another one on my shoulder checked out too. So that one has been taken too! I'm not going to have any moles left at this rate!
Before getting out the scalpels for the main event the doctor drew me a picture to explain exactly what the procedure was, and the picture looked a bit like a knitting pattern that requires short rows. There almost definately will be some pink scarring because I am so damn pale, but the plan was to give me a curved scar line rather than a big blotch. Should I feel the scarring is too bad then they will give me some laser treatment to fade it. Or I could get another tattoo to cover it up, that's an interesting option, right?
I was a model patient (the doctor really said that!), and it was all very quick; so after we left the clinic I insisted Doc C take me out for early lunch before coming home to sleep off the tamazepam on the sofa. Right now I feel fine, if a bit itchy, but, once the local anaesthsia fully wears off, then it is going to hurt so I've got some over-the-counter pain killers and, if those don't work, then I've got some prescription meds too.
All in all I'd say it was fine, but not exactly my idea of a fun way to spend a morning and I don't really want to do that again any time soon.
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