Riverrick
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Owwee!
I had a small sore removed from my nose because it wouldn't heal. Yep, it was a skin cancer - but only the kind that spreads locally. So if you cut it out its gone.
Well cut it out they did! First of all I had about 5 fricken shots in my nose to numb it up, then there was a bunch of cutting and tugging until it was out. Then they look at it under the microscope to make sure they got it all. Ok, so they put me back in the room and give me a mirror to look at the wound before closing it. You know, like casually.
Well I look in the mirror and see a HUGE fricken hole in the side of my nose.
This baby is about the size of the fingernail on your index finger. And deep too!
So, the doc is talking about the options for closing it and the cosmetic outcomes, etc and I'm getting a little sick looking at this hole in my face.
Next comes more shots and then a whole hell of a lot of pulling and tugging and cutting until my nerves are just about fried.
Ok, then he finishes and proudly gives me the mirror again to see the finished product.
OMG!
I have about a 3 cm (inch and a half) wound with stitches running down my nose! I say, "I look like Frankenstein!" and he goes "Well, but notice how your nose has maintained its normal shape and position" like maybe it wasn't supposed to? I go, "Yea, well, nice job.
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"Oh by the way" he says, "This side of your nose will be swollen for a while and you'll have a black eye on this side.". That's just great. I have to work tomorrow.
Now I know you may say, what was I expecting but I've never had anything done on my face before. So I really hadnt given it much thought. I thought a little something that I would wear a bandaid over for a few days and that would be it.
So that's my story and all I really want is a whole bunch of sympathy. If you want to come over and make soup for me tonight I'll leave the door open.
I had a small sore removed from my nose because it wouldn't heal. Yep, it was a skin cancer - but only the kind that spreads locally. So if you cut it out its gone.
Well cut it out they did! First of all I had about 5 fricken shots in my nose to numb it up, then there was a bunch of cutting and tugging until it was out. Then they look at it under the microscope to make sure they got it all. Ok, so they put me back in the room and give me a mirror to look at the wound before closing it. You know, like casually.
Well I look in the mirror and see a HUGE fricken hole in the side of my nose. So, the doc is talking about the options for closing it and the cosmetic outcomes, etc and I'm getting a little sick looking at this hole in my face.
OMG!
". "Oh by the way" he says, "This side of your nose will be swollen for a while and you'll have a black eye on this side.". That's just great. I have to work tomorrow.
Now I know you may say, what was I expecting but I've never had anything done on my face before. So I really hadnt given it much thought. I thought a little something that I would wear a bandaid over for a few days and that would be it.
So that's my story and all I really want is a whole bunch of sympathy. If you want to come over and make soup for me tonight I'll leave the door open.





