Category: extreme makeovers
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Warning: the following entry may be upsetting to easily grossed out persons
Just when I thought it was safe to put away the bandages and polysporin, I had a superficial basal cell carcinoma removed from my neck yesterday. This is like something my sister used to say to me: boys always get scars on their knees or their elbows, while girls get the scars on their chins…
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Update from the extreme makeover dept
Well, I am, I hope, on the tail end of the last of my extreme makeover surgeries. 23 days ago I had my wrist operated on to correct a protruding ulna, the result of an old break. They took off about half an inch of bone (off thee end, so no plates or screws were…
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The great unveiling
So yesterday was the big day! After twelve days stuck in a splint over my elbow, we finally got to see my latest surgical results. The doc cut through the bandaages, off came the splint and there it was: my now withered left arm. It’s weak as a kitten, but I’m free! It’s one dat…
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The first cut is the deepest, again
My friend Carole found a gruesome site that nicely shows what I had done to my wrist. Many cool, gory photos are included. Oh, and my surgery did NOT include a plate – it wasn’t needed. Sure glad I was unconscious!
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It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
Well, it’s day three post-surgery and things are getting better. The wrist hurt like a son of a gun at first, but it’s a dull ache now. A constant dull ache. A twenty-four hour dull ache. Can you tell I’m getting tired of the constant dull ache? This is it, though. I am now officially…
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No, I did NOT get a nose job!
After years of battling chronic sinusitis and spending a couple of weeks every year on antibiotics (yech!) I bit the bullet and had sinus surgery yesterday. What a party! It’s outpatient surgery and takes about an hour, depending on what you need done. I had a deviated septum, a concha bullosa, and enlarged inferior turbinates…
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