Yes, it sounds gross. But that's what the dermatologist did.
First, she cut off the offending growth on my face, keeping it for the biopsy. Then she cauterized the spot.
Hate that smell.
So tonight I have a little pain - not bad, really - and a bandage on my face. The site will have to be kept under bandage, with a dab of petroleum jelly, for four days or so as it heals. The biopsy results are due in about two weeks.
But the dermatologist said that the growth did not look like a typical cancer-type growth - though, of course, she couldn't say for sure. Still, that's encouraging.
If it's not cancer, I'm done. If it is cancerous, I have to go back for further excavating.
It is amazing the skill doctors have. I'm lucky to live in a place where I can get something disfiguring removed so easily. (I know, as a Franciscan, perhaps I shouldn't be so vain!)
Pax et bonum
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