Minor ops

[louiselux]

I had a sebaceous cyst removed from my head this morning, so that was exciting. The doctor called me a 'good girl' twice, and said I was very brave. I wanted to point out I was 38 and not 12, but actually it was kind of comforting.

He numbed my head and then there was a lot of pressure and muttering about needing the non-toothed scissors, which the nurse did not possess. Then more muttering and more pressure, and then he said "Haha! I got it all." Then the weird dragging dead feeling of having numb skin stitched. That was the worst thing.

Now I have vast dressing stuck to the side of my head, and a new bald patch.

After that, Mr Lux walked me home in case I had a funny turn, and left me on the sofa watching the Olympics.

Commentator quote of the day, from the men's high bar finals: "That man deserves a biscuit!"

Comments

[chomiji]

Awww!

> hugs! <

I get those rotten things on the scalp too. Usually I leave them alone and they leave me alone, but I've had to have two of them removed because they got inflamed. One of the docs really had The Touch, and it hardly hurt at all and only needed one stitch. The other was more in the mode of your doctor, and I was shaking like the proverbial leaf by the time he'd finished. I'm surprised they had to cut away that much of your hair, though - mine was left pretty much alone in both cases.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

They are a pain, aren't they? I'd had this one for many years, but it swelled up and had got kind of big - they said they were worried about the hair getting in the way of the stitches, as it needed several.