here is my posting from july 6th
i had a couple of pictures up. the first was the growth, the second was right after it was removed (it was cut off with a scalpel)
it is squamous cell carcinoma. it's a very fast growing kind to boot. within the two weeks between it being removed and my second appointment, it grew back BIGGER. yesterday i had it removed by liquid nitrogen. it's somewhere between 400 and 600 degrees below zero. it stings a bit. nothing i couldn't handle. after a short while, it DOES hurt. it sort of throbs. i think it's actually your skin defrosting. again, nothing i couldn't handle (of course i had some stoli to help me)
the doctor (and later the nurse told me again), it will bubble, blister and OOZE. these are all good things (according to them). well here are two more pictures. one is the day before the cryosurgery and the second is the day after (today).
i know they're icky and disgusting. the after picture looks like there is an alien being growing on my arm
i am posting this in hopes
1) it will help someone else know what will happen when they go through this
2) because it's cathartic to me. to talk about it
3) because i need ideas on how i can repair my tattoo when the scar heals. (oh hell yeah i'm thinking about that ALREADY)
well i go back in two more weeks. if this didn't work i have to go into the hospital for surgery. they really dig deeply i guess. i'll just have to wait it out and hope and pray this does it.
i'll keep posting pictures between now and my next visit. sorry it's disgusting but i think it's important i do this.
the black box in the knitting fairy tattoo pictures is the effected area (so far. let's hope that's IT)
note: i think that tattoo saved my life. this is how i discovered i had skin cancer. one of her shoes just didn't heal. then it started to rise, like a blood blister but there was no blood (yeah, i poked it with a needle). finally i broke down and called a dermatologist. so now you know.
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