post-op

So I just got back from the 'ol doctor's office. It ended up taking about an hour and a half and he only decided to re-exise the two places that were done earlier and came back as abnormal. But boy-howdy did he ever re-exise them. Both of the wounds are about an inch long. And he used 10 stitches in one and 12 in the other.

He told me to try taking advil, but if that doesn't fly call back and he'll call in a prescription for something else. So I'll take the advil and see how i feel in a few hours when the lidocaine wears off.

Lets see, other things. I get the stitches out in two weeks, and I'm not allowed to do any heavy lifting for at least three weeks. They also promised me that they would call me as soon as the newest biopsy results come back.

He also said something interesting. He said that usually the bleeding and stinging is the sign that moles that were probably pre-cancerous for a long time were changing into melanoma. So it's very good that I caught it when I did.

So the moral of the story? Use your sunscreen and avoid those tanning beds. And if you have a mole that starts to bleed go to the doctor.