Mohs Surgery, Again

 I had a squamous cell carcinoma on my left cheek. The first excision was still positive on one edge, so the doc had to take a little more.

So, he took a little more and had it checked. It came back clear.

Then he stitched me up. I will go back in nine days to have the stitches out. In the mean time, I am alternating Advil and Tylenol.

Here I am all patched up and ready to go.

The Next Morning

I had a good night, but I woke up with some swelling around my left eye. That is to be expected. I am to leave the compression on for 24 hours, so I will change the dressing later this afternoon.

More Mohs Surgery

 I had two spots on my face: one on the chin and one on my cheek.  The chin spot was excised in one try. The cheek took two tries, but they got it.

Doctor marked the two spots.

After excisions, clean up

Both spots stitched

Pressure bandages applied

At Texas Roadhouse for lunch. Mmmm...

Update: Twenty-four hours later, I removed the bandages.

Bamboom!

 

Christmas Set

 I am making this Christmas set for son David's family. It is all done excepting for finishing up.

New Fidget Toy

 I just got this new fidget toy from Italy.

Timber Axe Throwing with Dave and Dad

 Dave took me timber axe throwing today. It was a belated Fathers Day Gift. We had a great time. I want Dave on my team. He was really good at it all.

Ingrown Toenail Surgery

I was having trouble with the nail on my left great toe, so I found a podiatrist who was able to relieve the pressure of the ingrown nail. Now I am set for life.

On the first visit, she trimmed the nail so it was not pressing into the flesh. That relieved the pain for the time being. On the next visit, she removed about an eighth of in inch and treated the nail bed with silver nitrate so that the nail would not grow back there.

This is after she deadened the nerves on both
sides of my great toe. After about 10 minutes
she returned to finish off.

This is after the procedure was done. Now, it took
a bit to stop the blood.

 

After the bleeding stopped, she applied 
a pressure dressing.

Next day, I soaked the foot in Epson salts.

All dried off and ready for a band-aid.

I applied Bacitracin ointment before finishing
off with a band-aid.