For those of you who have children, this is not the kind of picture day you're thinking of as I'll be more concerned about what I look like without clothes on than what I will actualy wear (although, knowing me, I'll try to put together a cute little outfit for the occasion.) My scars from the biopsies a few weeks ago seem to be healing nicely, and are now pretty much red blotches. The BCC one however, does still have some dryness in the area like it did before the biopsy. If you read about BCC and other skin cancers, that crusty layer is not a good sign. However, I've always had sensitive skin, so it could be just my healing process, or a reaction to the bandaids.
I'm eager for tomorrow's "photo shoot" as I know I will feel better when someone has taken a really close and thorough look at my skin all over my body. I had a lesion removed from my leg years ago, but no one has looked at my legs since then (well, not in THAT way at least!). I'm also hoping that if the technician sees something he doesn't like, then maybe that will speed up getting the skin cancer specialist to look at the photos. Currently I couldn't get an appointment until December 8th - that's 5 days AFTER my currently scheduled further surgery of my BCC site (to remove a "margin" of skin around the site and burn/cauterize the area too; she mentioned something about doing that three times. Sounds like fun!) Believe me, it's not painful and it's like fun time compared to the repeated colonoscopies I had as a tweenager (TMI??).
I'm going to bring my camera to the appointment tomorrow and see if they'll let me take a pic of the camera and/or any other instruments they use. I hope this clinic is as good as I expect them to be!!!!
So, for now, thank you for reading and I'll update you tomorrow! Now go take a good look at your skin!
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