It's such a luxury being able to do everything again:
Wonderful and for the moment, I'm taking the normality of life much less for granted.
My watery eye worse first thing in morning. Hasn't been evident…
I saw the Specialist Nurse.
For the first time since I was told I needed a total excision biopsy, I feel back to normal as far as emotions are concerned. I have felt this when being busy socialising and walking. But this morning just pottering on my own, it came to me how relaxed and grounded I feel and happy too. My mind is now concentrating on normal, everyday things while pottering about rather than having thoughts of cancer lurking there in…
Another night wakening. Have I done the right thing? I definitely should have asked more questions. The outcomes I particularly wanted to avoid at the outset of treatment for my BCC were: a watery eye, a droopy eyelid, an eyelid that turns out showing its red rim. I specifically run the risks of all these developing as my eyelid contracts through the healing process. Except that I have already got a watery eye. The risk…
My 3rd operation appointment.
In the event I have been very lucky indeed. I turned up for surgery today. I'd been told that if further tissue had to be removed as well as the eyelid reconstruction, I'd be there all afternoon. I was prepped ready for surgery: blood pressure taken, hospital wrist bracelets on, allergies noted and then a doctor came in and took a look at my eyelid. I learnt that the lab results were…
