Benign!

Benign! The doc said it looked inflamatory, so it probably was from that watch. He gave me a corticosteroid cream to put on it to make it go away.

Soon

T-2 hours until I get my biopsy results (and the stitches removed). I keep thinking/ hoping that since they didn't call me, and it's been a week, everything is ok. I hate not knowing.

Grammy

I've been thinking about my grandmother a lot lately. Not exactly sure why, this May she will have been dead 17 years, but I'm really missing her lately. The day of the biopsy all I wanted was a hug from, and we have never been a very "hugy" family.

Aside from some snapshot memories and second stories what I remember most is touching her left shoulder when she was lying in the hospital bed after her stroke, crying in the car on the way home from school when my dad told me she died and passing a note to my friend, during Spanish class, telling her my grandmother died...

Maybe it's because I have been doing a lot research into that side of the family, or maybe it's just longing for something I wish I still had, but it still hurts. 17 years later and the pain is still there.r

I thought I was safe!

Just got back from my annual (or almost annual since I have been having problems with health insurance and had to keep rescheduling) visit to the oncologist, and I wish I had great news. After showing him the mark on my left wrist, and then telling him that it has looked like that for a few months he decided that it would be a good idea to do a punch biopsy. Sigh. I really think it was just a scar from when one of my watch bands keep rubbing up against an irritation I had in that spot, but I guess it's better safe than to be sorry. And if it turns out to be something more serious, at least, hopefully, it was caught early. Earlier enough so that I won't need further surgeries or chemo. And now we wait...It's going to be a long week! 

Original spot

Post punch biopsy

For more information about punch biopsies, check out these links: 
WebMd Punch biopsy
Canadian Cancer Society: Punch biopsy