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Post-Surgical Non-Complications
I have returned home more or less triumphant!
TMI Details
I was mistaken about what they were going to do... because it was a cyst, more properly a great big ZIT. (Imagine the biggest zit you could ever think of.) You know how a cat's skin will abscess up sometimes? It was like that. So the physician merely had to lance it, get all the crud out and pack in some dressing, which has to be removed tomorrow.
The worse part was actually getting the injection of Lidocaine, which stung. I wisely resisted the impulse to look, even though if I'd tipped my head, it would just have been visible. I've got an impressive dressing on it now, gradually turning pink under the clear covering.
The funniest part of the procedure, for me, was that while the physician's assistant did all the usual irrigation, she also just used her gloved hands to press down on the cyst to help push out all the sebum, et cetera -- so yeah, exactly like the world's largest zit, and really, not that big a deal.
It's just sting-y now, as long as I don't move around much, nothing that Tylenol can't take care of, though I have some leftover Tylenol-3 from my last dental misadventure if it's a problem tonight.
On the way home I stopped first at Best Buy, where they didn't have folding sports earphones (ear buds don't work for me) and then Newbury Comics, where they had Ginger Snaps on DVD for $9.99, plus I found a special gift DVD for somebody who's earned more thanks than a mere gift can really express.
Now I have to go out and get my prescription for antibiotics filled, and I think I will slide by Whole Foods and get some of my favorite goodies while I wait....
TMI Details
I was mistaken about what they were going to do... because it was a cyst, more properly a great big ZIT. (Imagine the biggest zit you could ever think of.) You know how a cat's skin will abscess up sometimes? It was like that. So the physician merely had to lance it, get all the crud out and pack in some dressing, which has to be removed tomorrow.
The worse part was actually getting the injection of Lidocaine, which stung. I wisely resisted the impulse to look, even though if I'd tipped my head, it would just have been visible. I've got an impressive dressing on it now, gradually turning pink under the clear covering.
The funniest part of the procedure, for me, was that while the physician's assistant did all the usual irrigation, she also just used her gloved hands to press down on the cyst to help push out all the sebum, et cetera -- so yeah, exactly like the world's largest zit, and really, not that big a deal.
It's just sting-y now, as long as I don't move around much, nothing that Tylenol can't take care of, though I have some leftover Tylenol-3 from my last dental misadventure if it's a problem tonight.
On the way home I stopped first at Best Buy, where they didn't have folding sports earphones (ear buds don't work for me) and then Newbury Comics, where they had Ginger Snaps on DVD for $9.99, plus I found a special gift DVD for somebody who's earned more thanks than a mere gift can really express.
Now I have to go out and get my prescription for antibiotics filled, and I think I will slide by Whole Foods and get some of my favorite goodies while I wait....
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Glad it went well and pamper yourself!!
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The lancing was very "ouch!" but in the end, everything drained and healed up just fine.
You do need to remember to mention it when you next have a mammogram, just in case there's some scar tissue at that spot.
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(Side note: I *love* Ginger Snaps...apparently the new one has Hugh! As a freakin' priest!)
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