Most of you have heard this story, but I decided for posterity's sake to post a picture of my stitches. In the past two weeks I've had two carcinomas removed from my forehead. The first was just in my hair line and you can't even see the scar in this picture, but in real life it is still puffy and red. Its on the right side. I had those 12 stitches out last week. I have the second set of stitches (the ones in the middle of my forehead) out tomorrow morning.
I noticed the first itchy red spot in late November or early December and asked my obstetrician what she thought. At the time I thought it was the scar from the carcinoma I had removed three years ago (see: http://teammakas.blogspot.com/2013/02/scarface.html ) . We agreed I should go to my dermatologist and have it looked at. Turns out it wasn't the old scar, but a new carcinoma. So we scheduled removal for two weeks ago. By the time I went for that surgery, a new one had popped up on my forehead. He biopsied it to confirm and I had that one removed last Tuesday. Its been annoying and added to my discomfort and general feeling unattractive at the end of this pregnancy, but I know I'll be glad to have gotten these out of the way before the baby and not be dealing with it next month!
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