I got my stitches out today from my ear where the doctor removed a BCC skin cancer, thankfully all is well and he won’t have to remove anymore of the ear. I now have a notch mid ear, very fetching……..but I don’t care because as long as the cancer cells have been removed I care not a jot that I might resemble some hideous monster.

I took the dressing off three days ago and that was quite the adventure. The dressing was so so sticky and I thought my ear was going to be ripped from the side of my head whilst removing it. Cleaning all the gunk from it was very painful due to it being tender of course but also because the stitches were well and truly in place.

I got the stitches out today which is exactly one week after they went in and that certainly brought a tear to the een. I usually count in my head in another language while I get anything like this done, I’m trying to get my brain to ignore the pain by concentrating on a challenge. It works sometimes.