[Magdalen] Prayers

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers, Dan.  I have seen my best friend go through the awfulness of
multiple facial Mohs surgery for over 30 years.  May you have pain relief
soon.

Ginga

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Dan, prayers for relief, soon.
> Susan
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:10 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Many of you know I had an aggressive squamous cell removed Tuesday (2nd
> > attempt, this one successful).
> >
> > Recovery was going well. Moderate to semi-severe pain in the sutured
> area.
> > A couple of my migraine meds let me sleep for an hour or so, followed by
> an
> > equal period of being awake.
> >
> > Today, about an hour before I was to remove the pressure bandage and
> start
> > the cleanup, started getting shooting pain in the swollen area. Called
> dr,
> > they said to go ahead and remove the bandage and start that process.
> (part
> > of which was the peroxide/water mix for cleaning). The pain, which I had
> > described to the dr's office at 7-8 is now at least 9. several bouts of
> > profuse tears, not normal for me.
> >
> > I have been lying down with the newly covered area, with ice packs.
> > Swelling is going down but I cannot drop off - even with the assist of
> > codeine.
> >
> > When I described the state to the dr's office, the reply was to check for
> > infection, pus, off smell, and the like. None of that present - just a
> > heightened pain level.
> >
> > Don't think anything is really out-of-bounds on this, just can't rest, a
> > vital component.
> >
> > Off to try again, really need to sleep a little.
> >
> > I was kidding a bit earlier about trying to get the surgeon to make the
> > incision look like a Heidelberg dueling fraternity scar. From the length
> of
> > it, he may have succeeded, even without the overt suggestion.
> >
> >
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