[Magdalen] Arrow prayers requested

[Sally Davies]

All done, sitting with a mug of tea and feeling a bit shaky and trembly
from the stress and not least the adrenaline in the local anaesthetic.

My sister is a fine surgeon and I am so grateful to her.  The sample now
gets sent to the lab and we'll see what comes back, should be by tomorrow.
If it's a nasty I would have to have a wider excision and probably
sentinel-node biopsy. If not then all I have to worry about is strapping
the wound so it doesn't form a lumpy scar.

Sally D

On Wednesday, 13 January 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's great that you are taking care of it right away!
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Sigh...not as thankful as I should be...
> >
> > Yesterday was another warm sticky day and after Pilates I decided to keep
> > my strappy top on, since I didn't have to go back to the hospital. Still
> > wearing it later when we went over to my sister The Surgeon for mom's
> > birthday supper.
> >
> > And there on my chest, just too high to see without a mirror but usually
> > hidden by my shirts, she spots a "pigmented lesion" that "could be a
> > melanoma and must come out".
> >
> > I am due for annual dermatology check up this month but was going to wait
> > till next month because I don't have enough spare money to pay him
> upfront
> > (would then claim back from medical aid but it's academic).
> >
> > Anyway, Linda will carve said thing off me later this morning and send it
> > to the lab. She's a neat skin surgeon as she's a burns expert and it's
> not
> > the first time she's sliced up my skin.
> >
> > But I'm sure several other pubbies would agree with me that it would be
> > pleasant to have a year without some kind of cancer scare.
> >
> > I've had plenty of skin cancer removed in the past from face, back and
> > arms; but nothing recently that was a worry. The dermatologist made a map
> > last year...I will still go see him after pay day but this can't wait.
> >
> > Sally D
> >
>