"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
I wish him well. Funny thing I've just had one like that too. Started as painful infection on top of bald head for most of last year, wouldn't heal.
Local anaesthetic for face-lift tumor removal, Doc: 'Nurse, please put finger on that blood vessel', nurse fumbles around while blood flows abundantly down face, 'Nurse...' 'Hell', thinks I, 'Put MY finger on the damn thing!'.
Small skin graft on mine. Then they wanted radiotherapy to prevent recurrence. Oops, slightly too much radiation, feeling a bit ill...
Then yesterday the middle of treatment area erupts into blister, a week after treatment, like 'Alien' I reckon. 'All quite normal', daily dressings applied.
Saw much worse among fellow Cancerians at the Centre. Very grateful for kind staff and good care.
Bit disconcerting though - must be curse of the redheads, 'bloodnuts', descendants of Normans.
Want all my 'sunspots' removed. Liq Nitrogen freezing and diclofenac sodium gel for the tiny ones.
Deborah Leigh said...Your ordeal sound like a dramedy. But as RebeccaH pointed out, this is a perfect excuse to stock up on fedoras. Doctor's orders. Good excuse for another swig of fine spirits, unless you have meds, but they don't taste as good. Take care!
bruce, as an irish/scot/northern kraut mongrel I know exactly how you feel. Best prayers for a full and fedora-filled recovery! If the sun is shining look for me in the darkest corner of the bar and we'll hoist a few!
On the other hand, he has an excuse to buy himself a whole new set of fedoras.
ReplyDeleteI wish him well. Funny thing I've just had one like that too. Started as painful infection on top of bald head for most of last year, wouldn't heal.
ReplyDeleteLocal anaesthetic for face-lift tumor removal, Doc: 'Nurse, please put finger on that blood vessel', nurse fumbles around while blood flows abundantly down face, 'Nurse...' 'Hell', thinks I, 'Put MY finger on the damn thing!'.
Small skin graft on mine. Then they wanted radiotherapy to prevent recurrence. Oops, slightly too much radiation, feeling a bit ill...
Then yesterday the middle of treatment area erupts into blister, a week after treatment, like 'Alien' I reckon. 'All quite normal', daily dressings applied.
Saw much worse among fellow Cancerians at the Centre. Very grateful for kind staff and good care.
Bit disconcerting though - must be curse of the redheads, 'bloodnuts', descendants of Normans.
Want all my 'sunspots' removed. Liq Nitrogen freezing and diclofenac sodium gel for the tiny ones.
Deborah Leigh said...Your ordeal sound like a dramedy. But as RebeccaH pointed out, this is a perfect excuse to stock up on fedoras. Doctor's orders. Good excuse for another swig of fine spirits, unless you have meds, but they don't taste as good. Take care!
ReplyDeleteBruce, you take care of yourself, there, fella.
ReplyDeleteFedoras? Well I've got a stock of baseball caps, one says 'Flash', other says 'Apostle'.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I just will get some fedoras too. Thanx all.
Thanks, Dearest Paco!
ReplyDeletebruce, as an irish/scot/northern kraut mongrel I know exactly how you feel. Best prayers for a full and fedora-filled recovery! If the sun is shining look for me in the darkest corner of the bar and we'll hoist a few!
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