This is a picture of my right cheek completely covered by a pressure dressing. The eraser on the pencil is slightly larger than Doug was. I am astonished by the enormity of the incision that was required to eradicate all traces of him.
My plastic surgeon was fantastic. I wouldn't mind having carcinomas all the time, so long as he was the one to remove them.
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Holy cow, that's huge!
I hope it doesn't hurt too much, and heals up fast!
Dear Professor,
I'm glad to hear of your appreciation for your plastic surgeon (I used to work for a plastic surgeon). Having said that, I wish you NEVER AGAIN a carcinoma in any shape, in or on any portion of your anatomy visible or otherwise, for the rest of your very long and HEALTHY life (are you listening, Great Creator?). You know, just sayin'.
Imagine yourself enjoying the virtual bowl of homemade Genuine Bubbeh's Chicken Soup - and may your recovery be smooth, painless and easy.
Adieu Doug! My mum is going in to hospital to have Doug's Scottish cousin removed on Thursday. Wanna send your nice plastic surgeon over?
Now that Doug is out of here, I can tell you of my experience at the LSU I attended.
I had a cyst on my arm, and a doctor that looked and sounded startlingly like the doctor from Cannonball Run removed the cyst in the student health clinic in the hospital.
When he cut it out, he waggled it in front of my face to show me what was in my arm. When he had put in my stitches, he put the cyst in a little bottle and told me to take it to the lab on the second floor.
What fun! It sounds like your surgeon was a bit different. Glad you're feeling better.
And what is your new aphrodesiac? SUNSCREEN!
I know it probably hurts today. You should work this for all it's worth. Have AB make you some pudding...not from the box, from scratch. ("Aidan said if you REALLY loved me you'd make REAL pudding.") Tell AK that Dora the Explorer makes Doug hurt and that the only things that don't are Tellanovellas. Make sure they know that chocolate malteds and foot massages take your mind off the pain.
Take care of yourself and rest. Blessings on you and the Angry Family.
Good riddance, Doug.
And the speediest of recoveries to you.
Can you milk this in the form of excuse e-mails to students? "I totally meant to show up for class, but I have this old cheek wound and it was acting up..."
I'm with Franklin - you should tell your students that you prepared really hard for the next three lectures, but slept through class by accident and need to do makeups at 3am on Friday morning.
Seriously, au revoir, Doug! Glad everything went smoothly.
Happy healing! Glad Doug is gone. Put vitamin E on it later, but you already know that.
I'm glad they got it all!
So am I.
I am glad the incision was only large and neither monstrous nor evil.
Thank you very much for everthing you've written about Doug. All that and your right cheek photo have given me the courage to deal with the uh-oh face bump I've been ignoring for way too long.
Anon, glad I could help. It really isn't very bad. Nothing has been very painful, except for that first day when the local wore off.
Ouch. I'm glad you had the courage and wherewithal to have Doug finally eradicated.
Speedy recovery!
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