hp's blog Vox 2008-01-11T03:14:28Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251c3baa549d/tags/surgery/ Food, music and a lot of other stuff too... The secret life of my scar tag:vox.com,2008-01-10:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398d0ba9f0002 2008-01-10T04:23:09Z 2008-01-11T03:14:28Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's been a couple of months now since my skin cancer surgery. My scar looks only moderately improved from a month ago, though now it mostly lurks under my bangs with my new hairstyle. It is still surprisingly tender to any pressure, but I'm OK n...

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]]> 3 weeks tag:vox.com,2007-11-30:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398c292cd0001 2007-11-30T03:57:35Z 2007-12-01T13:20:56Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

3 weeks

At the risk of emulating LBJ, here is what my incision looks like at 3 weeks: Yes, it's healing well. But, I've got a bad-ass scar. Which I think is going to stay bad-ass for a while, so I might as well just get used to the idea. Not happy about...

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]]> OK, it's been a week... tag:vox.com,2007-11-15:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398bdbcb50004 2007-11-15T04:45:13Z 2007-11-15T04:53:13Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Me

...since I had that somewhat horrifying incision on my forehead. And you know what. It's still pretty horrifying. Sigh. Good news is though they got it all. I'm going in tomorrow for a follow-up appointment. I'm still keeping it covered with ...

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]]> Honestly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry... tag:vox.com,2007-11-09:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398bbe6f20004 2007-11-09T17:49:33Z 2007-11-11T16:37:08Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

:-( Looks oddly familiar.. Me_again

But right now it hurts to either laugh or cry... Update: Here's the new me using the flesh-colored tape they gave me for dressing. Really, it's not so bad. Or at least I won't terrify small children!

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]]> Recovery tag:vox.com,2006-10-25:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00ccff8da3154064 2006-10-25T01:09:59Z 2006-10-26T13:31:16Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's an odd experience waking up from surgery. When I went under, they didn't have me count backwards from 100 (my brother and Dad both did this with their surgeries). The anethesiologist just said I might feel some stinging around my IV (I never ...

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]]> Better today tag:vox.com,2006-10-20:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2252c245b8fdb 2006-10-20T13:33:46Z 2006-10-21T14:01:55Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'll spare the details but yesterday involved going back to the surgical center to have a catheter inserted. My plumbing definitely wasn't right - a not-so-uncommon side effect of general anesthesia. Looks like I'll have this until Monday - it's m...

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]]> I'm all set for tomorrow tag:vox.com,2006-10-18:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2252caac78e1d 2006-10-18T00:30:16Z 2006-10-19T18:21:13Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Talked to the Surgery Center - I need to be there at 8:15 - my procedure is at 9:15 and I should be able to go home by noon! Wow, that's great. My brother had the procedure two years ago and he gave me some tips. First, I was going to try to toug...

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]]> Surgery tag:vox.com,2006-09-13:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2252627708fdb 2006-09-13T20:00:14Z 2006-09-15T16:00:55Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I have a small but bothersome umbilical hernia I am going to have fixed in mid-October. Based on Internet research, it sounded like I could get back to normal activities (for me that includes training) in a couple of weeks. But the surgeon yesterd...

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