I really don't want to start every post with "I guess it's been a long time since I've written..." but it seems that it's just meant to be. I write little snippets in my head all day long, I just never quite sit down at the computer to put them down. I want to write. I have lots to share and hope that someday my kids will read this and hate me a little more, but honestly I'm just tired. When I have a free moment this isn't always what I want to do because it takes thought and brain power and all the things I am trying at that moment not to use. Maybe next year when all three kids are in school full time I will be able to find a little more time to write and actually do it during daylight hours, but probably not.
So here's what I've been up to. Back in June I went to see my doctor to have a physical, annual exam and have her do a skin check. Although they are annoying I am pretty good about going to my regularly scheduled appointments just to make sure nothing is wrong with me. I sort of have to do it in order to get my prescription of thyroid pills that, unfortunately, they just won't give you because you have a thyroid issue, but my parents also pounded into my head as a kid that it's a good idea to go get checked out on a regular basis.
I've had a mole on my big toe for years that my doctor was slightly concerned about so she sent me to the dermatologist. Of course it was summer and I didn't really want to go to the dermatologist and possibly have to get a mole removed during flip flop season, so I waited a little bit to call and then I couldn't get in right away so I finally saw her in September. She did end up wanting to remove the mole because it looked a little bit suspect but it was no big deal and she took it off right then and there in the office.
About a week later she called to say they had found abnormal cells in the biopsy and she referred me to a plastic surgeon. It wasn't anything to be too concerned about and it was not melanoma but did need to be addressed before someday it turned into melanoma. My mom keeps asking me what kind of cells they were and honestly I have no idea. All I got out of the conversation with the surgeon was that on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being nothing and 5 being melanoma, they were about a 3.
This time it was going to be a little bigger deal and I didn't know how much I was going to be able to get around after minor foot surgery so I asked my parents if they would come help out with the kids for the week. Plus, the doctor wanted me to wear a boot for the first week or so and I had no idea if I was going to be able to drive in it. So my parents came to visit and this time I was actually in town. The kids even asked "Where are you going?" when I told them my parents were coming and were pleasantly surprised when I informed them we would all be home together.
The best part of the surgery is that besides getting the numbing shots it really didn't hurt at all. I thought once the shots wore off I would be in great pain, but I didn't even have to take Advil or Tylenol. I just couldn't walk very easily because where they cut was at the base of my big toe and now I have stitches there and it hurts to bend my toes. Which of course makes walking challenging, but I'm getting pretty good at it in an "I'm destroying my natural gait" kind of way.
I get my stitches out in two weeks, right after we get home from Florida for Thanksgiving (of which we leave for tomorrow!), and hopefully the doctor will tell me that they got it all and there will be no more surgeries. If they do find more abnormal cells then they may have to take a little more and that is not going to be fun.
So, I won't be writing much for the next week (what else is new) since we will be in Florida, but I will really try to write more when I get back and maybe, just maybe, I'll make it one of my non New Year's Resolutions (because I hate to make them in the first place) to try a little harder to write in 2015.
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