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What to do while waiting for BIOPSY results...

OK, I'm sure it's nothing. Or I should say "they're nothing". But let this be a warning to all of us.

Thursday I went to the dermatologist to have her look at a suspicious mole. She quickly dismissed it and said, "oh, that's just a (fill in the blank with some unpronouncable medical term.) Whew! I'm reaching for my bra...

"mmm...I don't like the looks of this one over here." What "one over here?" I'm thinking as she shined some fancy light on the area.

In any case, an hour later I'm on my way with three bandages where once there were "precancerous" moles. One on my face, one on my knee and one on my back.

I'm trying not to worry but I have 10 days to wait to see what the biopsy says.

Posted Sunday Oct 11