Back in December I visited a Dermatologist to check a red spot on my forehead. I seemed like it had been there for a long time. I’ve bumped it a few times and at least once getting my haircut it was hit with the clippers, which led to some bleeding each time. But when it became obvious it was growing pretty fast was when I got my new Real ID Drivers License back in November. In my early 2020 license the spot looks small, but by the end of November in 2024 it is very noticeable.
The results of the biopsy came in just before I went on my recent month long “vacation”, it was Basal Cell Carcinoma. Today I went back to the Dermatologist to have the rest of the cancer sliced off. Luckily he got it all off with one swipe. While I was still in the chair I asked, “What about this little cyst on the bottom of my right ear?”
Dermatologist, “Has it been there long?”
Patient, “A while, I guess.”
Dermatologist, “Lets lop it off, and biopsy it.”
Patient, “Good, I want that ear to look good because on my 70th birthday I want to pierce it.”
Dermatologist, “See you in a couple weeks and we’ll take those stitches out.”