Dontcha just hate it when they carve chunks out of your face?

[John Backlund]

I know I do!
After spending five hours at the dermatologist's office, I'm stitched up like a baseball, bandaged up, and ready to go.

Well, not really ready to go anywhere for a week or so, just going to hide in the basement, watch too much TV, maybe play guitar a bit, play with the cats, that sort of thing.

That's all I can muster for a half-hearted smile, the bandaged half of my face is still deader than a doornail from about fifteen needle shots of local anesthetic.

 

[Jakedog]

Holy cow, man! Hope everything is ok and you make a speedy recovery.

 

[aging_rocker]

Eeek!

Take care, John.

 

[Toto'sDad]

Man, I hope you get over THAT! Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery!

 

[brookdalebill]

Hope you’re better soon!

 

[John Backlund]

Holy cow, man! Hope everything is ok and you make a speedy recovery.

Thanks!

They said than in about a year, I'll hardly be able to tell that I was treated with 'chainsaw therapy'.

 

[gitarzan]

It’s better than letting them progress. Get well, soon.

 

[John Backlund]

I was scheduled to drive a bus on both Thursday and Friday, and I messaged this photo of me to to 'The Office' and told them the situation was way more involved than I was expecting it to be, and that there was no way that I was going to drive a bunch of high school kids anywhere looking like this....so instead of high school kids, they wanted me to drive a group of elementary kids up to a local ski resort on Thursday. I'll terrify those little monkeys if they see the guy driving them looking like he went through a windshield with his face.

No way, Jose!....Johnny boy is hunkering down until he can resemble a human again.

 

[John Backlund]

It’s better than letting them progress. Get well, soon.

True dat!

 

[Uncle Daddy]

We had a first aider at work that would love to over bandage, which was useful for swinging a week off.

 

[John Backlund]

They wanted to show me pictures of the procedure on my face, but I chose to not look at all that and stay blissfully ignorant, but they did get me to look at myself in a hand mirror at the mess just before they were about to start some creative slicing to get it all back together.

It was weird to see a circular, quarter sized, round hole in one's upper cheek, about 1/8th inch deep, and not feel any pain.

I told them that I may never eat lasagna again.

In spite of it's horrific appearance, the only pain experienced during the entire thing was when they were initially sticking multiple hypos full of anesthetic goop into the area, felt like bee stings, but after that, regardless of all the psychologically unsettling slicing, pulling and tugging, then finally stitching the whole mess up, it was amazingly painless....but I expect that might change a little after the wonder drugs wear off.

 

[imwjl]

I know I do!
After spending five hours at the dermatologist's office, I'm stitched up like a baseball, bandaged up, and ready to go.

Well, not really ready to go anywhere for a week or so, just going to hide in the basement, watch too much TV, maybe play guitar a bit, play with the cats, that sort of thing.

That's all I can muster for a half-hearted smile, the bandaged half of my face is still deader than a doornail from about fifteen needle shots of local anesthetic.
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I hope both of good results from biopsy and the job itself.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

When I had hair, it was bright red.
Now that I'm bald, I visit my derm twice a year.
He zaps me with liquid nitrogen and red light.
All over my head and arms.
Not fun.
Good luck and remember:
CHICKS DIG SCARS

 

[John Backlund]

I asked if I could keep the parts they took off..and out, and take them home for our two cats, but they would have none of it.

I'm just trying to be practical here.

 

[teletail]

I was scheduled to drive a bus on both Thursday and Friday, and I messaged this photo of me to to 'The Office' and told them the situation was way more involved than I was expecting it to be, and that there was no way that I was going to drive a bunch of high school kids anywhere looking like this....so instead of high school kids, they wanted me to drive a group of elementary kids up to a local ski resort on Thursday. I'll terrify those little monkeys if they see the guy driving them looking like he went through a windshield with his face.

No way, Jose!....Johnny boy is hunkering down until he can resemble a human again.

You could always wear a mask so you don’t scare them!

 

[24 track]

thats what you get when you scratch an itch with a cheese gratter , I hate it when that happens !
we talked about this!

seriously I hope all is well and the proceedure was a positive thing, Take care, rest up and heal soon! best of wishes

 

[John Backlund]

You could always wear a mask so you don’t scare them!

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I tried that a couple years ago....they didn't like it.

 

[nvilletele]

Well, I’m sure we shoulda seen the other guy . . . .

 

[68tele]

As your guitar-forum-pharmacist, I suggest maybe another Royal Enfield to ease the pain.

 

[Lou Tencodpees]

Coming up on 4 years now. My wife said "that little spot doesn't look right, you should get it checked out".