Monday, July 20, 2009

Ouch and a ew!

So since about the age of 18 I have had a growth/bump on my head. I have had FIVE Doctors look at it and no one knew what it was and suggested I see a dermatologist. For example one Dr. said and I quote " I was told in school we would never see this so I put it out of my head and can't remember what it was called." He then pulled in a Senior Doc and he didn't know either. Wierd. One Dr. actually scalped me and removed it. He also didn't send it into biopsy (spell check). It grew back.
I have just been dealing with it and feeling insecure about it. When I went to the dermatologist for another issue and said Hey while I am here check this out!
He knew what it was!! Dont ask me the name. We scheduled surgery to have it removed.
That day was today! So without a pic of the bump cause I didn't take one, here are my five stitches!

Ew.
After removing and a bunch of Dr. lingo that goes over my head. The basics are this: It was deep, he hit an artery and cartarized it, its all gone and shouldn't come back, it was basically a tumor but he is not worried about it and he sent it to bio!!
I am not allowed to wash my hair for a couple days and it hurts. Fun.

3 comments:

The Black's said...

My aunt had the same thing and it was in the same place. It bugged her for years and she went from Dr. to Dr. with no results and like you one day there was a Dr. that knew what it was and took care of it. I am glad that they took care of it and that everything turned out fine.

Ashleigh said...

Yikes! That doesn't sound fun. Hopefully it's gone for good! Get better soon!

Cara said...

Thanks guys! I am just glad the three days of not washing my hair is over!!