Thanks Lou, the information is much appreciated. I’ll plan on a few easy days.

Hi Dawntreader I’ve just got back from my follow up appointment. The bandages are off. I was apprehensive to look at myself in the mirror but I had a lovely nurse with me who was encouraging and happy to answer any questions. Currently it looks like I’ve tripped over and skidded along the floor on my nose. It’s a big crusty red scab which I have to carefully wash and put Vaseline on twice a day. The stitches behind my ear are healing well. Can’t wait to finally wash my hair in a few days time. Also got my biopsy results back for the second area on my nose which were negative. I’m so relieved, don’t think I could have gone through it all again a second time.

Hope you are keeping well, keep in touch and let me know how you’re getting on. 

I totally understand, I’ve spent the last 2 years watching my bcc change slightly over time, with the hope it really wasn’t some kind of skin cancer and it just might be something else. It almost became an obsession. I’m really not liking the way it looks right now but I know overtime it will heal and gradually I’ll get used to what ever the new normal will be. You too are on the same pathway, I know you’ve got some time ahead of you to wait, which quite frankly is almost as painful as the operation itself. It’s an anxious time which takes up way too much unwelcome space in our brains. You’ve started the journey, keep going, it will be worth it.