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Cancer Log: Entry for 6/19/2004
June 19, 2004: Not much has happened. A few left over stitches were found. Some of the "internal stitches" are not melting away nicely, so I get bloody, pimple like things on the suture lines. This seems weird to me, but what am I going to do at this point.
I saw the doctor last on June 4th. He said that if the swelling of the flap on my wrist hasn't come down significantly by the time I see him again in October, that he might consider doing a liposuction or even opening it up to carve away and reshape it. We'll see.
Meanwhile, I'm instructed to continue with the massaging, Ace bandages, and even a spandex glove to wear to help with the swelling. These measures do work. The swelling is gradually becoming less. Here are the latest pix as of 6/19/2004:
