Now Ear This..
Posted by Exile on September 16, 2009
I was off to see my doctor the other day. I have been suffering with a minor irritation in my ear for a while now and decided he should have another look at it. I know it’s a form of eczema and I think I have infected myself around my eyes, having been sticking a finger in my ear to scratch the itch and then using the same digit to rub my eyelids and so on. That appears to be true, but while he was peering into my ear hole, the doc said something along the lines of, “I don’t like the look of that…”. “What?” I asked. “That sore.” he replied. I knew it was not going to be good news.
I was sent to a skin specialist yesterday. He peered into my ear hole too and said pretty much the same as my doctor. I have a skin cancer in my left ear lobe. It isn’t going to be any fun getting that removed. He took a biopsy sample of it. That hurts.
I’ll have to wait fourteen days for a result. The “result” being a confirmation of the type of cancer. I don’t really care what type it is, I just want it removed. The specialist is convinced that I will have to go to an ear hole expert, who will then recommend a plastic surgeon who will finally do the operation. I asked if I couldn’t be sent to a real surgeon instead of a plastic one, but the joke didn’t seem to work on him. This is serious stuff, apparently.
I’m having mixed feelings about this. After the scare we had a couple of months ago with my wife and the possibility of her having cancer in her throat, which luckily it wasn’t, it now appears to be my turn. At least I can see this little bugger. I can see it with the help of a webcam. It isn’t large, but it’s there. I can visually direct my hatred at it. I couldn’t do that in my dear lady wife’s case. Luckily, I suppose, this is external and get-at-able. I have had small skin cancers before. I have had one removed from my left cheek and one from my arm. Both were of the non-aggressive type, small and fairly common by all accounts. I hope this is the same. We shall see.
I suppose now, I will have to give up smoking through my ear.
Oh well. It could be worse. This is only my ear hole.
I could think of far worse holes to have this happen to!
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Byron said
How the hell are you going to keep your glasses on buddy……..
Hope apart from the ear problem you are both well. I have moved jobs. Well kind of. I now work for a company called MBNL (Mobile Broadband Networks Limited)we look after both T-Mobile and H3G sites and i am now the Commercial Property Manager. Bit of a change from planning networks, I now look after the Rent, Rates, Utilities for over 18000 sites for both companies.
Will try to write again soon.
Cheers
That’s the way. Go with the money! Sounds good.
I’m not worried about my glasses. It’s more worrying with my hat. Remember Freddie “Parrot Face” Davies?
This is no biggie. I’m going to have a hole in my ear lobe for a while, but I’ll get over that. I’ll tell people it’s an old war wound, or start wearing very big ear rings!
BTW, nice having you drop in. Look round, there’s a lot to laugh at.
Exile
Sus said
What is this?!?…wish you all the best, and I know a good plastic surgeon, he did a wonderful job on my “sad basset hound” eye, and he has a good sense of humour!..I cracked up when he said “it’s quite easy being a plastic surgeon, all you have to do is cut along the dotted line”!..then realized it was perhaps not so good to laugh that much, when somebody has a scalpel VERY close to your eye!
Take care Exile!
Many trhanks for good wishes. I get the biopsy results on tuesday. After that, we start making plans.
Exile.