Today Steve had his wide local excision at MD Anderson. Everything went smooth and the doctor was kid enough to let me photo and video everything. I have given an outline of the procedure for anyone who is curious and/or anyone who found their way to the blog looking to get info for an upcoming procedure they may be having.
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| The 2 spots before being marked. One on the upper left and one right in the middle of back. (Yes, my husband is a hairy beast!) |
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| Steve waiting on the doctor to come in. |
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| Materials for the surgery. |
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| Sterile material for the surgery. |
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| Here is where the doctor marked up the area to cut. |
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| The doctor starting the numbing medicine. |
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| More numbing medicine. |
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| Swollen after the numbing shots. |
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| Letting the numbing medicine sit a bit. |
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| Cutting out the first mole (middle of back) which was severely atypical. |
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| Stitching the first cut. |
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| Still stitching. |
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| The first chunk! |
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| All closed up. |
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| Moving on to #2. Moderately atypical |
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| Cutting out #2 |
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| Chunk #2 I will post videos in a separate blog post. |
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