Leg Updates (With Pictures)

I have been remiss in writing about my leg post surgery, so here goes.

Here was my original mole:

Doesn't look too bad, right? Less than a millimeter big and never changing. Who knew it was cancerous? Well, obviously my dermatologist. Sigh. Here is the scar post-biopsy:

Not too shabby. Now here is my leg post surgery:

Nice big wrapping. And here is how it looked when I finally got the wrappings off:

So pretty, I know. Once I went to my post-op appointment, the doctor cleaned it  and replaced the steristrips:

I replaced the steristrips last weekend, and here is what it looked like before I covered it up again:

It looks pretty gnarly there, but I think part of that is because of the steristrips, since my skin doesn't like adhesive very much. I was going to change them again yesterday, but I decided to just leave them off and see if the skin around the incision got any better, which it has. I haven't uploaded the picture yet, but I'll get to it.

So that's it for now. I'm still limiting my walking and sitting with it up as much as possible. I think I've gained about 10 pounds being so inactive this past month, so I'm looking forward to doing anything physical once I get the all clear.  I'll get the rest of my stitches removed on Oct 22. The doc could have removed them on my 10 day post-op visit, but we didn't want to risk the incision opening up, so, we left them in. Fingers crossed they come out cleanly and painlessly next Monday!