Scars with historyYou've all got scars: they're nature's little reminders not to be so damned stupid next time. My favourite is the 1/4" round hole in the back of my right hand, created when I was 7 by my best friend putting a manure-covered gardening fork "away".
Tell us the stories behind your scars. With photos if possible.
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chthonic, Fri 4 Feb 2005, 10:00)
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Again, not stupid butgot a tiny red blotch on my arm. Skin specialist used a spud gun type of knife and removed it for pathology. 6mm in diameter. Puny and nothing to worry about...
Result back in - malignant melanoma, (cancer for the hard of thinking) and sorry, but we didn't get it all, we'll have to operate and remove more - will tomorrow be ok ? (Hmm go on then, it's not really serious like).
3" scar - very, very neat, good considering the surgeon was a big (in both senses) Star Trek fan. 5 or 6 years on, I don't need to have my lymph glands felt every 6 months (damn).
Only 3 weeks ago, my son studying genetics/cancer @ Edinburgh discovers this could have been a very scary 'infection'. Cue (for the first time ever in 22 years) sympathy and care for his old pa.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2005, 10:27, closed)
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