It has been one week since the nurse from the dermatologists' office called to tell me the results of my mole biopsy. Melanoma. When I washed the dishes this morning, I kept looking at the telephone. The results of my excisional biopsy are sitting on someones desk - or the slides are in a …
Melanoma in situ
Thunder Cloud Above My Head
There has always been a thunder-cloud above my head. A shadow, a threat. The cloud followed me from Canada to Japan - through immigration and a fiancée visa to America. The cloud floated about the moving van when we moved from California to Pennsylvania. A storm cloud of family genetics …
Seven Stitches In My Left Leg.
I have seven stitches in the back of my left calf. The plastic surgeon cut out a piece of my skin yesterday morning in her office. About the size of a nickle right down to the fat. She had the pathology report from the dermatologist. Melanoma in Situ …
