We got to the clinic around 7:15 and the surgery started around 7:45 am. I met the surgeon and asked all the questions I had. He was awesome and very soft spoken and calm. That helped settle my nerves a lot. They have a special Mohs surgery waiting room, so Greg got to wait in there.
They started with the numbing process and that wasn't really too bad. It was a little uncomfortable and awkward since it was so close to my eye, but the pain wasn't anything I couldn't handle. Mostly just stinging for a minute.
Once it was numb he did some "scraping" of the area with a little curette type thing and then some snipping. I had my eyes closed so I didn't actually see it all, but I could hear it.
Then it was bandaged up and I went to the waiting room to wait while the dr. studied it under the microscope. About an hour later the nurse came and got me and they did another round of cutting. Bandaged again and waited again. The nurse came back about an hour later and told me that they got it all that time! YAY! They then cleaned it and the dr. stitched it up. A pressure bandage was put on it and I was sent home. All in all it was about 4 hours total.
I felt pretty good afterwards, just sort of worn out. It was nerve wracking and exhausting.
I will share some photos of what it looked like in the beginning and through today. If you are squeamish, you might want to stop here! It looks a LOT better than I ever dreamed it would.
So it was not a wonderful experience, but to anyone who is having Mohs surgery on their face? You can do it. Don't get yourself as worked up and anxious as I did!
I am supposed to take it easy for the next several days, no lifting or bending over, but that's about it.
More later!
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