... local sedation. I had a mole removed from my side/tummy today because it was getting darker and a bit flaky. Once upon a time it was a single light brown mole and I quite liked it as 'decoration', but then it became darker and now it has 3 tiny friends surrounding it. Last week the big one also itched a bit (but only one morning until it was scratched) and then I decided that I wanted it looked at. So now it is on it's way to the laboratory and I have two stitches to close the gap.

WARNING: GRAPHICAL - NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Local sedation is really cool. You don't feel a thing of what they're doing, but you can see the little knife cutting through your very own skin. The only thing I felt was a slight pulling sensation because the non-sedated surroundings of the mole were pulled with the mole while the doctor cut loose the underside of the skin. The mole was quite big (4 mm diameter) and so it left quite a gap which you see filling with a bit of blood while you still don't feel anything. Two black stitches were put in (doctor: this looks really good, me: it looks like something a zombie would wear) and a big white bandaid on top of it. No showering for 48 hours (eew... not even after streetdance tomorrow?), no contact sports (no plans for that) and in one week the stitches will be removed. At that time the lab should have found out if it was an evil mole or just a weird one. After that some other doctor wants to look at the little siblings (which are quite dark too) with a special looking glass to determine if something has to be done about those too.

Now, after all that 'excitement' back to work.