From Mom Kim – just a short post to give
a little update on how my eye condition is coming along after so much trouble
over the past few months plus the surgery for skin cancer and my overnight
hospital stay. It appears (kinda worried
I might jinx it if I say this but) at least for now (and maybe longer?) that my
eye condition has stabilized for the time being – and I am seeing a little
better with each eye doctor visit. I
wanted to post about this today because I was originally scheduled for an eye
procedure today, 1/21/14, that would have improved my vision. Remember back in late September when I had that skin cancer removed – my vision
worsened for a few days but then it started
to improve a little between eye doctor visitis and hasn’t changed course
since. This is pure speculation on my
part but it would appear that when the plastic surgeon did what he did to take
care of that skin cancer, the skin around my eye tightened up which somehow
improved the overall muscle tone on the right (paralyzed) side of my face which
is the same side as my eye with all the problems. After the surgery for my skin cancer I told
my eye specialist that I wanted to reschedule my eye procedure so that I could
get those medical bills paid off before creating new ones – he didn’t have a
problem with that. Since then, we have
mutually agreed to postpone the surgery INDEFINITELY since my vision has slowly
improved. He agrees that as long as my
vision is working good for me then why do anything that might pose a risk and
as he reminds me, having the surgery at
all was always up to me. My vision is
not yet where I would like it to be but I have been able to maintain my job
without missing any work except for doctor appointments and time off around the
holidays. IF the day comes when my
vision gets worse again and once again the procedure is indicated then that
idea will be re-visited. However, as
with all surgeries, nothing is guaranteed so in the meantime as I always say – “If
it ain’t broke-don’t fix it”.
Oh yes, I did want to share something
else – some of you may remember all that bruising I had on my face following
the removal of that skin cancer that was on my nose along with that line where the stitches were -
Welllllllll..................
Some of you thought it might leave some permanent scarring.
Welllllllll..................
as you can see now, you can't really tell there was ever much done-
even that stitch line now looks more like a natural crease line in the skin.
There are a couple little bumps left where the stitches were but I can tell that even
those are getting less and less noticeable when I touch that area.
This surgery was performed by the same surgeon who removed a \
melanoma from my right jawbone years ago-
can't even see where that was done -
I am real pleased with the outcomes of both surgeries especially since
margins were clear of any left-over cancer cells, both times!
So, if anyone is ever around Topeka, Kansas and
needs to have plastic surgery or a skin cancer removed-
just let me know and I can hook you up with a really good surgeon!
~Mom Kim~
