Just a little head butt against the edge of the well in a moment of restlessness, and I got it. I turned, hit my forehead, a little bit to the left, a little pain, some rubbing, and I forgot about it. In my ignorance, I thought it was nothing, and the bump I saw rising would be down by tomorrow. No, it was not to be. I rubbed my head with some ointment, no result.
After a couple of weeks, it dawned on me I would have to carry this new mark around for a while. Well, I was embarrassed about it after a while, and after dozens of curious stares. I decided I would have the doctor take a look at it. He did, and gave me the good and the bad news. The good news: he could take it out; the bad news, it was likely to come back. I chose to have him take it out, hoping that it would never come back. The surgery was short and not so painful. Afterwards, I wore a skull cap that kept the people at work asking questions. I let them talk and wonder. I had other things to worry about.
For a while, I thought I had gotten rid of it, but the ominous prediction of my doctor came true. I grew the "horn" back. The difference is that this time, it had a scar on it. I started feeling that it may me there for quite a while, to put it mildly. I have researched on it a bit, and it seems to be a condition called "lipoma" , the medical term for the accumulation of fat deposits at certain spots. Though it is supposed to be harmless, it makes you wonder what "harm" means. Harmless, when I feel like a Unicorn? It hurts me psychologically, and think that is harm in my estimate. Anyhow, it I relatively harmless when one considers that other types of swellings could be cancerous and all that. I could consider another round of surgery, and hopefully there could be actions I could take so it does not grow back after that.
One thing I hope someone could develop is a topical magic balm that could be rubbed on a swelling like that to make it disappear without surgery. Maybe I could develop one, get a patent for it, and make a lot of money that way! ------ I crack myself up!!!
After a couple of weeks, it dawned on me I would have to carry this new mark around for a while. Well, I was embarrassed about it after a while, and after dozens of curious stares. I decided I would have the doctor take a look at it. He did, and gave me the good and the bad news. The good news: he could take it out; the bad news, it was likely to come back. I chose to have him take it out, hoping that it would never come back. The surgery was short and not so painful. Afterwards, I wore a skull cap that kept the people at work asking questions. I let them talk and wonder. I had other things to worry about.
For a while, I thought I had gotten rid of it, but the ominous prediction of my doctor came true. I grew the "horn" back. The difference is that this time, it had a scar on it. I started feeling that it may me there for quite a while, to put it mildly. I have researched on it a bit, and it seems to be a condition called "lipoma" , the medical term for the accumulation of fat deposits at certain spots. Though it is supposed to be harmless, it makes you wonder what "harm" means. Harmless, when I feel like a Unicorn? It hurts me psychologically, and think that is harm in my estimate. Anyhow, it I relatively harmless when one considers that other types of swellings could be cancerous and all that. I could consider another round of surgery, and hopefully there could be actions I could take so it does not grow back after that.
One thing I hope someone could develop is a topical magic balm that could be rubbed on a swelling like that to make it disappear without surgery. Maybe I could develop one, get a patent for it, and make a lot of money that way! ------ I crack myself up!!!
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