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It’s 5:00 am, and there I am, minding my own business, when Alexa erupts with violent sounds, screaming, “Get up, get up now!!”\u00a0 So, I bounce out of bed, asking myself what is going on.\u00a0 Then it dawned on me that we have a doctor’s appointment in Long Beach at 8:00 am.\u00a0 \u00a0Not JUST a doctor but a certified meat cutter!<\/p>\n
Another one of those pesky cancer spots showed itself a few weeks back, and my dermatologist referred me to a plastic surgeon (the same excellent doctor I have used for years).<\/p>\n
Off we go in a cloud of dust and a hearty “Ho Ho Silver Fox”.\u00a0 \u00a0The freeway was wide open, making the trip only 25 minutes.\u00a0 We arrived at his office 45 minutes early, thus allowing us to dine at the elegant McDonald’s.<\/p>\n
On the way there, I was questioned by Dr. Mary:<\/p>\n
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I was innocent!<\/p><\/div>\n
The doctor came in smiling, carrying a freshly sharpened samurai sword.\u00a0 He stabbed me with a painkiller, but getting stabbed is also painful.\u00a0 What comes first, the chicken or the egg?<\/p>\n
He chopped, diced, sliced…it looked like a horror movie with blood everywhere!\u00a0 I looked carefully, and he was practicing on an extra-large tomato!\u00a0 It was not me, yet!!<\/p>\n
I screamed and made other funny sounds just before he made the initial incision.\u00a0 \u00a0I would have passed out, but as you might expect, I wanted to be awake to make snide and sarcastic comments during the procedure.<\/p>\n
Mary snapped a photo after they removed all of the IV equipment, blood transfusion equipment, leather straps, and wand wrist restraints.<\/p>\n
Dr. Mary watched him put in the stitches so she could remove them in a week.\u00a0 I was worried when she asked about how many stitches would close my mouth! He mumbled something about extra-strength sutures.\u00a0 \u00a0Sutures can be made from various materials, including natural materials such as silk or catgut, as well as\u00a0synthetic materials like nylon, polypropylene, or polyester.\u00a0<\/span>They can also be absorbable (meaning they dissolve over time) or non-absorbable.\u00a0 \u00a0I will begin counting the cats in the neighborhood as soon as we get home.\u00a0 Once missing cat and I shall run for the hills!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I kept the phone handy in case he needed any specific instructions or reminders.<\/p><\/div>\n The procedure was completed in a few minutes, and the lab reported that he had all the margins, so further cutting was not needed.\u00a0 He looked disappointed, but I am sure he will have another chance.\u00a0 He patched me up, but he didn’t have SpongeBob SquarePants bandages.<\/p>\n Immediately after this painful operation, Mary told me I needed to have a reward, so we went to Chico’s in Los Alamitos.\u00a0 I giggled like a ten-year-old little girl, thinking to myself, “I get to go to Chico’s and watch Mary spend hours looking for clothes!”\u00a0 She takes good care of me.<\/p>\n Now, life gets serious!\u00a0 We’re off to the Elks for Girls’ Night Out.\u00a0 Mary pulled out her camera and got a picture of the license plate in the car in front of us.\u00a0 Some people are so clever.<\/p>\n Follow that car!<\/p><\/div>\n We enjoyed lunch with the gang before heading home.\u00a0 We took some dessert over to Jeff.<\/p>\n Mary went to the Loft (now sometimes called The Studio) and completed some paintings while I held the chair down in front of the TV, which keeps it from moving.<\/p>\n We got a call from Mary’s teacher reminding her that her pictures needed to be picked up.\u00a0 We jumped in the car and Mary was chauffeured over to the Tustin Seniors Center and back, at NO CHARGE, I might add.<\/p>\n Returning home, Mary fixed a magnificent stir-fry dinner complete with a peeled pear, followed by some homemade cookies.\u00a0 Sometimes I think I have died and gone to heaven!<\/p>\n We went to the TV room and stayed up until eleven watching The Blacklist.\u00a0 \u00a0We are in season ten, and we have only a few more episodes to go until we can return to regular TV.<\/p>\n It’s 5:00 am, and there I am, minding my own business, when Alexa erupts with violent sounds, screaming, “Get up, get up now!!”\u00a0 So, I bounce out of bed, asking myself what is going on.\u00a0 Then it dawned on me … Continue reading Did You Know?<\/strong> Catgut suture is a type of surgical suture made of twisted strands of purified collagen taken from the small intestine of domesticated ruminants or beef tendon. It is naturally degraded by the body’s own proteolytic enzymes. Full tensile strength remains for at least 7 days, and absorption is complete by 90 days.\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-29-003-650x867.jpg\")
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