Had a bad day today but also a good day in a strange way, I had to have a mole removed and that upset me very much, I am so scared of needles that I go to another planet because I freak out so much.

I wasn't aware what was happening because the Dr told me that the mole didn't look too bad but then changed his mind once he had his boss look at me, so, I was sitting there thinking "brilliant I can go home", oh no! He went to see if the room was ready for me removal - I lost the plot and went into shock I think, not from the mole removal but from the injection I had to have to administer the local anaesthetic, the Dr thought I was concerned about having a scar! LOL

I have 2 ugly scars on my back so I wouldn't be concerned about that ;) What's one more when I already have a back full!

The incision is 2 inches across and very deep, the Dr was very good I have to admit and the nurse held my hand during the needle going in, my husband was also there for moral support and let me scratch him to bits hehehe, anyway back to the reason I said it was a good day also - because I have pain elsewhere I am not focusing on my lumbar pain as much as I now have the mole removal site to worry about instead ;)

I am not sure how I am going to cope sleeping tonight because I am in the UK so the bed I am sleeping on here is not as good as the bed I have at home in Spain, memory foam mattress, which moulds to me but the bed I have here in the UK is a bit on the soft side and is just a conventional mattress. Sleeping on my side is going to be an issue as I sleep on my left hand side and then of course the right arm is bent at the elbow, across my body, but the mole site is just under my collar bone so the skin is very sore and tight so when I lay on my side it smarts a bit.

The stitches come out in 7 days so roll on 26th June so I can get back to normal, we take for granted how we move our arms, especially the arm we write with, and I am right handed, it is also surprising to notice how much we use that part of our body so even the small task like washing my hair was difficult, so much so that my Mother did it for me.