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Week 29

From Week 3	You can still see some of the radiation scarring, but it's nothing heavy make-up can't take care of.
From week 3.	The color has gotten much better. I still bandage the arm when I go out for dinner so I don't gross out anyone.

Radiation Therapy

A month later, the redness has gotten better. There's some splotchy areas closer to my ears that look more like my normal skin color. The swelling has decreased a little more, and it's not as itchy. But I'm still slathering it with Biafin and that stuff my mother brought back from China. (12/20/2004).
This is what a neck looks like after 24 radiation treatments. It feels about as bad as it looks. I haven't been scratching it as much because I'm slathering so much aloe vera gel on it.The swelling isn't as bad as it looks (11/18/2004).

Week 1

The squamous cell carcinoma was on the left side of my tongue, which was sliced off and replaced with tissue on my left wrist.	They performed a tracheotomy so I could breath more easily due to the swelling in my neck and throat. The J-shaped scar is from extracting the lymp nodes in the surrounding area as a precaution
This is where they took out some replacement tissue, as well as an artery and a vein.	It really doesn't hurt that much. It's more like a nuisance now because of the stiffness and limited range of motion. The photo shoot was wierdly fun.

Photos courtesy of Agnieszka Lapczynska

Week 2

The trache hole is healing up really well, and fast! The smaller it's getting the wierder the sounds are coming out of it. When I lie down or sit up, it sounds like a baby elephant is living in my throat..

The neck isn't looking too bad, either. The scabs are gone, now I'm just rubbing vitamin E baby oil so the scar tissue won't be so tough. Before you know it, it will hardly be noticeable. How about a big round of applause for Dr. McNicoll and Dr. Blackwell!

Here's some brand-spankin' new skin on my thigh. The yellow strip in the middle is what's left of the synthetic scab they put on. On the Freddie Krueger scale it's only a 4, compared to the arm, which is still an 11.

Photos courtesy of Sol Rapoport

Week 3

The scabs on my neck wound are nearly gone, but it still drains sometimes.	The trach hole is finally closed!
Here's a profile view of the neck scar. There's obviously still some swelling on my neck and face.	The long scar up my arm is healed. I have about 2 more weeks of healing on the skin graft left. I still get dizzy when I have to change the dressing. But really, it is healing.