Burned…

I’ve been cut over 65 times now for skin cancer. This won’t stop being an issue until I stop breathing. This picture is after one week of the chemo cream that is supposed to stop the pre cancer cells from turning into something Doctorcuttfirstaskquestionslater will have to deal with using her damn knife.

My head, btw, was covered with thick hair for most of my life. Whatever sun damage has occurred up here, it’s very recent. Translation, something besides the sun is at work here. Most likely we’ll never know. Here’s what I know.

You and I are getting burned (think figuratively). The question is around what are you waiting for. Most of us have chronic pain in our life and keep hoping it will somehow ease. Chronic pain rarely goes away on its own. Acute pain brings about the most change. This damn chemo cream is extremely painful, especially I’ve discovered, when applied to the top of ones head. Feels like someone has held a flame thrower to my scalp at the moment. Other times it’s like a bad headache, and other moments it just produces a shooting pain that doesn’t last long. Your chronic pain is likely similar. So, the question for you remains. You gonna keep getting burned or try something different? Pain is inevitable. Misery a choice. Damn.

Live hard. Love harder…