D-Day - The Mohs Surgery and stages.

So in the Plastic Surgeons clinic, I have the process begin.  It feels like the dentist!  I lay on the chair, a light is shone in my face and the chair is raised.  Ironically, I am terrified.  I've had 3 crowns and root canal.  THIS was feeling way more traumatic.  I can't relax myself in the usual manner of slowly breathing through my nose for obvious reasons!  I feel my blood pressure rising!!!!  I sit and wait in the waiting room.  I've read that the process can be harrowing.  As they look at the sample under the microscope and keep taking flesh away until no cancer is under the microscope.  My surgeon was very happy.  All gone, all good.  But I would definately be requiring a skin graft.  I had hoped to avoid this but onward and upward!

Post surgery

A few hours after general anesthetic I am still groggy but have the bandages from the skin graft.  I feel like I've done a few rounds with Ali.  They have taken a graft from in front of my ear.  Seems sensible.  I am mindful not to let the wound get wet but day 2 it seems to have been weeping a little. The nurse says this is normal. She's rung to check on me but says I can change the dressing if it gets wet. The dressing feels yucky and itchy and it's getting worse.  I think it's sweaty and yucky.  I follow instructions and change it.  Oh...my...god.

The graft is scary!  It looks like some alien piece of flesh stitched onto my face.  But I know that this "look" is normal for mohs skin grafts.
My main priority is to protect the wound and keep it dry.  I've bought some dry shampoo too.