"my friend liz has head surgery" and other various things

!!!!!!!!!CAUTION!!!!!!!!!

if you are grossed out easily, skip the bloody pics (first 5 pics)

this was the first pic i came to that would suffice as a CAUTION pic, preceeding the gross

pics below... but it is in south carolina, when cam and i went in 2006,

it is called the Angel Tree, and it is very large!

"my friend liz had head surgery"

that is me.

I had a cyst removed from my head today. i didn't feel anything except the "bee sting" of the lidocaine and one sharp pain as she was cutting it out. But i did tell people i was getting my head sliced open. odette & sara were my moral support, seeing as cameron was in school and everone else was at work. Anyways it wasn't so bad, just really really bloody!!!!

there was a point in time i thought ody and i could go to starbucks after this. boy was i wrong. really wrong. so wrong the dr asked if i was gonna wear a hat. anyways, it looked like i was in a car wreck. so i came home and rinsed my hair before i went to work for some ethics and compliance crap. anyways.... long story... see the pics.

they didn't have to shave my hair off. it's held back with a bobby pin.

there are 3 sutures. but you can't really see anything. this was before the shower.

see my bloody hair??? not highlighted.

you can see the sutures better here.


after the shower. you can really see that i cannot shower well, but also you can distinctively see the sutures... they are the 3 black hair like things sticking up, tied in a knot.
i know i look bald in that spot, but she didn't pull but 3-4 hairs out.
and yes i know, i really didn't shower well.




more pics

oh yeah, and i forgot, i talked so much about how mad i was that i forgot my camera, that eventually, the doc asked if i wanted to take the cyst home. OF COURSE I DID!!!! i know it's soooo gross, but it's sitting on our counter in the kitchen (even more gross i know). it's the size of a large pea (or 2 small ones)... kinda oblong.




the camera case and kleenex box are a
reference of how small the
container is.

close up of cyst... see that tail.. i think that is what was holding

it into place in my head. gross huh?

with lid off. it's in a formaldehyde soln... so it won't deteriorate.

i can keep it forever.... nah probably not.

and to show how much of a nurse i am....

pics below of what i made for dinner.

pls don't barf.

sus gave me this recipe for chicken alfredo pizza... all homemade, even the crust!!!

with tomatoes, spinich, and chicken

a funny pic of schnooze

looking out the window

a before pic of cam (before his interview at DU)

after pic (still before the interview... it's friday)

(before the suit was altered)

handsom huh?????

you;d accept him into the phd program right?



fellowship group last night was bring food that is: white, pink, or red

laura beth and steve made these amazing treats (2 trays worth)

look at all the goodies, esp the cupcakes in the back

there was also this dip for apples that was:

cream cheese, brown sugar, and vanilla

it was delish!

left to right:

Heather, Katie (she is not weird looking usually, just in this pic), Whitney, and Laura Beth