for the sake of completeness i include the following. im NOT playing around – this is not for the squeamish.
in reverse order, i underwent two procedures today that indicated supposed progress or at the least a battle against retrogression.
second, they drained around 200cc of pus from the somewhat infected wound on my neck. it was painless, since severed nerves in that region leave everything numb.
before that, first, i had the splint removed and wound redressed on the donor site on my right forearm. it looks pretty gross but theres zero infection and its healing well. now instead of a cast i have just a loose bandage – just when id gotten used to using my forearm as a table.
here is a picture of my forearm. the round scoop of skin and muscle were used to build my new tongue. modern medicine is amazing.
