Decided to update my coffee-making kit. I've ordered a Hario V60 glass dripper which includes 100 paper filters, a decanter & a measuring spoon. Reasonably-priced at $40 including delivery.
Stitches are out! A precautionary steri-strip wound closure has gone over the spot & can be removed in two days. The actual biopsy revealed to be of the “cytolocical atypia” variety. Approx 50% of melanomas develop from moles so classified yet very few cytological atypia moles go on to become cancerous.
Stitches scheduled for removal in just over 12 hours. Good. Won't need to be so careful when bathing to keep the area dry.*
*For the first week I used waterproof dressings while showering, removing them & replacing the with fresh dressings.
Then I thought, fuck it, I'll just make sure the sutured area is dried after showering (hairdryer on low setting) and use an iodine antiseptic under a new dressing.
That worked.
1Password 7 has just been announced. It's a paid update, I could have taken the membership option but don't like to be tied down to monthly fees, so I went for the licenced version. This one licence allows me to use it on as many Macs as I have.
@variablepulserate Possibly, but the lumbar stenosis means I have a much narrower spinal canal than most folk, there's less space to work in & greater risk of making things worse.
When I say I fixed the sore back with an icepack, I meant the flare-up injury. The underlying cause of my relatively minor but permanent back pain (herniated lumbar discs & lumbar stenosis) remain unfixed.
Chump. Once again I have ignored the therapeutic value of ice. Four hours ago I applied a towel-wrapped ice-gel pack to the sorest part of my lower back. Now it's not as painful, not fixed by any means but certainly feeling far better.
@variablepulserate Only if I need to travel over 1 km on foot, back & arthritic knee doth protest mightily otherwise. Or if the right sciatica is playing up, the thing makes a seat immediately available.
@variablepulserate Due to the back in its current state. It’s always sore, but I can normally cope with it’s vagaries. But I’ve done something in the last five days to aggravate the condition. I have no clue what or when that was.