my $10 plastic surgery

this morning i went to see the plastic surgeon to have the skin cancer on my chest removed. as you may know from a former post, the last visit (with another physician) didn't go so well, and apparently this has become a well known fact in the kaiser world because, as was evidenced by some lighthearted pre-surgery commentary, there was a little note about this in my chart. i think it must have said something like, "this woman's crazy! beware!" because they were very careful, almost walking-on-pins-and-needles careful, and very gentle and good humored. so i am now officially cancer- free. i'll spare you a photograph of how they frankensteined me, but i have to say, the size of the incision was pretty overwhelming. the anesthesia hasn't worn off yet, and as i type this, adah is playing restaurant with a batch of salty homemade play doh, and i have potatoes boiling on the stove for a big batch of potato salad. she just handed me a bowl of what she said were pancakes with sprinkles, and when i asked about the ingredients she said they were made of cornmeal and syrup. i asked her when she learned to cook and she said, "when i was a little tiny baby! when things weren't too hot to touch!"