This morning when I woke up, my right arm was really swollen. In fact, my wrist sort of looked like a cankle! It freaked me out a little bit because I’ve noticed over the week that the wound from my biopsy doesn’t seem to be getting better. The doc said to keep it bandaged for 7 days, but it’s been 9 and still looks almost the same as it did the day they cut it open. So the swelling reminded me to call the doctor and find out what is going on. Here’s what they said:

A. The swelling was probably because you wrapped it too tight. Take off the bandage for awhile and see if it goes back to normal. (Not yet, but I’m sure I just need wait an hour or so.)
B. Give the wound another week to heal and if it doesn’t look any better, give us a call.
C. Biopsy results came out fine. The mole was benign and nothing to worry about.

Happy to report that all is well! I’ll keep an eye on the cankle arm.