I had a kind of serious blog on a while ago about the bumps on my arms,between 2 toes. And being told if removed I would have a permanent numbness "but i would get used to it" -well that was back in October. I now have a date for the procedure-Jan 5th at 17:30. I have now until Thursday when I am back at work to decide what I am going to do. Part of me does not want to get this thing done as 1. It's not doing me any harm.It's more other people are more aware of it than I am.And it's not really causing me any harm(I think) or pain-except the very odd time something might whack it in a certain way. 2 I'm a little bit worried about the numbness bit-as I am the sort of person who would make sure that I don't get used to it.
I don't know if they will get any bigger or not AND if I decide to get them removed if they will grow again or not.
I could just turn up and ask the doctor (who has a name that looks like letters in a game of Countdown ) about the after effects and if they will grow again,if I don't get them removed if they'll get any bigger-or any other dangers. After all i've been aware of at least one of these things since i was 12 or 13.
All of the people I have spoke to have said to get them removed-but then they find the sight of them a little off putting.A friend said that he does not really notice it anymore. So part of me is thinking this is more cosmetic than anything. If removing them left scars -i could dream up some good stories on how i got them.
I am thinking of discussing this with a sister -who is a nurse,be it psychiatric, about the dilemma to see what she thinks.
At the end of the day it is my choice-but as they're not doing me any harm I don't know why I am going through with this.Admittedly I was aware of just how big one of them was in a photo this year.
But.......
I think it's great that you are exploring this possibility. You might get them removed and wonder why you didn't do it sooner. Although you say they don't bother you, I'm guessing you will be less self-conscious once they are removed, even though you didn't think you were self-conscious about them before. I had an experience like that, where I thought I was fine and didn't need a change and then when I made the change, it was life-changing and I couldn't believe I'd waited so long. Or maybe, as you say, you'll get them removed and wonder why you bothered with it.
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