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<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nSomething you don’t want to hear from your dentist: this x-ray shows some “areas of concern”. She was not talking about my beautiful constellation of 8 crowns, rather the scarry blobs in the jaws:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nShe referred me to an oral surgeon who thankfully diagnosed them as calcified tonsil stones<\/a>. He suggested I de-tonsilize, but I’m leaning to keeping them for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn’t have the same luck with my first visit to a dermatologist. A biopsy on this innocent looking splotch on my shoulder came back as a melanoma:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was small and early, so prognosis is good (>96% cured), but did require a 6mm excision around it. To allow enough skin for healing, they end up with a pretty big excavation, 20 subdermal stitches and another 20 staples! <\/p>\n\n\n\n This shows the effect of several days for self-applied daily dressing changes, from Dr office tidy to a tape war zone (backs are tricky): <\/p>\n\n\n\n I did my own surgery on a robot vacuum. Less painful, at least for me: <\/p>\n\n\n\n This month in 3d printing, yet another water filter and some window adapters for Z&L’s house, here being stress tested for strength in my vice: <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have perfected natto, now freezing big batches, so if anyone wants to try, come visit my freezer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pond plants are thriving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div>