En Coupe De Sabre

Going to RPA this coming tuesday for another round of sub-dermal corticosteroids.

Wooohooo!

Basically what happens is that they put me in something that resembles a dentist's chair and stick about 9 needles into my chin, pumping this goop in there that will sit there for the next 4 weeks. Process is repeated every 4-6 weeks. The injections dont really hurt that much - not many nerves in the area I guess. Though afterwards, the left hand side of my face swells and I feel like I have been kicked in the face by a mule.
The upside is that my sister works at RPA hospital, so I'll go and have some coffee with when I have a watermelon face.

I tried to photograph the affected area, a bit awkward really. I'm a bit hairy at the moment- mostly because I am completely lazy, but also because I want to see if this new treatment is helping at all. After all, the biggest sign of my Linear Morphea is the hair loss that occurs before it scars. Basically the affected bit is where you see a patch of my beard missing. What doesn't show in the photo is the strange lines which look like long razor cuts that sweep across the face.


I like the way the French call this condition 'en coupe de sabre' which translates to 'a cut of the sword'... nice.

::Listening to - Venetian Snares | Winter In The Belly Of A Snake (yes, the whole album)::