Head girl

Tuesday 9th June

I thought I would share some post-operation photographs to show what Amanda's surgery consisted of.

Two days after the operation (3rd June), I took this one at the back of Amanda's head. Amanda was very coy about me taking this as she wasn't too keen or interested on how it looked. As you can see, the protective dressing failed on the "protective" part of the description.

The other photographs below were taken on Monday 8th June after her protective dressing was removed. The first one here is of the swelling caused post-operation that has now peaked. It's a bit too high for a love bite in case you were wondering.

The next two beauties were taken directly above Amanda's skull and shows fairly clearly just how many staples were required post-op. Amanda's been told she can't wash her hair for a few days.

There's a story behind the next one. Throughout chemo during her battle with breast cancer last year, Amanda faced increasingly difficult times when being injected to administer the chemo, leading to all manner of issues with collapsed veins. There were similar issues this time too. Note the bruising around the wrist and the 'monster' bruise on the forearm.

The final one below - not our doing (and not Amanda by the way), but you have to see the funny side of the removal of a brain tumour. Find out more about this photo here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/made-everyone-smile-brave-cancer-5849146?ICID=FB_mirror_main

Dean