Day 17 - Prickly Pear - Blogtoberfest

A quick post tonight as my arm is aching after 

this afternoon's procedure to remove the melanoma.

I did get some good news.

My melanoma is Stage One which means,

as long as he removed all the cancer today,

I will only need to go back for six monthly check-ups

over a five year period.

He removed a fair bit from my upper arm

and I'll have a nasty looking scar but 

my future is looking good!! 

I did today's sketch before I had the procedure 

and then, added the words later.

#17 of 75 pen/ink sketches

A prickly pear cactus!

Pencil-free sketch in A6 pocket Moleskine sketchbook 

using ZIG Millennium and Micron pens.

The prickly pear cactus is seen as a noxious weed here so I keep it in a pot.

This one belonged to Beau but he threw it out when he moved 

because he had another one.

I rescued it!

The doctor told me that I'd be in for a rough night

so I'm off to take some Panadol and rest.

~ Love, light and peace ~