[Flashback]
About three months ago, a tiny cyst developed on DSD’s upper right eyelid. She then went to see a doctor a month after the cyst appeared. The doctor told her to leave it as cysts can take quite a few months to disappear on its own. Failing which, minor surgery can be performed to have it removed. That was two months ago.
[Snap back to present]
9:45am: DSD lies nervously on the bed at the Raffles Medical Group clinic near her office, waiting for the same doctor to administer the anesthetic on her right eyelid. First a few drops of liquid anesthetic is applied into the eye to numb the inside of it. She feels a stinging sensation and her eye starts to water. Three minutes later, the doctor brings along a syringe and injects the numbing liquid into DSD’s right eyelid. She flinches and squirms like a baby as the sting of the needle goes through the skin. She is then left lying on the bed with eyes closed waiting for the numbing effect to set in. The doctor goes out for awhile to attend to other patients. Meanwhile, DSD is freaking out at the thought of a knife going on her face! Eeeks! Will these cause her permanent disfigurement??? She’s mortified at the thought, especially when she thinks her eyes are her best features. The vainpot that she is!
9:52am: The doctor comes in. He starts picking at DSD’s eyelid with some instrument. Thanks to the anesthetic, she doesn’t feel any pain. But still, she’s freaking out all the same and has turned into jelly inside.
9:54am: “I’m done,” says the doctor.
“Oh! That’s all to it?” asks DSD.
“Yes.”
“Phew!”
9:56am: The nurse comes in, applies some ointment to the wound. DSD leaves the surgery room, picks up the ointment she’s to apply to her eyelid twice a day, and pays up at the counter.
10:07am: DSD steps out of the clinic, and she’s all ready to face the world again. Sans a cyst.
*Meanwhile, she’s praying fervently that there’ll be no scars. This remains to be seen. Stay tuned for updates.