Foreign body

The blotchy area on my face where the cancer was removed feels like an alien presence.  When I touch it, it doesn't feel like I'm touching my own skin.  The area has a numbness to it, like it's still under anesthesia.  The lines above and below the blotch, where I can see the stitch line, feels more normal, but has a bunch of bumps along it.

Funny how only one person has asked what happened--I know the area is very visible--2 inches long and about an inch wide, which is pretty large for the face.  It doesn't cover well, and generally I don't even try to put makeup on it.  The lower gash--the one that hasn't totally closed--would sting, and it hurts when I apply anything other than a Q-tip.  I had lunch with a friend from my former workplace a couple of days ago, and she didn't say anything.  I suspect people pretend they don't see, or don't want to call attention to it.  I'm waiting for someone to be more open and ask me where I got the gash.

On another health front, I have a bump on the tendon sheath of my right middle finger--where I had one cortisone shot some months ago to alleviate the trigger finger.  The doctor I went to, the same one who gave me the shot and did the surgery on my left trigger finger, seemed apprehensive about dealing with the lump.  He said it might be a cyst (that's what I told him I thought it was, based on googling), but it could also be a fibrous mass or benign tumor.  He used a needle to try to pop the cyst, if it is a cyst--he went in twice--it hurt, because he didn't give me any pain killer (other than freezing the area).  I couldn't tell initially, but later when I got home I felt the lump.  So either it's a cyst and he missed it, or it's something else that can't be popped with a needle.  

He said if the bump wasn't gone, and it bothered me, I should see another orthopaedist who specializes in hands (I thought he did that).  Sounds like it might require surgery, which could mean loss of the use of that finger for a while.  The area around the bump swells up after I've been practicing the flute, and that's why I wanted to get rid of it.  But I just pressed on it and it doesn't hurt, so maybe I'll just live with it for a while and see how it goes.