My surgery was 2/26/04 & the last bit of scab fell off a couple weeks ago. Still itches but it is healing faster than I ever thought it would. I remember it sticking to the bed sheets, my pants, anything it came in contact with & ripping the new scab off & bleeding . Of course you know all that. Just reminiscing!! ah! Little did I know I would get new & different things to have fun with 3-4 weeks into radiation. Thats another story all together.