I know what you really want to know

So I had two biopsies this week. Really they are more of scrapings when it's skin biopsies, just having moles removed, but for some reason I've been really anxious about it. Here's one of the gruesome post- procedure sites:

Gruesome post-biopsy site

When I was 19 and had HPV, I had my first "cancer test" and had a cervical biopsy. The doctor who did that was quite unfriendly about it, and fairly clear about why. That one hurt a lot and bled a lot. (It came back benign.) Since then I've had lots of the screening tests- my breasts have been smooshed paper-thin when I complained of painful lumps. I've had the trans-vaginal sonogram multiple times. I've had techs who allowed me to insert the probe and some who did it themselves. Either way felt like a violation and I can't imagine having to have that done following a traumatic event.

So why the heck am I all worked up about this? This was the least invasive and quickest of any procedure I've had in my recent memory. 

I think that, after much thought, I'm more worried this time because if I need to follow up with anything, I'm in trouble. I don't have insurance anymore in 4 days. I won't even know by then if it's benign or not. And that's lame, you know? I shouldn't have to worry about that. Not me, as in just me- "Me" as in the global me, as in we- we should not have to worry about what we would do if it turned out we needed more care than our usual visits to the family doctor. And I shouldn't have to sell my soul to get it. That's just salt in the wound.

But I know what you really want to know.

How do I keep my arms so well toned?

Well, I have a Wavemaster cardio bag, a decent pair of gloves, and at least an hour of music on a Spotify playlist. I put on my playlist and I punch the bag and dance. I don't have routines, I don't have any sort of trainer, I don't go to a gym, I don't watch a DVD. I listen to loud music, punch a bag, and dance for an hour. I highly recommend it. Feel free to subscribe to my kickin' list and dance away!

I did this in less than 10 minutes using free iOS apps.

Stuff like this is really easy to me, but people ask me all the time how I do it, don't seem to believe that it's so easy, and start to look at me cross-eyed when I tell them how to do it. It really is this easy, so I thought I'd throw a quick "this is how easy it really is" up here. Yep. Less than 10 minutes and the apps were free. Here's how I did it.

First I used my iPhone camera :

Then I used Dash of Color to isolate the red (for the most part- I wasn't too careful) :

Then I used that image in Instagram to add filtering and mess with the light to come up with the final product: 

Yep, it's that easy. If you have an iOS device, it's honestly never been so easy to adjust pictures and try to draw out and express whatever it was that made you take the picture in the first place. Give it a shot- you might be surprised at the dormant creativity within you!