The more I’ve thought about it, the more I realize that I need to go back and fix those dropped stitches. Otherwise, this:
is going to bug the crap out of me.
At first I thought I would just put in a life line and rip the whole thing back, but I think I’m going to try Romi’s lace surgery method (LSM) before I do that. Nothing to lose, right? Hopefully it’ll save at least a tiny bit of my sanity.
Knitting Interrupted 
How is it messed up? If it’s less than 5 stitched, you can also redo them with a crochet hook and just slip them back in place.
Yikes, lace surgery! You’re right though, it would bug the crap out of you!
Even I would feel compelled to repair that.