Followup: tissue infection

[HipGnosis6]

East, I'll be in bandages for at least twice that long. They're restrictive enough at the ankle that riding would be quite uncomfortable and I can't get my foot into my fashionable size 43 1/2 Sidis. Tres pout!

But anyhow, y'all, here's the latest. I didn't take pictures at the first dressing change, but I will at the next one, which is monday. They'll asses and change the wound dressings weekly or thereabouts. At this first dressing change, the ulcer itself was a little less yellow and gross and is still 6 cm across and shaped like Australia. The skin around it was MUCH improved, which gives me faith that these people know what's what.

[KnottedYet]

Hoooray!!!!!!!

Do everything they tell you! Oh, I'm so relieved that you're finally getting some care!

[matagi]

Good to hear you can already see positive changes.

You could always rename it "Ulcer Australis" given its shape.

[spindizzy]

I grew up right on the US/Canada border, and we'd often go to Canada for things that were just too expensive here. Sometimes I feel more Canadian than US. (and I'm told I sound Canadian, too.)

Ehhh?

[HipGnosis6]

OK, kids, I've found the downside to this treatment plan. The dressings get changed weekly, but in the meantime it's a lot like wearing the same socks for a week straight.

[LBTC]

Awwwwwwwwww {{{{{{{{{{{{{{Hip}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Try to look at the bright side. Hard to do at times, but that darned nasty thing is going to be cured, dirty socks and all.

hang in there!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[doc]

Yea Hip!!!

Pictures, we want pictures. That Earl is going down!!

[KnottedYet]

hang in there! (don't worry, we won't breathe too deeply around you... )

[HipGnosis6]

So I had another dressing change today. I know I said I'd take pictures, and today would have been a good day for it. The wound bed is slightly smaller, and the depth has changed. However, she used a little scraper and took of a thick layer of what she called "Wound Snot" - a layer of dead tissue. Underneath it was red, healthy tissue! Yay!!!!

However, that last post of mine suggested that the dressings develop quite the odor. Well, it turns out that they shouldn't, at least not like they had. The odor was being caused by a yeast infection in the surrounding skin. She used a powder treatment and set me up for a dressing change on Friday instead of waiting until next monday.

[Triskeliongirl]

I am sooo glad you are finally getting good care!

[chickwhorips]

yipeee!!!! i'm glad your seeing improvement and getting good care.

[Bikingmomof3]

I am so pleased to her your wound is healing and you are finally receiving excellent care.

[Dianyla]

Yea Hip!!!

Pictures, we want pictures. That Earl is going down!!

Ditto on both counts!

[mimitabby]

progress! great!! thanks for keeping us up to date. we don't need photos
as much as we need these reports!

[HipGnosis6]

So I seem to be a bleeder and have been continuing to soak through the dressings on my wound - so I'm still having dressing changes twice a week instead of once. However, the dead yellow gross stuff on the surface of the wound is coming away and the hole is shrinking!!!

Today I forgot my camera. Next time, pictures will be taken.