Hey everyone...so I went into the hospital this morning. The nurse doing the admitting sent me right into the urgent care clinic. When the doctor looked at the ulcer he said he didn't like the look of it and ordered up intravenous antibiotics. He didn't order an MRI or anything but I am seeing my fa...

A morning update - it hurts as bad this morning as it did yesterday so I don't think I have any choice other than to go to the hospital. I'll grab something to eat (just some cereal or something) and will then call my Dad to drive me over there. I'll check back in when I can to let you all know how ...

I just came back from seeing the nurse. The infected area around the wound is worse - she thinks some of the discharge from the wound might be particularly acidic and that it is burning the surrounding tissue. She thought I should go to the hospital but we eventually agreed that I would see how it f...

Very Duke Blue wrote:Would crutches help? Just a thought.

I'm using one around the house and am going to buy a cane because the crutches are a bit unwieldy.

Just checking in. I am in all kinds of pain today and can barely walk because the ankle hurts so much (my first few paces this morning were virtually pain free but then the pain set in and it hasn't let up since). It really is surprising how much an ankle can hurt from a wound like this - it almost ...

Colchar, when they used to come to clean out and change our daughter's dressings she would take pain meds first. That helped her hang in there. Can't they do that for you? Good point - I could drug myself up before the appointments. Of course she was bedridden and didn't drive anywhere. Sounds as t...

Thursday vibes & hugs! Sure hope things are starting to heal up for you! :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :ymhug: :ymhug: Sadly, nothing is even remotely close to healing up yet. I just came home from the wound care specialist and they said that the infected a...

Thanks all, I'll keep you posted but this does not look like it is clearing up anytime soon.

I take it, you haven't heard from the doctor about what you infection is. If you don't hear from him by noon, I would call them. Still vibing for you :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: Sorry, forgot to update - I heard from him yesterday and it is strep. As you can guess, I am thrilled. I...

I take it, you haven't heard from the doctor about what you infection is. If you don't hear from him by noon, I would call them. Still vibing for you :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: Sorry, forgot to update - I heard from him yesterday and it is strep. As you can guess, I am thrilled. I...

Oy vey, Colchar. That sounds just bloody awful. I hope the antibiotics won't keep you from enjoying a round of whisky and some good music to take your mind off things for awhile. Sending healing vibe and good thoughts your way. :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: I quit drinking so wouldn't be enjoying any ...

I just came back from having the dressing changed again. There was a ton of blood and puss inside the bandage and she said the area around the wound looked redder than it had been when she saw me two days ago but at least she did say that most of the yellow material inside it (dead skin mainly) seem...

My vibes are obviously weakened right now but I'm sending you as many as I can!

Colchar your treatment sounds all too familiar! DukeRah had the same such thing going on with an open wound about the size of a football in her abdomen. The good news is that when it does finally start to close up, it goes much quicker than you would imagine. Oh I hope so as I am becoming more and ...

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Big time healing vibes. Glad you are getting good care.

Thanks, but your daughter still hasn't arrived to nurse me back to health

I saw the wound care specialist for the first time this afternoon. She thoroughly cleaned out the wound, soaked it in a solution of some sort of medication (she soaked a gauze pad in it and then applied that to the wound for about ten minutes), and then packed it (this involves packing a long, thin...

I saw the wound care specialist for the first time this afternoon. She thoroughly cleaned out the wound, soaked it in a solution of some sort of medication (she soaked a gauze pad in it and then applied that to the wound for about ten minutes), and then packed it (this involves packing a long, thin...

I saw the wound care specialist for the first time this afternoon. She thoroughly cleaned out the wound, soaked it in a solution of some sort of medication (she soaked a gauze pad in it and then applied that to the wound for about ten minutes), and then packed it (this involves packing a long, thin ...

I see the wound care specialist nurse for the first time tomorrow afternoon and I should be hearing from the doctor tomorrow morning. Hopefully he will have the lab results back by then. If not, I'll get those results from him via telephone on Monday. When we talk tomorrow he'll decide when he wants...

devildeac wrote:Get well soon. Scary stuff to read about, even as a physician.

I take it that strep infections are pretty damned serious eh?