The redness around the wound has now gone and was probably a reaction to the keltostat on good skin. the nurse who redressed the wound today said that she was amazed that keltostat was used as there was no bleeding.
As the time has gone by the pain levels have increased. I am now on Diclofenic 50mg 2x a day and Paracetomol 500mg up to 6 a day as required. If i go to the dressing clinic i usually take the diclofenic an hour before going and the paracetomol when i get home as the pain is worse when the wound is disturbed,
The sluff was removed by the nurse today and made the wound look a lot better. Unsure what it was i think googling comes up with it being like a snake shedding its skin when its not wanted, this is the same as sluff on a human.
Keeping the left up as high as possible has taken the swelling away from the left foot. The wound has too much dressing on it yet to have a special lymph stocking but the nurses double tunigrip my lower leg which pretty much acts as the same thing,
The dressing on the graft doner site has been left alone for 1 week almost and all i want to do is scratch it. its not painful, just annoying.
The SNB site in the left groin has now gone lumpy and i will ask the nurse about it tomorrow. If neccessary they have doctors att he walk in clinic for the nurses to take advise. Again, for me its not knowing whats normal. I had 5 nodes taken out of the groin which i am not sure is only a few or a lot for that area? or does it vary from person to person?
After a week of having dressings done I now know what I like done and how. So when i go to the dressings clinic next Tusday my macmillan nurse has told me to go with a dustbin liner and she will fill it with all the things i will need for a whole weeks dressing if i had it done daily! ahahah she said she would also try and steal one of those metal wheel things for applying tubigrips!
thanks for listening and any comments gratefully appreciated.
peter
FormerMember
Hi Peter,
5 nodes does seem a lot to me for a sentinal node biopsy, I thought it was usually around 3 that they took, the one that takes up the dye and the 2 closest. I had a full groin and pelvic dissection and they only removed 9 (that they could count) nodes in total. I think I am perhaps a little lacking in the node department :(
well there were 4 show up when they did the nuclear dye test and scan but they found another blue one when they ripped me apart! ahahah i hate the lumpy feeling...
I had a lymph node removed from my groin (just for a biopsy) and I have noticed that it is quite lumpy where it was removed from. I was concerned that it was another enlarged node but have been told it is just scar tissue.
Perhaps your lumps could be down to scar tissue too.
glad you like the waning. you are not alone about the pics. but dont you think a photo like that on a tanning shop window might put people off? maybe thr government should make it compulsory for tanning shops to do just that?
i am sure the groin lumpy thing will pass, its just not know whats normal and what i should be asking to see a doctor about. im not a natural "run to the gp" kind of person but maybe i should be?
hope you are enjoying good weather wherever you are
I agree with you about the tanning booths, they put warning photos in tobacco now - but I actually think tanning booths should be banned altogether. I was glad to hear on the news they are banning under 18s from using them, which is a start.
I'm very fair skinned so have never been one for a tan, I actually had 5 moles removed many years ago as they looked a bit suspect (Oh and I fainted!)
I'm a long sleeve and hat kinda girl!
I have enjoyed this nice weather, thankyou, I'm a biker so have been out most of the weekend just riding around!
As far as running to the GP - it is something you have to learn to do. Any problems you should contact them, without hesitation, would be my advice. But you could always ask him what you should be looking out for.
As you say "what is normal?" We all have to learn a new normal.
