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 jo,... thanks for the message
you sit in the waiting area st georges melanoma clinic and the walls are covered in newspaper horror stories about kids on sunbeds and in the sun.
i am fair skin, blue eyes and red hair... what hope is there for me!?
if it wasnt for my gp the MM would not have been detected at an appointment i went to have my BP checked and i made a casual comment about a mole that wouldnt heal after i had knocked it.
hope dinner was as good as the one mum cooked for me tonight... its great having thm stay here while i am out or action! ah aha h not that im playing on it!
