Hi... sorry been a while since i have posted an update and some new photos but here are 2 from today.
Leg and foot near the wound very sore and numb but keeping leg elevated as much as i can.
Dressing wound myself other than days when i am at the hospital. Still a lot of sluff left and thats something i am not going to be picking off myself.
Anyway here are the pics...
Peter
BEFORE CLEANING
AFTER CLEANING
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Good afternoon
Had to go back and have the dressing changed even though i did it myself last night.
We have now ditched the tubigrip as being hinderance rather than help. It has given me a pressure sore which has been dressed seperately.
Wound is looking better and the nurse has given me dressing trays and pretty much everything i need to dress it myself for 1 week. She also recommend showering the whole leg and…
Good morning...
thank goodness for the nhs walk in centre. its not somewhere that i want to be a regular but i know the names of all the nurses now!
fortunately it was a case of looking worse than it actually was. the nurse wasnt impressed with my trial day back at work leaving home at 6.30am, a busy day at work and getting home at 7pm. the tubigrip was a total mess of different fluids and soaking!
photos below actually…
HAS BEEN A LITTLE SILLY TODAY.
WENT TO WORK FOR A TRIAL DAY.
WHEN I GOT HOME I TOOK MY SHOES OFF AND SOCK AND THE TUBIGRIP IS SOAKED WITH LYMPH FLUID!!!! WAS A BUSY DAY AND DIDNT REALLY THINK ABOUT MY LEG... OK IT WAS ACHING BUT IT DOES WHEN IM RESTING IT TOO.
AM BACK ON THE DICLAFENIC....
4 DAYS TO GET OVER IT BUT I GOTTA TAKE THINGS MORE SENSIBLY I THINK!
BIT DEPRESSED....
:(
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to do or not to do....that is the debate
pros and cons from…
