Hi,
5 weeks ago I had a WLE just above my ankle repaired with a skin graft and SNB (which I’m happy to say has come back clear). I wanted to ask a few questions as I’ve been having a rough time healing.
I found out today that my skin graft has failed. She removed the old graft and said it now has to heal as an open wound. I’ve spent 5 weeks nursing this, keeping it raised, only hobbling to the toilet on crutches and not much else. I’m quite devastated it’s failed. She hasn’t given me much information on how this healing process will progress, just that it will take up to three months.
I’m a self employed gardener with my own wildlife gardening business and have been out of work for 3 months already what with the initial biopsy which left me unable to walk. All this sitting around had left me unfit and wondering how I will ever get back to work. I have two children and a husband and am completely skint. I’ve used all my savings, all the money saved for my tax bill, and I’m not eligible for any benefits to help pay the mortgage because my husband earns above the threshold as a firefighter (currently on sick leave due to ptsd). On top of this my daughter has stopped going to school because of anxiety and my mother has been diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and has to have her voice box removed.
If anyone has any experience of WLE not closed with stitches or skin graft, or perhaps your skin graft failed too, I would love to hear from you and learn from your experiences. Also, I would love to hear from those who have gone through this as a self employed person and your strategies for not going under financially.
Thankyou for reading my rather disjointed post,
Alice
