If you have a little cut or scratch it's a good idea to check it out.....OR ELSE ! (updated often* )
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I have a nephew 6'4" 300+ lbs who started a year ago with pancreas infection and needed multiple hospitalizations/surgeries to remove necrotic tissue. It has since gotten into liver to some degree as well. Long story short he is now down to feeding tubes which have clogged several times and has lost down to around 160 Lbs. Somehow he just keeps hanging in there. Tough bird just like you. He used to be a bond collector and sometimes moonlighted as a bouncer. Now he lives on the floor level of his home because getting up the stairs to bedrooms is just too taxing.
I have a nephew 6'4" 300+ lbs who started a year ago with pancreas infection and needed multiple hospitalizations/surgeries to remove necrotic tissue. It has since gotten into liver to some degree as well. Long story short he is now down to feeding tubes which have clogged several times and has lost down to around 160 Lbs. Somehow he just keeps hanging in there. Tough bird just like you. He used to be a bond collector and sometimes moonlighted as a bouncer. Now he lives on the floor level of his home because getting up the stairs to bedrooms is just too taxing.
Wow, pancreas like a few other places can be tough to deal with. Give him our thoughts and prayers and best wishes to carry on. ?
Tell him that I understand his situation and I know first hand what a bitch infections can be to get a grip on and fight. This also can be hard on the adjacent family despite my wife being a recently retired in 2018 (thank goodness) nurse she did have 42 years with the same hospital system 16 years at Southside Hospital (now closed) then 26 years at Northside Hospital in Youngstown. She retired June 1, 2018 they closed it in October 2018. A lot of good people lost their jobs and more.
She was a tough 5' 0" nurse but it was wearing her down at 62 we said enough. Best thing we *did*. And that was before COVID-19 struck in late 2019. In 2020 it was insane there all beds taken. -and- i was in the hospital 4 times that year and never got covid, whew ! I was in 25 weeks in 2019, two unrelated surgeries April (10 weeks) and September - osteomyelitis of the left pelvis, WHEW, in for 14+ weeks.
So give your nephew my best, maybe we could swap war stories, lol.
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August 19, 2022 - Updated pictures of my two knee wounds and some good news, those wounds were actually upgraded from Stage 4 to stage 2 wounds. They are not as deep and my very good surgeon/ wound doctor is pleased with the progress. They are not as deep and filling in nicely. Still big and ugly to me but he's the surgeon. (compared to the first pictures I put up on June 24)
All of these wounds have to be cleaned, medicated and dressed once daily.
The not so good news the two wounds on my hip very much smaller than the knee -but- still deeper. He just put me back on the wound vac again....a real pain in the @$$ but they do work. Stage 4 and NO PICTURES, nothing to look at.
SO remember be careful about little cuts and scratches...... [here are the side (L or top) and knee cap (R or bottom) of the pictures]
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8/20/22 - Remember too I've been fighting the original hip wound now since 2014 -plus- since 2017 the osteomyelitis/ hip -and- in 2019 osteomyelitis/ pelvis with occasional big time vancomyacin dispenced through PICC lines in the hospital with rehab following. It's not just an infection from a scratch.
Still especially as you age you should be more observant of things.....but not crazy neurotic about it.
★ 8/23/22 - edit add, i have a WC appointment Wednesday 8/24, I think the WC Doctor will think the one plus week on the wound vac will show some results. I think the pictures in September will be better.
Carry on !
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Well some very - slow but steady - healing news to March 14, 2023. <--- ( KEEP ON CLICKING DOWN )
It's healing around the edges ! And oh such beautiful knees.
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Staph...not all that common, but as we see it can be a bear. Hospitals are a good place to catch that aswell.
I always try to clean and at least rub with some hand sanitizer if not able to do anything at the house. Joints can be tough as you tend to re-open the wound as you flex the joint.
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Staph...not all that common, but as we see it can be a bear. Hospitals are a good place to catch that aswell.
I always try to clean and at least rub with some hand sanitizer if not able to do anything at the house. Joints can be tough as you tend to re-open the wound as you flex the joint.
Staph...not all that common, but as we see it can be a bear. Hospitals are a good place to catch that aswell.
I always try to clean and at least rub with some hand sanitizer if not able to do anything at the house. Joints can be tough as you tend to re-open the wound as you flex the joint.
Also MRSA is a nasty but unfortunately too common infection that can be spread in hospital and other nursing facilities. You can't be too careful now.
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As one who has a wife in a hospital setting...or was, you can have the best central sterile unit in the world and you are not going to be able to get everything.
We like to think so, but it just isn't possible. At least as it stands now. I guess you could bleach and fumigate every room and never let anybody in, but that isn't how hospitals operate. They have to treat people who sometimes have a nasty shit.
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As one who has a wife in a hospital setting...or was, you can have the best central sterile unit in the world and you are not going to be able to get everything.
We like to think so, but it just isn't possible. At least as it stands now. I guess you could bleach and fumigate every room and never let anybody in, but that isn't how hospitals operate. They have to treat people who sometimes have a nasty shit.
As one who has a wife in a hospital setting...or was, you can have the best central sterile unit in the world and you are not going to be able to get everything.
We like to think so, but it just isn't possible. At least as it stands now. I guess you could bleach and fumigate every room and never let anybody in, but that isn't how hospitals operate. They have to treat people who sometimes have a nasty shit.
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In our case I have the hospital-like requirements for treating and maintaining wound care settings fortunately my wife is excellent in wound care and meds, etc.
In a hospital you "might" have sterile or near sterile requirements ..... at home you might get by with "clean techniques " to get by.
Plus I like the air mattresses and the nice extra cushion mattress tops. Plus before April 2018 we were just getting by without a whole house generator until we "did it right " and got a 10 KW whole house generator (but no AC but plenty good enough) for about $6,320. It comes with some other nice benefits like good insurance savings. Having always on sump pumps and other benefits is N-I-C-E. ?
If you want more information just ask me about them. Big storm, NO PROBLEM the power, computers, cable etc keep rolling on.
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Well some very - slow but steady - healing news to March 14, 2023. <--- ( KEEP ON CLICKING DOWN )
It's healing around the edges ! And oh such beautiful knees.
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Well some very - slow but steady - healing news to March 14, 2023. ( ALMOST THERE )
It's healing around the edges ! And oh such beautiful knees.
★ ★ Well my two wounds on my right knee have really progressed since my last - March 14, 2023 - pictures. Slow and steady with my St. E. hospital MD and nurses there -and- my home care nurses 3 visits per week -and- of course my excellent at home nurse wife's excellent 7 days a week care ..... see for yourself. As of this - Monday June 19, 2023 pictures-. ABOUT THREE MONTHS PROGRESS . NICE. ? Great work everyone. ?
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