"It's serious".
When a doctor says it's serious, then it's pretty serious... right?
"We want to try and avoid the infection either moving to the band or to the port".
Right...
"I'll take a swap and send it away for testing so we can find out what kind of bug got in there"
To which he pushed the fuckin thing in so far it hurt like a bitch. At the same time he opened the hole more so it could drain better.
Drain better it did.
By the time I got home, I had to change it.
By the time I left for work this morning I had used 5 dressings and had to go buy another 6 from the chemist (at $14.95 for a 5 pack) to get me through the day.
I also got "the strongest prescription antibiotics" they had until they can figure out what exactly it is causing the infection.
The tablets are like fricken horse pills... but they are going down, so that's ok.
I'm in a hell of a lot more pain today... pressure pain mostly... I can feel the lump has gone upwards though, about half way to the port, so I hope that's not the actual infection moving up.. :(
If I start running a fever or get really bad pain or start bleeding, I need to call them straight away.
Wicked... and the bad luck continues... *roll eyes*
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oh no...I hope the antibiotics clear it up very fast...It sounds aweful, so sorry you have to go through this. Praying for you that it does not go to the port or band, certainly don't want that happening. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteAfter the message I just got, all I can think is the worst.. So far this whole process has fucked me over... this is just the next phase.. maybe I should have taken my bad luck as a sign to begin with.
ReplyDeleteOh Hun, I feel for you I really do. I wish there was something I could do to help. I was scared enough just thinking about the port flipping, I couldn't imagine what must be going through your mind. If you want to chat more you can contact me on rogybec@tpg.com.au.... Take care and please keep us posted.
ReplyDeletepft... so much for me being smart and finding you... you already gave me your email address anyway.... and i thought i was cool hahah.
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