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Well, a new day a new way to get screwed by the medical community. Went to

see the ortho with bags packed and everything in tow only to find out that

the ortho has changed his mind once again and no he is not going to take out

the infected knee joint. He thinks that the hole on the top of my knee is

getting better so therefore, the infection must be getting better also. So

now maybe I can go see a plastic surgeon in 3-4 days and see if they are

willing to close this lovely gap in my skin or I can try steri strips. The

hole goes down deep enough to see my knee cap. I am sure that this is going

to help the sepsis no end. When I suggested this procedure, he said it was

not a good option as he might miss a portion of the infection and if he

removed the entire prosthesis there would be no way that the infection would

be left in my body. Sooooooo, I have now put steri strips on the hole and in

about 9 months this thing should look like something I used to have in my

knee area. I suppose that as long as he feels that the infection is gone,

there is no longer a need for the IV antibiotics that I am torturing myself

with. I will never trust another medical professional again if their tongue

came notarized. I think I have pretty much cried my tears out but every so

often, I find a spot that still has a few left. This is all doubly hard to

swallow because this is just how my Dad's problems started. He had an

infection, they " thought " it was cured only to have it lie dormant and then

it reappeared and settled in his heel and within a few weeks............dead.

The pain from this non infection problem is unrelenting and that is what

part of today's admission was to be was better pain control in preparation

for the removal of the prosthesis.

Thanks for reading thru my saga or if you lost interest and deleted, no

problem. You have no idea the pain that this causes in addition to the pain

that we had originally sought help for. It will be a very very long time,

before I am even a shadow of my former self.

Debs in FL