Guest guest Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 Debs, sorry that you are not making the progress you would like. I am really worried about you. Happy to hear that the doctors consider the most recent surgery a success though. I hope the next one goes as smoothly. You have nothing to apologize for. You should not censor your story. Tell it and get it off your chest. You need to vent. People can ask questions, discuss, try to keep things in perspective, draw their own conclusions and, quite possibly, learn something from your experience. It is important for everyone here to realize that things can and do go wrong in the treatment of RA and the other conditions we face and to understand what some of the reasons for complications are. We only wish for you to be stabilized, feeling better, and back home where you belong - and soon. With love, [ ] (no subject) > Thank you all for your support and good wishes. This has been a very painful > procedure and am not doing too well. They still consider the surgery a > success and according to the ortho would like to do the second operation on > Thursday or Friday. > The second part would just consist of a skin transplant from my left upper > thigh to cover the area that they could not close the other day. Apparently, > right now I have some pretty big areas that have no skin on them and that is > why they don't want to wait too long to do the skin graft (infection, etc). > > I am very sorry if my posts and updates on the condition of my post total > knee replacement are taking a negative view. I will be keeping these to a > minimum and just give general updates. I still and always will feel that > this is a very successful and worthwhile surgery for those of us who suffer > from the joint destruction that this disease causes. However, complications > can occur in ANY and ALL surgical procedures even under the best of > circumstances. Yes, my situation can be considered " abnormal and rare " but I > am the unfortunate 1 out of 10 people that this might happen to. So to any > of you who feel that I am giving this surgery a bad reputation or am trying > to discourage, my heartfelt apologies. I am still hopeful and pray for a > successful outcome to this condition. > > Debs in FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Debs - please know we are praying for you very hard! And Jeanine - give her a hug from all of us! Janet -- In @y..., " Jeanine Kinsey " <jckinsey@t...> wrote: > Just spoke to Debs - she is having a VERY rough time. The grafts that they > did were not taking as well as was expected, and until they do, they cannot > do the next surgery. It is a day to day thing right now. When the change > the bandage today, they hope to see improvement, and if so then they may do > the surgery tomorrow, but it is a day to day thing. She is still in a lot > of pain, and not getting a lot of relief from the neds. I told her that if > she is not in surgery tomorrow morning, I will go visit her. I am finally up > and around enough myself to do that, and if I don't go tomorrow, I am > supposed to be back at work on Monday, so it's now or never! > Debs sends her love to all and asks that you continue to keep her in your > prayers. If the grafts don't take, it could take them to a tough decision > regarding the whole leg. > I'll let you know what I find out later. > > Jeanine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Well.....It just keeps getting worse for Debs. Her aunt died last night, and the circulation in the leg looks worse than it was yesterday. She really needs all the prayer we can send on her behalf! I won't be seeing her today, she asked for a raincheck on that. Jeanine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Debs in in my prayers daily and always on my mind. I¹m sorry she has suffered another blow. a > Well.....It just keeps getting worse for Debs. Her aunt died last night, > and the circulation in the leg looks worse than it was yesterday. She > really needs all the prayer we can send on her behalf! I won't be seeing > her today, she asked for a raincheck on that. > > Jeanine > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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