Sorta OT ?

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My husband has had two surgeries in the last month to repair an

aneurism in his left leg. The first one was a complete botch and

caused him a great deal of pain. Prior to that, the aneurism behind

his left knee was just a slightly puffy sore spot - mildly annoying

but very scary after the diagnosis. Scary as in - fix it or you could

lose your leg.

The second surgery revealed that the first one caused blockage to a

couple of major veins and the stent that was installed was completely

blocked. So, the only alternative was a vein graft. He was in surgery

for 5 hours instead of the scheduled 1 hour. There are 7 stitched

incisions in his leg. That surgery was Dec. 1. He was supposed to be

able drive and be back at work Dec. 10. The only instructions were

for him to walk 1/4 mile a day and to keep the incisions dry.

It appears to me that 3 of the 7 incisions are infected. Most of the

bruising has cleared - couldn't tell what I was looking at before -

but these 3 have wide red margins. The entire area under those

incisions is very hard and there are other 'knots' along the groin-to-

calf area that was invaded.

I've been very hesitant to try my 'home remedies' on him and he's not

receptive to alternative treatment. At this point, he has not seen

the doc since and he can barely walk. Walking a quarter mile a day

must have been a sick joke. He can barely get from bed to bathroom

using a cane.

I've talked to the Dr's nurse twice and keep being told " That's to be

expected. " His follow-up visit has been moved up to this Tuesday but

a major storm is expected to hit tonight. I doubt we can make that

appointment. It is a 2-hour drive on curvy, steep roads.

SO - getting to the point of my post - I have no experience treating

anything like this but I'd like to try to do something about the

incisions which appear to be infected. I have EIS, MSM, and DMSO.

Would making a combo of those three and using it on the areas that

appear to be infected be safe? I think I can avoid getting the

stitches wet and I'd only use a very small amount of DMSO. I

certainly don't want to do anything to make matters worse. I'm not

afraid at all about the EIS or MSM but they'd be useless topically

without the DMSO.

Help - Anyone! Time is of the essence and I am on digest. Feel free

to contact me privately.

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