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Title: Plaster off.
Post by: tizaala on July 16, 2012, 06:47:16 pm
I was supposed to go back to Hereford hospital next Tuesday 24th  to get a different plaster with a walking foot, But over last weekend the sole of my bad foot has got progressively more sore until yesterday when it felt as though it had bonded with the lining of the plaster, and it was smelling BAD, rang and made an appointment for todays ortho clinic and tooled it down to Hereford , They took the plaster off with what felt like half my foot, and sent for my consultant , He took one look and said " you have got Trench Foot, " the plaster had been keeping it too moist and sweaty and given me a huge blister on the sole of my foot, and the opperation scar had started to slough off so , let the air get to it and no plaster and keep it dry is the order of the day . Good job I went in when I did, still got to keep next weeks appointment though.
 
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Post by: deepinthewoods on July 16, 2012, 06:50:08 pm
thats rotten luck....
take care of yourself tiz will you please!
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Post by: HappyHippy on July 16, 2012, 07:03:34 pm
Good wishes (and reiki on the way) from me too - take it easy, for heaven's sake though please Doug  :-*
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Post by: kaz on July 16, 2012, 07:07:27 pm
It's a good job you went and had that foot seen to. I bet it's a relief to have that plaster off and have freedom again. :thumbsup:
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Post by: jaykay on July 16, 2012, 07:43:20 pm
Yuk! Hope it's beginning to mend now and isn't too sore  :-* Don't be using the plaster off as an excuse to be doing the highland fling or any other energetic activities standing up  ;)
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Post by: omnipeasant on July 16, 2012, 08:02:49 pm
You didn't tell them you've been up to your ankles in mud then!
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Post by: RUSTYME on July 16, 2012, 08:06:20 pm
Never made it past the second week with any of my plasters . Hacksaw and scissors and off they come !
Hope the stinking foot heals soon mate , if not hacksaw with a new blade will sort it out !
Take care and er avoid trenches lol
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Post by: Mammyshaz on July 16, 2012, 08:07:52 pm
 :bouquet: not nice. Hope it improves soon.
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Post by: Bionic on July 16, 2012, 08:23:37 pm
Oh, that sounds nasty.  My plasters have aways got very itchy (take a dig down them with a knitting needle)  ;D  but nothing like yours.  As others have said don't take it as an excuse to run around. You will need to be extra careful now.
Sally
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 16, 2012, 10:32:30 pm
Nasty.  Take care, Doug.
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Post by: Fleecewife on July 17, 2012, 12:57:24 am
Oh, that sounds nasty.  My plasters have aways got very itchy (take a dig down them with a knitting needle)  ;D  but nothing like yours.  As others have said don't take it as an excuse to run around. You will need to be extra careful now.
Sally

Naughty naughty Sally.  You would be amazed at what gets stuck down plasters, then causes sores. The end comes off knitting needles down there.  The only answer is to use your mind to transfer the itch to the palm of your hand, then scratch that  :)   Little children can do it; adults are just plain bad  ::) ;D :innocent:
 
Good you noticed the whiff Tizaala before your foot turned to mush  :D
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 17, 2012, 09:16:53 pm
Oh, that sounds nasty.  My plasters have aways got very itchy (take a dig down them with a knitting needle)  ;D  but nothing like yours.  As others have said don't take it as an excuse to run around. You will need to be extra careful now.
Sally

Naughty naughty Sally.  You would be amazed at what gets stuck down plasters, then causes sores. The end comes off knitting needles down there.  The only answer is to use your mind to transfer the itch to the palm of your hand, then scratch that  :)   Little children can do it; adults are just plain bad  ::) ;D :innocent: 
 

True.  I knew someone who scrathed an itch under a plaster and broke the skin, setting up an infection which got pretty bad before anyone realised.  Many ops later, he now has a below knee amputation and an artificial leg.
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Post by: tizaala on July 18, 2012, 06:34:55 am
Rusty and Bionic will appreciate this, the rest of you can look away now

PS : have PM'd you Sally
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Post by: omnipeasant on July 18, 2012, 09:40:35 am
Thanks for that Doug!! I was eating my toast.
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Post by: Bionic on July 18, 2012, 09:47:51 am
Yuk Doug, that doesn't look very nice.
 
Still, if we are trading pics.....
 
 
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Post by: tizaala on July 18, 2012, 09:56:30 am
Oh C'mon, those eyebrows ! were they part of the injury list? :innocent:
 
Isn't traction comfortable, bloody hell girl , you went through the mill a bit . but so glad you're here to tell the tale. :bouquet: