LEG UPDATE

julie47

HI there every one hope you are all keeping warm and not suffering too much with snow. It keeps trying here in yorkshire, but so far in my part we has escaped. Reckon its gonna be here later today tut.

Anyway as you may remember I had an op on my stump in august to rid of a bursa and a sinius. I have been having follow up appointments at the hosp every 6 weeks and a nurse visits every wednesday. You may remember me saying the smallest hole you can imagine refuses to heal.

Well a nurse came yesterday and all was just the same.
BUT this morning when OH tried to put on my liner for the prosthetic leg I shouted OUCH you are hurting. He tried again and it still hurt so in the end he removed my dressing and there was some stuff come out of the hole.
We managed to get the leg on eventually and he went to work.
After much thought I made an appointment to see doc, I picked up OH and we both went (he has to remove and replace leg) :roll:

The doc was annoyed (not with us) that I only see a nurse when I go for follow up apps. He asked when am I going again? to which I replied next wed. He is going to ring up the hosp and ask to speak to a surgeon doctor, he wants him to see me on wed, not his nurse.
My doc says the sinus is still there and now is infected. He has given me bactoban cream to get rid of infection.

Why I am annoyed is last time 6 wks ago I asked to see a proper doc but he didnt come to see me, told nurse it will heal in time. :x

Well thankyou for not falling asleep reading this (oi wake up)
I just felt i needed to SHOUT abit. It is just so inconvenient, especially as I have to take arthur with me.

Will let you know how app goes on wednesday.

Have a goodish day everyone

Juliepf xx

dreamdaisy

Gordon Bennett. What is wrong with the world? For crying out loud my lovely flamingo, what a ridiculous situation. I am so sorry - this is wrong on so many levels. You have waited and waited and tried tried to heal this damn hole and only now are they listening? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Je suis peeved. DD

annie_mial

I'm not surprised you want to shout at them Julie........I'd be ranting and raving about the lack of proper care!

High hopes the cream will work for you, let us know when you get the appointment with the man himself.

Love
Annie

tjt6768

You should hit em with ya bloody leg, that's ridiculous.. Sometimes all it takes is the doc/specialist to just take a minute themselves but they're way too busy for us unimportant folk..


Hope you go on ok with the cream/appointment etc..
And, by 'eck, ya right lass, snow heading yonder soon....


Tony

jillyb1

Goodness , Julie , can't believe how much pain you must be going through ! You are definitely entitled to shout ! I would be in pieces if I had to suffer the way you are . Hope the new cream helps to ease the discomfort a little , and feel free to come onto the forum and shout and scream as often as you need to ! Thinking of you , Jilly

skezier

hi Julie,

thank god your doctor has taken you seriously and i can't believe they have just left you this long that its become infected! i so hope the tablets will knock it on the head and the consultant better see you next week with out fail.

hope it all soon clears up and do you need your honey back? you take it easy and make sure that liner isn't rubbing you there at all. [[[]]] and a ton of hopes Cris xx

frogmorton

WAAAAHHHH!!!!!!

I shouted for you

B*M! B*M B*M!

bet you is fuming.

Still at least you will be seen now on wednesday - can't wait to hear what he has to sayfor himself :roll:

Love

Toni xx

julie47

Hello DD annie tony jilly chris and toni

Thank you for all taking the time to drop me a line on here.

Ready for my scream then AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

Thank you feel much better.

Toni that was a loud shout heard it here, did you hear mine

Anyway, I have only just started to get out and about on my own especially driving so the leg can just behave its self, I am not giving in to it. (well not till after wednesday)

I will take you all with me if you don't mind on wednesday, and Tony you can hit them with leg as you are prob stronger than me.

Thanks again fo your support
Juliepf x

skezier

hi Julie,

you scream away flower... you have ever right to.. i think they have kinda neglected that leg a bit and so hope the tablets will work and the guy will see he has messed up! sometimes they do say sorry.....

leaving you a [[[]]] and some more saffron and cream love Cris xx

tjt6768

julie47 wrote:

Hello DD annie tony jilly chris and toni

Thank you for all taking the time to drop me a line on here.

Ready for my scream then AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

Thank you feel much better.

Toni that was a loud shout heard it here, did you hear mine

Anyway, I have only just started to get out and about on my own especially driving so the leg can just behave its self, I am not giving in to it. (well not till after wednesday)

I will take you all with me if you don't mind on wednesday, and Tony you can hit them with leg as you are prob stronger than me.

Thanks again fo your support
Juliepf x

I will happily clobber them with it for you luv, just how hard do you want me to hit them, I can still swing a good leg you know

Tony
x

dorcas

Oh Julie! no wonder you want to scream. :shock: go ahead girl and let it all out :!: (oops... wait a mo 'til I hand out the ear plugs ! )

Kidding aside.... what a bumbling lot of idiots they are! :x how can they look and say it's al-right and then you find out that it's infected. :?

Glad you went to see the doc and that he was quick on the phone to the surgeon to make sure you're seen by the right person. :!:

will be with you in your pocket on Wednesday Julie.

Iris xxxx

ps... Tony sounds like he means business!

elainebadknee

Julie

Just typed this a min ago and it disappeared into cyberspace!!

What an utter shambles, a nurse who isnt properly qualified seeing you and missing an infection....Im glad your GP is on the ball and giving em hell...

One thing you sound upbeat, good attitude girl!!!

My Sol is angry he is spitting beans again.......

Good Luck with future appointments...

Elainex

ironic

Oh Julie, thank goodness your Dr has taken on the hospital. I will be with you on Wednesday. They have really let you down and need a good blast from your Doctor.
Hugs,
Lv, Ix

chris7

Hi Julie

oh ouch love no wonder that was so sore. So glad you saw the doc and he has got you on appointment through quickly.

Really hope the scream helped you were entitled to one. Just tell Tony to be careful swinging that leg we don't move as quick as we would like and would hate to be caught in the crossfire.

Will be thinking of you Wednesday.
take care
Chris

barbara12

OMG Julie that is appalling treatment, the trouble is this is going on all the time.
You scream away my love it will do you good.
Thank goodness you went to see the doctor, and now you will hopefully get the treatment you deserve.
Please let us know how you get on.
Sending lots of very warm hugs (((((())))) wish I could give them for real.
Love
Barbara xx

woodbon

I'm sorry, you must be in quite a lot of pain, a wound like that for you, with your prosthetic leg needs careful treatment. When I was a care assistant, wound and skin care were a large part of the job of trained nurses I worked with. I hope you get really good care and the wound heals really quickly for you. Love Sue

mp1952

Hi Julie

What a shambles! You 're a helluva strong person to have put up with all this.. Thanks god it's being sorted out now.. I do hope you see an improvement in the next few days.

Take care

Marion x

tjt6768

chris7 wrote:

Hi Julie
Just tell Tony to be careful swinging that leg we don't move as quick as we would like and would hate to be caught in the crossfire.

Will be thinking of you Wednesday.
take care
Chris

Don't worry Chris, I am fooling myself if I think I could even pick it up let alone swing it, not with my spine and wrists, lol..
I will just have to set my cat Ra on them, he's like a lion..
Tony

dreamdaisy

Morning pf, I hope you had some sleep last night and are feeling OK about it all today. Thinking of you. DD

julie47

Morning to everyone and thank you again for all your lovely replies and support.

Iris, Elaine Ironic barbara12 woodbon marion tony and dd

You are the people I haven't thanked yet, sorry I have only just seen you. :oops:

Tony you are right the leg is heavy so perhaps your cat would be easier Imagine a wellington boot filled with heavy mud to the top (Skeizer will know this too well with her fields)
It feels like that I have to pick it up with two hands and it only a below knee. :?

Marion yes I do try to stay strong and get on with things and it is hard at times. My family and you people on te forum help tremendously. I just start to feel ok (a bit cockey) and then something else happens. Ah well thats life. Hope you are ok

Woodbon I need to see you I think, You sound as if you know what to do with wound treatment. Bet you would get me sorted.

Barbara12 Yes I will let you all know what they say on wed.

Chris7 get ready to duck the leg could knock us down like skittles its that heavy

Ironic & Iris will stuff my pockets with goodies for you. app at 9.40 on wed.

Elaine oh my, poor sol hope he is fixed for wed, here sending you a needle and thread, only got black though.

DD morning to you too, Sleep was ok between hot flush and toilet break But I did sleep for 2 nights on trot so don't suppose i can complain. hope you are ok,

Juliepf x

tjt6768

Yep, think the cat would be easier, I will make sure he's grumpy and in a terrible mood.... Doesn't take much
Hope things are a little better this morning

Tony

julie47

Morning tony

you are early bird.

I am ok thankyou got to rest today having a family meal out tonight, mum and dads 50th wed anniversary so i have to look dapper

Leg behaving at the mo. Just feels heavy.

Have a good day
Juliepf x

tjt6768

I get up on a morning (pains permitting) to take OH to work..
Glad the leg is behaving itself, can I ask, what is it made from? Hope you don't mind.. Think if I had one I would be tempted to get the spray paints out so it matched the rest of me, tattooed just a tad, lol..

Hope you have a great day and a wonderful time tonight..

Tony

julie47

well tony not quite sure.

obviously inside it is like a metal pole with a bit on the end for a foot.
Then the cosmetic part is like a hard foam . Reminds me of a khabab before its cut to shape The foot has a foot like piece that fits like a shoe. Then the whole lot has a skin col stretchy rubbery skin over it that makes it look quite real. Can paint toes too. (there are different skins you can put on to look like tatooes etc.) I don't want to stand out. I look funny enough It has a heavy gell liner that weighs a bit too that has to be put on first then the leg is held on with a rubbery sleeve. ahhhhhhhhhhh thats my description . you can see why it feels heavy.

Juliepf x

tjt6768

Bloody hell, it does sound heavy and hard work to fit?
Sorry I'm being nosey again.. :shock:

How is the wound this morning?

Tony

tjt6768

PS, I am sure you don't look funny at all!