Its starting to look nasty. One can see red pockmarks on the left side of my wound. These are a result of me scratching the skin. It also was due to some of the medical tape I was using. When it was pulled from my skin, it actually took little strips off as well! Ok, so no more plastic medical tape in the house! I then switched to paper or cloth tapes. These worked fine.
About this time I had already had a steroid injection into the wound by my dermatologist. Often Pyoderma will respond to steroids by shrinking and healing. I would get two steroid shots over a two week period with no noticeable results.
Also about this time I began to suffer from stinging pain while in the shower. The mere spray of some water would be enough for me to jump. In an effort to keep the area clean I would let my tub head run cool water down my leg and over my wound. It was producing a yellow fluid that would soak my dressings in about two hours. I'm not sure if its edema fluid, plasma or whatever. I refuse to have my sore covered in this stuff so I would run some water over it, cool or cold water. For some reason warm water made the sore hurt.
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