edema is back, sort of

After a few months of being on Prednisone my leg is still effected by Pyoderma. My doc seems really pleased by the progress even though a plateau has been reached and even a little progress surrendered. My Prednisone has been lowered to 30mg a day which makes me happy but also a little nervous. The side effects of taking Prednisone really suck but the drug really works.

It seems I am supposed to go onto a new treatment in the following months. I'm not sure what it is or what its called but I'll find out soon enough.

This pic may seem a bit 'rough' but my leg is pretty healed up. I have been experiencing a lot of 'weeping' or fluid sheeting from a very localized spot. It looked like i was springing a leak! My doc said it was 'edema fluid'. I had to change my dressing about every three hours as opposed to about every 12+ hrs. Using absorbent dressings as opposed to the Telfas removed some of the tissue on my pyoderma ulcer, hence the reason it looks so red and banged up. It doesn't hurt except for a small stinging once in a while. Not a big deal..