A cut on my sore

I'm not sure what I did but I developed a bloody knick, as seen in the pic. I was sitting at my PC doing some work and I noticed that my bandage was red. When this happens I automatically think I'm having a bleed-out. But it wasn't coming past my bandage. A genuine bleed-out would have been trickling down my foot and all over the floor, not a good thing.

After I took the bandages off, I saw that it was only a small thing. I cleaned it with peroxide and applied fresh bandages. No problems since.

I am always paranoid of having a bleed-out while at work or meeting with a client. My suits and stuff are all hand made. I think its important to dress the part, in my case banking. It would be imposable to 'look the part' if I had a river of blood sloshing on my shoe. So far this hasn't happened. It would really suck if it did..

clearing up but a bit of a pain

After a few weeks of the Ultravate and Neosporin the majority of the 'yellow gunk' that was capping my ulcer has gone away. This is an advancement in the 'healing process' but is actually painful, a slight stinging pain.

My Prednisone has been reduced to a 40/0/30 regimen. So I am kinda happy about that. I spent a few days in the pool this week so I wrapped my leg with an Ace bandage, covering my dressing. I'm sure without the Ace, the dressing would have slipped off. Not a good thing.

Power of the Ultravate

For what seems like no reason at all my ulcer started to heal while using Ultravate (cream). For a few months it seemed like I had reached a plateau. Things started healing again with no change in medication. Not sure why..

My dermatologist told me to soak the area with hydrogen peroxide to help remove some of the yellowish gunk. To accomplish this, I put some gauze over the area and soak it with peroxide, letting it set for about ten minutes. It does a good job loosening things up.