Friday, June 22, 2012

The well is dry.

My leg stopped "dripping". Without warning or any changes it just stopped. I am so happy about this development I'm afraid of doing anything that might start the waterworks up again, like drinking a beer. When I change my dressing, about every 12 hrs or so, they are dry, a bit sticky. Great care is taken when removing my bandages because I don't want to pull off any tissue or "scabs". Doing so may produce a lot of bleeding. If the sight of blood makes you queasy then Pyoderma isn't for you. The pic is of a small patch of skin by my knee that refuses to heal up. I am still on the Prednisone but this little SOB popped up and doesn't want to go away. It doesn't hurt at all but the other day it started bleeding like a stuck pig. I was laughing while I was trying to stop the bleeding because it was coming out so fast. I had just gotten out of the shower and was sitting down to put a pad on the ulcer. This was when I noticed a stream of blood running down my calf onto the floor, my beautifully clean freshly polished hardwood floor. About ten minutes and a handful of paper towel later It stopped. I guess I washed a scab off while in the shower. It hasn't happened before or since. This is just some additional bullshit I have to keep an eye on. If this thing started bleeding while I was at the office it would of course be an embarrassing disaster.