I know the pic makes things look like a mess but there has been some real progress on my ulcer healing up. It shows about 3/4"-1" inches of new skin. My daily dosage of Prednisone has been reduced to 40mg a day. I was taking about 160mg a day about two months ago. The side effects were ruining me. Since the dosage reduction I've lost about 25lbs of water weight. My hands and arms have lost the puffy appearance.
It seems every week my doc says that its my last week wearing the "uniboot" but the following week he'll say the same thing. I figure I've got about 4-5 weeks more of wearing this thing and then I'm going to be wearing something called a "pressure sock". I'm not sure what they are but I looked a few up on Amazon, about $25 a pair. I would love to get those on and lose what I've got now. Of course I'm happy to see progress on my leg and will do whatever is necessary to get things healed up.
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