| Re: Well, the resuts are in. |
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| Fred E Brown (fredebrown@nowhere.com) |
2012/04/19 13:04 |
"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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> "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>>>"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hope you're feeling better. :))
>>>>>
>>>>> Better.
>>>>> Better is a LONG way from feeling good. ;-{
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Better is better than worse.
>>>>I think I made a funny.
>>>>
>>>>Seriously I know the feeling, injured my left leg a year ago
>>>>this month, took forever for the surgical wound to heal.
>>>>Being diabetic all I could think about was losing the leg.
>>>>
>>> I know the feeling, if not the exact situation.
>>> I worry about losing my feet ... to fungal-infections like athlete's
>>> foot. When I'm really sick otherwise, such infections that already
>>> were bothersome go completely out-of-control. The thought that they
>>> might have to chop off one or both feet for such a simple thing ....
>>>
>>> Like you say, being diabetic makes you worry about such things.
>>
>>Fortunately today the medical profession can do a lot more to heal foot
>>injuries that used to turn to gangrene and loss of the limb. When my
>>wound wasn't healing the surgeon sent me to the hospital wound care
>>department. They cleaned it up, cut out some dead tissue and packed
>>it with a paste, did this twice a week for 4 weeks. By then the wound
>>had almost closed up. Took another couple of weeks but it finally
>>healed. The problem that persisted was the redness and scaling.
>>Went to a dermatoligist who said I had stasis dermatitis caused by
>>the swelling and blood vessels leaking fluid that irritates the skin and
>>causes the rash. A cream applied twice daily is curing that.
>>None of this was around 50-60 years ago, if you were a diabetic
>>and got a foot injury there was little the medical profession could do
>>except amputate the limb.
>>So if you have foot problems hike on over to the doctor, there's things
>>that they can do to cure them.
>>
> With my fungal infections, all they can do is TREAT them.
> Not the same; but still better than nothing.
>
> Creams, sprays, washes ....
> Lately I've been trying soaking my feet in vinegar.
> They say that ascetic acid is a powerful fungicide.
> Next I'm going to try soaking in bleach.
> Bleach is supposed to kill all sorts of nasty things.
>
> They all HELP. None CURE.
>
> The closest to a cure is oral Lamasil; but with all the other meds I'm
> taking, the doctor doesn't want to stress my liver that much.
>
> Even with that, you still tend to get re-infected.
>
I suppose you're tired of those "fungus among us" jokes. :))
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