Newly Diagnosed

And you too @SamJgS, how's radiation going? I hope you're allowing yourself to have all the emotions and not worrying too much about being The Good Patient...

How have you got on with that wound @shann?

Yes melclarity I agree but not sure what will work as I am alergic to so many dressings and its too open just for steri strips unfortunately.  So just have to do as I am told for now.  I so want to take it all off and lay in the sun but not that easy with this negative pressure pump.  Old fashion nursing is what things need to go back to sometimes I think. xx

@Shann what I did after the silver dressing was I ended up at the GP believe it or not, he cleaned it up and just put on those steri strips about 3 to close it and left it open, no dressings and this did the trick for me, the air getting at it helped it heal more than any of the dressings did. It's just finding the right combination for you that will work. xx

Hi melclaritity, yes have been using the silver this time and last time with no improvement.  To the ladies who suggested the oxygen therapy.  I have done alot of reading on this and yes it would be great but I am a public patient and have no private health insurance and it is very expensive but thank you.  Also haven't even herd of it here on the Gold Coast.  Just going to take a very long time I would say as it is not a small wound breakdown.  Thanks ladies appreciate all you suggestion. xx

Hey @shann sorry to hear about what is going on with you, so frustrating! I never had a pico pump but I wanted to say when I had my diep flap recon, they use a patch of stomach skin to replace part of the breast skin and where the nipple was for reconstruction. I had a small piece of the suture line that kept weeping and not healing, it took so long. It was the sutures causing me all the dramas too!! my body didnt like it. It did clear up just took time. Hope yours does too. Have you tried silver dressings? Melinda xo

Hyperbaric

Hi again ..touching base with surgeon to ask about use of hyperbatic oxygen therapy is a possibility.
Cheers b

Hi B yes been checked for diabetes too many times, they look at me and just because I am over weight I must be diabetic also because I am not healing they think I smoke which I don't.
Just very baffeled and have a problem with why this is happening.  Off to see the oncologist on monday to see what he has to say as well.

Big huggs shann ...sorry that progress been delayed
Left field question ....have you had a check for diabetes?
All the best B