[Magdalen] I been bitten

[Susan Hagen]

Yes, I've known people who had that happen to knee replacements.
Grisly beyond belief.  My hand is much better.  I've kept soaking it
in Epsom salts.  Some stuff drained and now it is much less red and
much less swollen.  I'm a bit queasy from the antibiotics but that's a
small price to pay for the rapid improvement.

Susan

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Roger Stokes <r.s.stokes.65 at cantab.net> wrote:
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
> To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: 02/03/2015 18:27:32
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] I been bitten
>
>> I have to take antibiotics because of the knee replacements when I get
>> wounds or have procedures that break the skin. My surgeon impressed
>> upon me that that is non-negotiable and I know a couple of people who
>> did have infections settle in the prostheses, a situation too grim to
>> detail.
>
> You are right to follow medical advice on this - hit any infection quickly
> and hard.  My mother had both hips replaced but when they did the second one
> infection set in and she had to have both removed.  As a result the top of
> her femur was held by muscles but was not capable of bearing any weight or
> the muscles doing anything useful.  For the last seven years of her life she
> was chair-bound needing to move her legs for her.
>
> Roger
>>
>>
>



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