[Magdalen] I been bitten

[Jon Egger]

One of my parishioners at Resurrection had a knee replacement and had a
severe allergic reaction to the bone cement.  What a mess.  I'll spare the
details.  He did eventually get new knee.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>