Seroma - edit: massive infection, Take 2...

[DCBassman]

On heavy oral antibiotics , for 6 months, regardless.

 

[fossyant]

On heavy oral antibiotics , for 6 months, regardless.

Gulp.

 

[DCBassman]

Gulp.

Including rifampicin, which also means little or no booze for 6 months. Ah well...

 

[fossyant]

Including rifampicin, which also means little or no booze for 6 months. Ah well...

Even worse. Crikey.

 

[DCBassman]

April Fool's day.
Back in.
Not kidding.
*sigh*

 

[vickster]

 

[fossyant]

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Fookety-fook. Sorry to hear that.

 

[ColinJ]

Aaargh!

But do you actually feel ill yet, given that they said to clear off until you did ...

 

[Rocky]

Take care - I hope the medics get on top of the infection. I am thinking of you and sending positive vibes

 

[DCBassman]

Aaargh!

But do you actually feel ill yet, given that they said to clear off until you did ...

Nope. Not physically. Getting pretty damned depressed about it, though.

 

[ColinJ]

Nope. Not physically. Getting pretty damned depressed about it, though.

I'm not bloody surprised!

The fact that you STILL don't feel ill despite the seriousness of what is going on shows how dodgy the original advice was.

 

[DCBassman]

The likely plan from here is another washout/debridement, as before. This shouldn't involve a long stay, as I've done all the microbiological bit. However, it's then a two-way path. Keep doing washouts, or remove the contaminated joint and replace it with a non-functional placeholder structure soaked in antibiotics. After a number of weeks with one non-functional arm, they'll try another new joint.
The pessimist in me is beginning to see an unending sequence...

 

[Bonefish Blues]

No wonder your morale is starting to wane.

 

[DCBassman]

Starting to feel somewhat like a treadmill.