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Epicyclic · Oct 24, 2012

September 16th, wound on the front of my shin had healed up fine.

Epicyclic · Oct 24, 2012

By 8th October it lokked like this. That's when it all started to go wrong! The central part of the bruise had gone like hard leather and one morning split away from the good flesh so off to my local practice I went to see the nurse that had been keeping an eye on it and she oohed and aahed, got another nurse adn then they got a Doctor who immediately referred me to the Vascular Clinic at Worcester Royal Hospital. They put a dressing on daily until I could see the Consulatant the following week.

Epicyclic · Oct 24, 2012

I went int Hospital to have it looked at on the 10 October and was admitted as an emergenct the following day for a debridement. Basically, this involves removing all the dead flesh etc. from the wound and cleaning it up to allow it to mend. I may have to have a skin graft but after a few days with a compression bandage it looks like this.

Epicyclic · Oct 24, 2012

So, be aware that even bruises can turn nasty. The offending branch of the tree will be removed before I mow the lawn araing and I'll probably modify the foot pedal on the mower to put a little plate to stop my foot slipping off in future.
My next appointment at the Hospital is on the 31 October with the specialist to review where we go next.

Pete. · Oct 24, 2012

Christ that looks like you've been attacked by a flesh-eating bug.

Hope it heals ok.

octo0072000 · Oct 24, 2012

looks much better now they have scraped all the dead meat out

mike os · Oct 24, 2012

nasty... you lot just stay well away from me OK....

bill_gj · Oct 24, 2012

...aaarrghh...just bin barfing as a result of those pics...

Norm · Oct 24, 2012

Sorry, hope it heals up ok, but it made me laugh on the basis that it must be a fair sized lawn to justify the ride on mower and you have to hit and get caught up in the only tree on it! sod's law.

Epicyclic · Oct 25, 2012

Norm said:
Sorry, hope it heals up ok, but it made me laugh on the basis that it must be a fair sized lawn to justify the ride on mower and you have to hit and get caught up in the only tree on it! sod's law.

Norm, your absolutly right :ashamed:

I've mowed this lawn more times than I can remember and always take great care in this area, but it still happened...
Tha fact that I was on a lawnmower is an aside really, the main thing is to always watch bruises as they can turn nasty.

KemppiFrog · Oct 25, 2012

Epicyclic said:
Norm, your absolutly right I've mowed this lawn more times than I can remember and always take great care in this area, but it still happened...
Tha fact that I was on a lawnmower is an aside really, the main thing is to always watch bruises as they can turn nasty.

Quite, lovely girl from my growing up era. Fell over and bruised her hip. Went nasty as in cancerous, was treated OK, seemed fine until a type of blood poisening killed her in two days.

As I understand, the crush effect caused circulation problems? And then the nasty tissue failure?
KF

Epicyclic · Oct 25, 2012

KemppiFrog said:
Quite, lovely girl from my growing up era. Fell over and bruised her hip. Went nasty as in cancerous, was treated OK, seemed fine until a type of blood poisening killed her in two days.

As I understand, the crush effect caused circulation problems? And then the nasty tissue failure?
KF

That is so sad, KF. I believe thats why I went into the Vascular ward and have spent most of my time since the accident with my leg 6" above my hip to increase circulation in my leg and also to reduce the swelling.
H.

madkayaker · Nov 17, 2012

Well I feel like a right clot. Landrover over heating so I take the top of the expansion bottle to get more water in and end up badly burning wrist and hand

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. So I refilled the coolant, filled up with petrol, drove home and then went to hospital to get checked out and bandaged up.

Norm · Nov 17, 2012

Ouch! MK, looks like you got off lightly that could have been so much worse, how have they treated it.

mike os · Nov 17, 2012

that is really going to smart....

madkayaker · Nov 17, 2012

It does smart! lots of pain killers, blister skin cut off and whole lot wrapped up. It's best to take your own bag of frozen peas as the hospitals these days use a rubbish gel wrapping that's no good at taking the burn out

octo0072000 · Nov 17, 2012

frozen peas

madkayaker said:
It does smart! lots of pain killers, blister skin cut off and whole lot wrapped up. It's best to take your own bag of frozen peas as the hospitals these days use a rubbish gel wrapping that's no good at taking the burn out

nothing like the good old bag of frozen peas :clapping:

had to have the peas out for my back this week after the chiropractor finished with it dont you just love getting old :mad:

mike os · Nov 17, 2012

madkayaker said:
It does smart! lots of pain killers, blister skin cut off and whole lot wrapped up. It's best to take your own bag of frozen peas as the hospitals these days use a rubbish gel wrapping that's no good at taking the burn out

been there mate...flash fire, got bald patches on my legs from it & glad it was only that.... take plenty of pain meds, dont be a hero

madkayaker · Nov 17, 2012

Thanks for the support

mike os · Nov 17, 2012

from what i recall whiskey helps a lot :whistle:

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