October 30, 2005
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Cast Off
Last Tuesday, when they took my cast off, they discovered that the ulcer caused by the staph infection had healed completely. No new cast would be required.
They also discovered that the cast had been wound too tightly. The skin on my right leg was all wrinkled and bruised black from the excessive pressure.
The doctor was mad. She has been trying for years, ever since she moved to the Wound Control Center, to get people to avoid winding the cast so tightly it causes more damage than it repairs.
That was almost a week ago. The bruise has been healing. Instead of a solid black / indigo / purple color, parts of my leg have lightened up to an angry red and normal flesh color appears over about a quarter of the surface. It doesn't hurt unless I touch it -- as when I'm putting on my support stockings, a process that is sometimes painful even when I'm not sporting a giant bruise on my leg.
I have another appointment for this coming Tuesday. Tomorrow I'm going to call to cancel it. I'm confident my leg will continue to recover without any more help from the Wound Care Center.
Unless a spider bite becomes infected. I was bit / stung again, early this morning, this time on top of my left foot.
