Coppernob
graduate
Another ‘medical’ day today. When I woke up this morning I had a large, painful lump in my left groin. As this is the same side as my infected wound I was a little bit concerned. Also the redness and warmth had spread again today. I rang my GP’s surgery and was eventually able to persuade them to give me an emergency appointment. I saw a doctor I hadn’t seen before and she was concerned about the redness still spreading. She rang the orthopaedic department at the hospital and they told me to go straight into A & E and someone from the department would see me there. I saw an SHO who took more bloods and arranged for a Registrar to come and look at me. He came very quickly and was still sure that the infection is just in the skin and not in the knee joint itself. However, he has changed me onto a different antibiotic for another week, and said that my Consultant will look at the blood results and will decide with me when I see him on Thursday whether anything else needs to happen.
Oh, and the GP said the lump is an enlarged lymph gland caused by my body dealing with the infection. Hopefully nothing else will happen before Thursday!
Oh, and the GP said the lump is an enlarged lymph gland caused by my body dealing with the infection. Hopefully nothing else will happen before Thursday!