Re: [QUAD-L] my flap surgery

[Stacy Harim]

It was partly my fault.  But the first plastic surgeon back in sept. decided to open it and debreed it and make it larger and let it close on its own.  That is when I laid in bed with the wound vac for over 3 months bc when I got up, the drainage broke the seal.  It kept healing from the sides but not filling in.  I asked the doctor to do a culture but his reply was it looks good so I went to the newly opened wound center in my area.  I met with the plastic surgeon on my 2nd visit and talked about the flap but he wanted me to see the infectious disease doctor.  My issue with going to the docs is I'm not in the same position when measuring as I am at home so their measurements would be smaller.  Anyhow, I had staff and cellulitis.  That cleared up and it did look better.  I gave it time and still didn't heal so I finally decided to go with the flap.  I wish I didn't wait so long.   I went to the wound clinic bc he wanted to see me back.  I went back then he had me go to his private office for a consultation.  I don't know why he didn’t see me there in the first place.  After that visit, I gave the office over a week to schedule the surgery then they tell me I need clearance from my gen doc.  Why didn't they say that in the first place.  I called them back and asked if I could get the pre op done that day and they say no we do it here.  My doc was a bit confused herself.  Her reply was "how do I know if you are healthy enough without blood work?"  Anyhow she did it and the surgery finally got scheduled but it was quite an ordeal.  My surgery is Wed. and they had me there this past thursday at 3:15.  Now these doctor offices are 30 miles from home and so is the hospital.  I live in a tourist beach area so it was too late to get the tests thurs so I had to go Friday and had to deal with the lovely traffic after going out to my van and finding out the battery was dead.  Thank God, I have great neighbors and caught the guy across the street outside.  He got his girlfriend but she was worried about her batter bc she was having problems with her interior light staying on.  She knocked on my other neighbors door and she helped me.  It was quite funny. I couldn't remember which clamp went where and she had no idea so she called her husband to find out how to do it.  She couldn't figure out how to open the hood on her car.  I don’t blame her bc the latch was in the grill.  I have never heard of that.  Needless to say it was quite an ordeal on Friday.  Forget that I have tons of things I want to get done so I could get it done while I could, then testing on friday.  I'm sure you all know it takes longer to do everything so now I'm in a panic because I still have lots to do in two days.   Well I needed to get that out...lol.   Stacu ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] my flap surgery Now You Have a Tilt in Space?  That Is great.  I wonder why it took them so long to decide that you needed that?  I hope you don't get any more! Dana