Short one this time because it’s mostly just more of the same “yep, still got an open wound there. Two weeks.”
I had yet another follow-up on Tuesday. This one was with the doctor I’ve mentioned as basically being House. The wound on the side of my foot, the one that’s holding everything up, has shrunk to 3mm diameter and 10mm deep. Last week it was 15mm deep. Progress!
Thing is, a 10mm deep open wound is still an open wound. Nobody wants me working with an open wound on my foot – I’m now two for two turning open wounds on my feet into hospitalizations in the last year and change. Even the disability people are on board with this.
After he checked the hole, the doctor looked at my foot and asked if I was using any kind of orthotic. I’m not because I was supposed to get some done once the big hole healed. You know, the one that turned into a bone infection and ended up making the other doctor cut off my toe and part of the foot. Yeah, so much for that idea. He told me “I think it’s time,” and gave me the info for a place near me that does them. Setting up an appointment ASAP once I get up tomorrow.
So I’m still in “a couple more weeks” mode, but like I told my boss on Tuesday I think this two weeks may actually be two weeks. I’ll find out Monday at 9AM.