Snerd's Huge Gaping Wound

limr · Apr 11, 2015

snerd said:
I got $5 bucks says she'll come look anyway!

You win $5!!!

Though to be fair, I only opened the thread today and I did so on my phone so the picture would be teeny tiny and I could scroll fast and not really see it.

shefjr · Apr 11, 2015

pixmedic said:
eh...
ive seen worse.

Ditto.

DarkShadow · Apr 11, 2015

Oh no,not again.I have seen worse but not surgery related.Get well and hope the infection stays away for ever.

407370 · Apr 11, 2015

It is only a flesh wound.

Seriously get better soon

runnah · Apr 11, 2015

We are just meat!

snerd · Apr 11, 2015

tecboy said:
This is neat! You are alive and awake during the operation. You just look like an undead zombie.

The Zombie Apocalypse is closer than you think..................

snerd · Apr 11, 2015

runnah said:
We are just meat!

Reminds me of something an artist friend posted on FB. Something about we are just meat skeletons hurtling through space.

snerd · Apr 14, 2015

I'm beginning to be a believer in this vac pump Negative Pressure Wound Therapy! The wound has closed almost 50% in a little over a week! Doc said it looked good, no smell, closing, and looked "red and meaty" like he wants.

The bottom is just a drop of blood. The discolored area is called "slough". It's where red blood cells gather to fight the infection, then die. That's the result. He simply scraped it off. Well, maybe simple for him, it hurt like hell to me! Continue vac pump and antibiotics for 2-3 more weeks.

snerd · Apr 14, 2015

Here's what it looks like when sponge is inserted and taped, then hooked to vac pump.

snerd · Apr 14, 2015

The tape is doing in my skin, though! Raw in a couple of spots. They said it can be pretty rough on the skin. Gave me some collagen.

Gary A. · Apr 14, 2015

You got less than a week to stick your finger in and wiggle it.

ronlane · Apr 15, 2015

Dang @snerd, that's not conducive to us going on that photowalk.

snerd · Apr 16, 2015

ronlane said:
Dang @snerd, that's not conducive to us going on that photowalk.

I'm telling you, I can't catch a break lately! I've been the picture of health most of my life! Then 2007 rolled around, and it's been downhill ever since! Hemorrhoid surgery, back surgery, another back surgery, shoulder replacement, gall bladder surgery, 2 more shoulder surgeries, now shoulder infection and trying to kill it and heal the infected shoulder wound! The real kicker is the recovery time after each.................. it's getting longer and longer each time!