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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    Sometimes you can't win for losin'....

    Remember those weeks/months I missed due to health reasons?

    Well, I came up with another problem last week.

    I was working in the woodshop and apparently got a sliver in my left palm. Thought I got it all out at the time, but apparently didn't. Result?

    Celluitis (a severe infection) in my right hand.

    I've been driving 10 miles (one way) to a Henry Ford Hospital clinic to get IV antibiotics every 6 hrs for the last week and had plastic surgery on it 3 days ago.

    I'm due to go back to the surgeons tomorrow afternoon (EDT) and see how well things have progressed.

    If well enough then perhaps an oral dose of more high-intensity antibiotics 'til things improve.

    If not then it's into the hospital I go for 24/7 IV antibiotics and perhaps more surgery. Of course being a mild type-2 diabetic doesn't help mattters at all.

    Wish me luck

    Dr. Mordrid
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 18 July 2004, 12:50.
    Dr. Mordrid
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    • SpiralDragon
      Super MURCer
      • May 2002
      • 3548
      #2
      sory to hear that.... good luck doc...
      "They say that dreams are real only as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"

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        • DGhost
          Super MURCer
          • May 2000
          • 2573
          #3
          ouch... if i was nearby and you could get your hands on the antibiotics i would offer to give you the IV's myself...

          that sucks... hope it heals up quick...
          "And yet, after spending 20+ years trying to evolve the user interface into something better, what's the most powerful improvement Apple was able to make? They finally put a god damned shell back in." -jwz

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            • Helevitia
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 1999
              • 6628
              #4
              Think positive Doc All will be well soon enough.

              Dave
              Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                • UtwigMU
                  Super MURCer
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 5651
                  #5
                  Good luck, hope you recover soon.

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                    • Brian R.
                      Super MURCer
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 3874
                      #6
                      Good luck. Sounds like you need a good magnifier to work on splinters (like I do).

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                        • GNEP
                          Super MURCer
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 5241
                          #7
                          Ouch. Good luck Doc. Am I right in thinking that surface infections tend to affect diabetics more severely? Good luck and look after yourself...
                          DM says: Crunch with Matrox Users@ClimatePrediction.net

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                            • Greebe
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 1999
                              • 8555
                              #8
                              Originally posted by GNEP
                              Ouch. Good luck Doc. Am I right in thinking that surface infections tend to affect diabetics more severely? Good luck and look after yourself...
                              Way more so.
                              "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

                              "Always do good. It will gratify some and astonish the rest." ~Mark Twain

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                                • gt40
                                  This space for rent
                                  • Sep 1999
                                  • 3973
                                  #9
                                  Best of luck Doc.
                                  Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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                                    • RhinoZ
                                      MURCer
                                      • Jul 2001
                                      • 843
                                      #10
                                      Good Luck Dr.

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                                        • Jammrock
                                          The Berserker
                                          • Aug 1999
                                          • 8661
                                          #11
                                          We need Gurm back so he becomes the ill-health magnet instead of Doc.

                                          Good luck, Doc.

                                          Jammrock
                                          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
                                          –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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                                            • Marshmallowman
                                              Super MURCer
                                              • Sep 1999
                                              • 3416
                                              #12
                                              best of luck Doc

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                                                • TransformX
                                                  Super MURCer
                                                  • Sep 2003
                                                  • 4946
                                                  #13
                                                  Best of luck Doc, get well soon.
                                                  "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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                                                    • Brian Ellis
                                                      Super MURCer
                                                      • Sep 1999
                                                      • 9623
                                                      #14
                                                      Has it ulcerated? NASTY However, you can still type

                                                      Bon rétablissement!
                                                      Brian (the devil incarnate)

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                                                        • Jon P. Inghram
                                                          Super MURCer
                                                          • Oct 1999
                                                          • 3878
                                                          #15
                                                          Nasty stuff, hope everything works out.

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