Sunday, March 26, 2023
Meet my new best friend part 2
Wednesday
Oh my gracious please make the itching stop!!! Yes i have done Destin, cortizone 10 creme and rubbing it. The tubing is long, it keeps hitting my leg as I walk, hmmmm gonna have to figure out how to put it in my lovely case so it doesn't trip me. Hang on it's stuck on a cabinet knob, ok we are good now. Man when it gets around a knob it pulls on my stomach. Today is the first day of changing the wound vac. The itching is getting worse and I'm trying to ignore it. I take my meds that will help with the changing of it. Yay, i get to get a shower. I know crazy but you can only take showers on the days you are getting your wound vac changed. There is a process, you first must stop the machine from suctioning then turn off the machine then you make sure your clamps are in place on the tubing. Now make sure to be careful of the tubing thats hanging from your wound (in my case its my belly). If you take a shower on the days they are not changing the tubing out you run the risk of getting water in the tape and the black foam and then it sits there and you have a lot of moisture which creates germs and could cause infection. My home health nurse is here and shes great, I have the very best. She starts taking off tape, and then takes rhe foam out of the tunnels and then cleans it, now time to repack and yes more tape. I should have invested in tape. I feel like I am keeping the medical companies up n running. The top tunnel is my problem child and will cause me pain so why should today be any different.
Thursday
It's an off day, time to walk and get active. Wait where is the cross body strap, now I see it. The bag even has a place for my phone. The wound vac is easy to keep around as long as you are aware of the tubing and where it's at. This afternoon I'm headed out to whole foods with a couple of friends. Yes my new friend went with me. If people were looking I didn't notice. I did see where I can put the tubing at so it isn't as long and I'm not tripping over it. The itching is just out of control no matter what I do. I hope we figure it out soon. We stop by trader joes and same thing if people are looking I don't notice. Now to a restaurant food is delicious and my friend sits in a chair beside me. Now I'm home trying to sleep but the itching......if I scream do you think that will be ok?
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