Cellulitis again. Possibly

[lexin]

Just got back from the doctor.

I woke up yesterday with my left leg leaking fluid from a little scar. It leaked all day, being a pest. I kept hoping it would stop, but it didn’t.

For a nanosecond I considered taking it to Ysbyty Gwynedd, but the idea of A&E on a Bank Holiday Monday froze the gizzard. I would have been there all day long on those awful chairs. And I didn’t think it urgent enough to bother them with.

This morning I took a couple of pictures and used my doctors online consultation thingy, where I described the symptoms and attached a photo.

Inside ten minutes I got a phone call telling me to come in and get it seen. So I trotted off out and waited about half an hour. The doctor has prescribed an antibiotic, the same one I was given in May for cellulitis on my other leg. I am under instructions to elevate my leg and take the medication as instructed on the pack. They also gave me a wraparound thing to catch the drips. It seems that if I had left it much longer it would have become either cellulitis or sepsis. Neither of these appeal much.

Then I went to the Crosville Club for lunch - and was just in time. Go me! They close for some reason at 12:45.

Now, to elevate the leg.

Comments

[aunty_marion]

Stop leaking, dammit! What are you, a government department? No, take care of yourself. Good that you saw the doctor & had it looked at and treated

[lexin]

Absolutely! It’s still leaking even now, I have to go to the doctor tomorrow for a blood test so they will check on it then. People on FB are leaning on me to see if I can’t get them to refer me to a nurse specialising in lymphoedema. I will try.

[emrinalexander]

I'm so glad you got in to see the doctor. Annie let a "tiny nothing drip" of hers go and didn't tell me about it until she wound up in the hospital with sepsis.

[lexin]

Oh, dear. No, the moment it started, I thought, “This is a doctor job.” The only question being could I face going to A&E.