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Anyone have Squamous cell cancer and where?
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@1lalataylor Sorry to hear you're going through this. Staph is common to have on the skin and can happen even after the area is cleansed prior to treatment and/or if there is compromised skin integrity or immunnity or afterwards from the skin around the incision. However, the incidence of this occuring is usually low - but when it does occur it can progres and/or become more challenging to treat so early detection and reporting is important. Did you have signs of reddness/warmth or swelling around the incision, pain, swelling or fever? What improvement have you noticed to date?
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I had alot of redness with sharp pain shooting from the wound upward and across. I went to ER. My lactic acid was elevated above normal. The ER Dr was concerned because of two different staph infections. I did one round Iv IV antibiotics and it went up almost double. So they were going to admit me. Another round of antibiotic and CT scan, x- rays and more blood cultures. Ruling out other complications. After 13hrs in ER the latic acid went back down to normal range. Surgery was March 16th. I still currently have the sharp pain and same redness. That’s after 10days of antibiotics. I see my primary this Wednesday for follow up.
I’m anxious to get this opinion.
I’m surprised this procedure was so difficult.
I did lose my brother to Gorlins syndrome. So it creates higher awareness of skin cancer and infections.