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@burrkay An infection in a bone is a serious matter, and needs to be addressed by a medical professional. There are no medical professionals on Connect, and a doctor needs to evaluate your condition in order to advise treatment. I have a friend who had an infection related to hardware from an ankle fracture. She had several surgical procedures ( 7 or 8 ) to remove diseased tissue and had a wound vac attached pulling out the fluid. She was in a rehab nursing home and came close to needing an amputation. This is a serious condition and should be discussed with your surgeon for your knee replacement as soon as possible. Have you sought medical attention for this infectious condition? Would you please follow up and update me about your progress in healing?
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Jennifer-
Please understand, the wound is on the ankle bone, and although it had not fully healed the doctor at the wound center gave me the option in August of continuing my weekly follow ups or watching it on my own for awhile with the understanding that if it bothered me much longer I’d come back in to have it checked. I opted for the latter…I re-injured it in September and have been treating it at home with topical antibiotics. It just refused to totally heal, so I re-upped with him this week, and he seemed quite concerned, prescribing a heavy dose of antibiotics capsules, and instructions for keeping it clean and treating it with a new dressing each day.
I understand it’s serious and don’t intend to ignore it.
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Thank you Jennifer-
Yes I’m being treated at the Baptist Hospital- Wound Center here in Arkansas with a weekly follow up, antibiotics, and next week an X-ray…I’ll be calling my ortho surgeon Monday for an appointment…my daughter in law’s cousin (a MD) also says it’s serious and deserves immediate attention!
The process so far has been way too slow…concerning to me…since May this year!
Take care!