Still healing
It’s the weekend so I’m having to go to the NHS walkin centre - they measured the wound and it is currently 3cm wide by 1cm high by 1.2cm deep which means it has shrunk in volume by 60%, although depthwise it still has a way to go (I really like the way whenever someone sees it for the first time they comment on how deep it is).
Since the procedure it has been packed with something called aquasorb and at the doctors dressed using Mepore. The walk-in centre uses Tegaderm. Mepore is rubbish since it will not stick to my back properly and Ruth has to keep sealing it with surgical tape to stop the dressing falling off, Tegaderm seems to stick better but I think it irritates my skin. From Monday it will packed on alternate days (hurrah!) using something called sorbsan which is apparently better for smaller wounds.
Work has been really considerate considering every day this week I’ve had to leave work during the day, drive to the surgery (12 miles away from work) and drive back which has probably resulted in a man day lost. Having said that one of the practice nurses said that if there was any bother they’d have to sign me off work - so obviously from work’s point of view this is the better way.
I would kill for a shower - washing my hair over the bath is annoying and although I’m washing I feel dirty.