Posted on November 8th, 2008 by daveleft
It’s been a long road with this damn wound and I appreciate all the support. At twenty weeks and one day, the good news is that I am on the last mile of my wound marathon.
For those of you who wonder what a wound marathon looks like, I have posted a few photos to show [...]
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Filed under: Information, Wound
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by daveleft
I see that a lot of “old-timers” have recently posted and figured I hadn’t in a while myself. As some of you know, I was a re-rupture AND had a wound complication. But after the longest summer of my life, this past week has been a good one!
For the first time since the end of [...]
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Filed under: Information, Post-Op, Ramblings
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by daveleft
They say the group is always smarter than the individual. So I thought I’d throw this one out to y’all.
I had an open wound from my second surgery. It has finally scabbed over by leaving it out of the boot and exposed to air. Certainly has taken awhile…over a month. Fortunately, no infection.
My question: now [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by daveleft
FDA calls for urgent warning on tendon risks
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 8, 11:23 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.
The [...]
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