In the days following my knee replacement, I’ve had trouble sleeping. This was mostly due to pain as well as simply being unable to get comfortable. I’m a side sleeper or a stomach sleeper. After ...
Ok, I stand by my statement. Healing after surgery like knee replacement can certainly cause extreme fatigue. However, based on my history and for “just in case” purposes, I got blood work done a few ...
Today marks my 2 year kidneyversary! The days, weeks, months, and years leading up to my transplant were difficult. There were a lot of setbacks, and at times I really didn’t even think it would ...
Here it is-the picture stomach scar update from my scar revision on September 14, 2013. I think I’ve devised a better method for taking my stomach pictures. It includes standing up and facing the mirror-as ...
Hey everyone- it’s fistula Fridays! Time for an update on my fistula’s healing progress. I wore the silicone scar strips all week. These pics compare the first set of pics I labelled as “fistula Fridays” ...
So it’s time for stomach scar Sundays! Now what I’ve decided is that I’ll (try and) post progress of my arm on Fridays and my stomach on Sundays. Since Friday had already passed, I’ll post ...
It isn’t big, but yup, it’s there. I picked at it a bit at first, thinking it was perhaps a scab that wanted to stand straight up for some reason. But I realized quickly that ...
I went to see the plastic surgeon on Saturday and he is pretty happy with the progress of my healing scar revision incision. What struck me most was the fact that he said “I’m happy ...
I removed the last of my steri strips from my arm yesterday. It seems as though my arm is healing relatively well. It’s scabby and dry from the scabs, but I don’t want to put ...
So now that I’ve had all of these medical procedures (haha), I’m going to be left with some scars. Before getting my stitches out, I looked up different types of scar management options. Vitamin E ...