Having spent time in hospital and hooked to the most powerful antibiotic drug, presently known to medical science, said drug fighting my blood poisoning has left me some what confused and time constrained as it is time consuming and makes me want to sleep a lot, more than usual, plus other unpleasant side effects
I will complete my present regime of drug IV drips this coming Monday. Then my personal family doctor has been advised of two further drugs to try. If all else fails then a trip to the infectious bacteria facility in the big city hospital and specialist is the next step I have been tested for Covid and blood clots in my leg which have all been negative, but some excess fluid around the heart is some what concerning
I do not have any external bacteria other than what you or anybody would have on the skin surface
Also, the infection has stopped getting worse but any gains in fighting the infection seem slim to nothing at present, thus the continued drug administration
I have a needle permanently inserted into my arm which is inserted into a vein on either arm, with an approx 12" small tube attached. They use which ever arm they can find a useable vein, as this drug is very corrosive and destroys available veins.. I am now able to have my wife administer the IV drip, unless the needle becomes dislodged from the vein. I have to know if and when this happens and then go to the nearest and fastest people who will disconnect the needle and then insert in a new location in a vein. I am scheduled for a different administration drip site using a long tube, with the tube attached. Said tube is out side my body but then connects to the internal tube, for hook up to the IV drip. The internal tube goes up my arm vein and circles around the breast bone vicinity and ends close to my heart. This is to eliminate the need for a needle in a vein on my arms, as the drug goes directly to my blood stream. This procedure happens next Tuesday and after several questions which would simply bore you, plus some questions about how long a possible drip is needed, I think I need the procedure
At present I spend some 12-14 hrs daily with my drug IV drip of medications, hooked to my arm, plus extra sleep needed, thus my absence from the forum
I am currently typing this with a needle inserted into my arm with a valve at the end of approx 12" of tube to hook up to the IV drip, but no IV drip for a few short hrs, just now. I tape the tube to my arm to try and keep it close to my arm and in less danger of being caught on something and ripped out of my arm.. I just got unhooked at approx 12 o.clock and will need my other shorter IV hooked up very shortly. I am on two different IV drips, thus the long hours hooked to an IV. I am also still bandaging my diabetic ulcer on my foot which is almost cured
The good news is, after several blood samples and labs involved, plus an ultra sound there is no blood clot, no sign of external bacteria, other than normal bacteria and no sign of the blood disease spreading to other organs, plus the diabetic ulcer is almost cured.. Of coarse any thing could happen, but staying positive, careful of what I do {I missed my son at the local race track last nite] All I have to do is wait for a drug cock tail that will kill the present blood disease
I feel good, just careful about the hanging tube connected to the needle inserted into my arm, that I don't catch it on some thing and rip the needle out of my arm. I also have to wrap my arm and foot,, to try and keep everything dry when showering
I wish the very best to the folks on the forum and I read the forum every day.
I sold some new crop corn at a higher price than todays price, so I will have some thing to harvest, and sell at a decent price although the monsoon rain events did some damage for sure. Killed some corn and beans where water could not get away fast enough. No idea how much damage until the combine gets going. I image every farm will be different. As for sweet corn, any place/field [as we plant in small plots of the larger field for harvesting and marketing schedules] not damaged by water, is approx 400 units/acre this yr. vs 250 on a normal yr. This was a surprise and a scramble to find extra markets. As of now, sweeet corn folks are shipping chilled corn, which then goes in reefers and trucked to the Florida market
It would be good if our commercial corn would average out to a normal yield but I doubt we will have normal this yr. due to excess water.
Wayne, you are in our hearts and prayers. Keep improving and stay strong
Wayne,
I'm sorry to hear that you are still under extreme physical duress from this.
It sounds like they have it under control. For those not familiar with what's going on with Wayne, if they didn't/don't get it under control it can turn fatal pretty quickly for an older guy.
But it sounds like you have some good Canadian medicine taking care of you!
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/73302/#73350
How old are you Wayne?
You sound pretty sharp and stay active, while using a computer to stay connected so hopefully, you have another couple of decades left in you.
My dad turns 96 in less than a month.
Glad to see you back here. That's a real good sign Wayne!
So your foot is almost healed up?
At any point were they discussing a possible amputation?
Wow
As long as it continues to head towards positive healing territory!
What brought this on in the first place?
John
Wayne,
Although it sounds like you’re making progress, thank goodness, I will include you in our daily prayers that we say for those who could use a little extra help in the hopes of getting you completely recovered sooner.
John,
Wayne had a diabetic foot ulcer that got severely infected and the infection got into his blood and apparently was systemic.
I've been taking educated guesses on what's going on based on what he initially told us.
These were his previous comments:
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/73302/#73325
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/73302/#73394
Diabetics have poor blood flow and your feet are the farthest away from you heart, so they get the least amount of blood. We need the nutrients in blood to help heal sores.
Diabetics also often have nerve damage, so they can get a sore on one of their feet and not really feel it or attend to it....allowing it to get infected. The infection won't heal because there's insufficient blood flow and it gets worse and worse until suddenly, they're in the hospital facing an emergency.
Sometimes, because the diabetics foot won't heal, it becomes a source of continual infection that gets into the patients blood and travels everywhere in their body..........and threatens to kill them.
If they can't heal the foot and the infection is bad, it can get down to whether to keep trying to heal the foot or cutting off the damaged, infected area.
If the blood vessels in his foot are wrecked beyond repairing themselves from the diabetes/infection, it's better to lose the foot then to risk losing their life.
Is your infection staff, Wayne?
It does sound like he's going to recover, right Wayne?
I'm not a doctor but I just play one at MarketForum (-:
But seriously, this is major stuff. I don't know Wayne's exact medical condition and health but diabetes, especially diabetes not being properly managed can ruin your body in all sorts of ways........which shortens your life span.
I'm sure Wayne's doctors have made that crystal clear to him.
https://bmcsurg.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2482-14-83
Diabetic Foot Problems
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/foot-problems
But, second study suggests that intensive blood sugar management can make a difference
Wayne,
We don't want to lose you, man. Keep healing so we still have our lone Canuck posting strong!
Do they use that term up there?
Hopefully not taken as being derogatory.
Mike-thankyou for that
yw John!
Wayne,
I'm sorry to hear about your ongoing health issues. I didn't know you were dealing with this.
Lately I've been mentally drained and strained dealing with my Crohn's disease and associated complications (perianal fistula and abscess which required surgical intervention and the placement of a seton drain).
Before we knew what and where my abscess was my surgeon had put me on oral antibiotics to help avoid a blood infection, which is not uncommon among Crohn's patients who experience an abscess. I was lucky in that everything looks like I avoided a blood infection.
That being said, I've been quite depressed lately because I'm starting a new drug (Stelara) and if this doesn't work, my doctor and I basically have no good options left for the treatment of my Crohn's. However, reading about situations like yours serves as a clear reminder that there are those in this world that are dealing with far worse and far more scary issues than what I'm experiencing.
I really hope your medical team are able to improve your quality of life.
Stelara sounds like an interesting drug that suppresses your immune system and calms it down. I’ll try to read more.
I’ve been taking prednisone for 27 years to do the same thing for an autoimmune disorder.
Hey everybody
Many tks for your concern and best wishes/prayers etc
And no, Canuck is acceptable, even a badge of honour we wear with pride. It means we are different from our cousins in the south. Nobody else in the whole world is a Canuck except Canadians
I am starting a new regime of treatment today and getting more specialist on board
I suppose this will test our social medical system in Canada, as to a waiting period or?? for more people to come on board, now or when??? I have so many appointments now it seems impossible to see anybody else.
I have no idea what the future holds for me and to the best of my knowledge, neither does anybody else
The blood infection is not improving, which has everybody sort of thrashing around with no answers, but as I said more people are coming on board. The diabetic ulcer is doing great, The best I can do is follow instructions exactly as instructed, to give any treatment a chance for some thing to improve.
I feel good, have no depressing thoughts, my vital signs such as sugar levels, blood pressure etc. are all good. I will accept what ever comes and live with it
I read as many posts as I can and enjoy all thoughts and messages posted on MF
We are having a heat wave in this part of the country so staying inside with AC isn't such a bad life, when you think about it.
I can do house keeping chores and even cook meals, for the two of us, clean up after, etc. when not hooked up to an IV drip. I can move freely when hooked to the IV but am careful to not snag the line and rip the thin cord out of my arm. That means even simple things such as cabinet drawer handles can be dangerous if snagged or caught on the IV drip cord.
Best wishes to everybody and keep posting your thoughts
It's good that your foot has healed, however the blood infection has not.
I don't know enough about your medical situation to understand that part.
Is it a staff infection in your blood?
Glad to hear that you are alive and doing pretty good in some respects. We will pray for you and look forward to many posts to come.
Hiya Wanye
Glad you keep checking in.
Youre quite an important vital sign for this forum!
John