Hopefully, we’ll be on course for improvement again. \u00a0The nurses that do this compression bandaging have additional training. Rachel, in particular, its her specialisation and set up the original compression care plan.<\/p>\n
There is a bit of conflict between the nurses and doctors at this point. The wound care and compression treatment can increase the risk of the infection as, basically, its squeezing the bad stuff out of the leg. The treatment plan indicates that a longer term course of a mild antibiotic may be warranted to stop this happening. Trouble is the nurses have to get the Dr\u2019s to sign the prescription and they\u2019ve all had the memo about antibiotic resistance without the specialist knowledge that in this case mandates it and won\u2019t sign the chit.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d argue that six courses of flucloxacillin does more for compromising antibiotic immunity than a long low dose of a milder one.<\/p>\n
Rachel failed but Sharron last Wednesday got somewhere and sent me a message to make an appointment to see a Doctor to discuss.\u00a0 The trouble with that is that, like many, you can end up with a random doctor. Our surgery has 20 Drs and 3 sites. I\u2019ve never seen the one that is my nominated doctor.<\/p>\n
The other slight advantage of this mornings medical mobbing was that Duty Doc Carolyn was able to say \u201cyou\u2019re best seeing Dr Vanessa for this issue\u201d and Tanya made an appointment bypassing the receptionists.\u00a0 [should add that the receptionists are generally very good but are up against it with too many people for too few appointments]<\/p>\n
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<\/a>We left the wonky leg looking much better last Tuesday immediately prior to it being placed in the next round of compression bandages and feeling a lot more confident it was getting better as the improvement in three weeks was remarkable.<\/p>\n