Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Dear Jeff, I totally agree with your assessment--and I didn't cringe :-) Keratosis is what my hubby has on his face. It's from sun damage. He uses 5FU cream and it goes away. It ain't nothing like PG. If a dematologst can't tell one from the other, I'd look for a different doctor. As always Jeff you have taken the complicated issue of PG and made it understandable. I hope our lurking PG members read these important posts. Maybe in the future we should alert members when the posts concerns PG so they can be spotted easily. Love, > > > > > > Hello Jeff: > > > > Thank you so much for wanting to talk with me.. I have Fms Thyroid > problems, that I take meds for, Very bad degenerative changes, osteo > arthristis bone spurs and disc problems, in the Cervical spine. > > > > Over one full year ago, I woke up with a swollen face slits for > eyes and under my eyes were black and blue. I have never ever had > anything like this nature happen to me! > > > > A purple like lump appeared on my forehead. It was huge oval shaped > and painful. I hit the lump on the kitchen table hanging lamp witch > opened it up and I was bleeding non stop. This huge lump consisted of > only blood and inflamed!! I went to a dermatologist and he took > pictures of it put me on antibiotics and said come back in a month. I > came back in a month and it was larger! We continued the antibiotics > and creams. This was 6 months of back and forth, until he decided to > do a biopsy.. > > > > I called the office in a few weeks and got the results as a Benign > Keratosis. Continued on antibiotics. Then back again where it got > even bigger.. It measured 5 inches long and 5 inches wide! Then I was > sent to a plastic surgeon. She said she could do nothing for it and > gave me some wound closing ointment! I almost died when I applied > that!! It felt like crazy glue trying to pull the open wound to close! > > > > Went back to the dermatologist and had three Drs come in the room > and look at it and say Oh this is a hard one. Then one Drs Mentioned > Pyoderma G and looked at my lower legs where there were scars from > previous small sores. These sores would itch blister then break > causing infection. > > > > My body now burns like fire everywhere from within.. Everything > hurts the worst being my neck and upper back I can not move it for it > is so stiff and I developed a hump under my neck, when touched > electrical shocks everywhere. > > > > I know this is a long story but there is more also.. But now the > Drs washed there hands of me and told me to go to a medical > university which is not so easy having medicaid... How can a benign > Keratosis turn to pyoderma. Is this a guess on there part??? I use to > get allergy injections for mold etc at one time and stopped because I > had to travel far. I wonder if allergies may play a role.. I do not > want to have to go through extensive testing that is requested for > pyoderma.. I am a walking mess!! > > > > Thanks for listening, > > > > mary~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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