Jackie-response to difficulty healing-anyone else?

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Thanks for the kind words Jackie. Amazingly enough,

my CU symptoms have been almost non-existent since I

have had this " wound " . I guess that my histamine is

busy elsewhere. It is just hard to enjoy my

" remission " when I am in pain and feeling so bad from

all of these antibiotics and the infection.

Joan

--- Jackie Vaughan wrote:

> Hi Joan. Sorry you're going through such a rough

> time. I don't heal worth a

> darn, never have. Seems quite common with masto,

> from what I've been

> reading. I've always figured it was connected

> somehow to my CU. Strange

> thing, though, I read that mast cells are part of

> the healing process - they

> congregate at the site of a wound. When you feel

> itching at a wound site,

> it's because of histamine released by the mast

> cells. Go figure that one out

> - you would think with all this stuff running

> rampant in our bodies, we

> would heal faster than normal.

>

> I have found the Gastrocream has made a difference

> in wound healing. Instead

> of a scratch taking a month to completely heal, now

> it only takes a week.

>

> Hope you're feeling better soon.

>

> Air hugs,

> Jackie

>

> Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

>

>

>

>

> ----Original Message Follows----

>

> Reply-To: urticaria

> To: urticaria

> Subject: difficulty healing-anyone else?

> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:17:19 -0800 (PST)

>

> Hi Friends?

>

> I am having great difficulty healing from an injury

> that occured back during the summer. I injured my

> right calf in early July. Developed cellulitis

> twice,

> did the antibiotic thing several times. Had

> physical

> therapy. Major problems with swelling, had fluid

> drained off three times, steroids injected into leg

> twice. When they started talking major surgery, went

> to a wound care doctor who told me he could take

> care

> of it w/o major surgery. A four-inch incision was

> made in my calf the week before Thanksgiving and it

> WAS NOT closed. Fluid has been allowed to drain off

> thru the incision. I do dressing changes several

> times per day. The leg has become infected again

> and

> I am on Cipro and Clindamycin. After 5 days of

> these

> strong antibiotics, leg looks only slightly better.

> I

> am so tired all of the time and have no energy. I

> am

> not diabetic, has anyone else out there had any

> complications healing that they felt were related to

> CU???????? The two things may not be related at

> all.

> I just don't understand why I am having such a

> difficult time getting well.

>

> Any and all thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.

>

> Joan

>

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