Some things they use...

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Some things docs suggest I use.  Some things not so much.  One thing I have really liked is the stuff they use to clean the skin before putting down bandaging... of several sorts.  No alcohol.  But, apparently it doesn't induce infection, might prevent it?  Dunno.  Just know it works really well.

I went looking, today.  Had to go find one.  They included a few for my wound care.  On the bigger, older, wound.  I just want some more.  Not only does it seem to help the bandage stick, keep infection out, but it makes removing the bandaging a lot easier.

With some of my bandages being changed twice a day, that can make the area cranky.  This stuff, they have used it on some of the daily wound care sites, really... was good.  I just don't have enough to use it for daily.  And I don't want to beg.  Plus, I don't mind having extra around.

From now on, with what I have learned, I will take care of wounds quickly, and solidly.  I have some measure of gauging how much fluid a wound is putting out, and what works better with that level of fluid flow.  I have bandaging for various levels of that, and will probably be getting materials for the last stage of that.  So... can... do some solid fixing

I won't let wounds go this long, again.  And, while I will bandage myself, if that isn't working quickly enough, I'll get in.  Let them do what I can't seem to do.  Try new things, monitor more closely, and be ready with the antibiotics, if needed.  Or whatever else.

I'm lucky that didn't go really bad.  Yeah, having the right stuff, if you are very vulnerable to wounds, is... just the best way to go.  On the good side, so far, I am able to find the exact stuff they are using, and other items similar to it.  So I can... shop around a bit.  Money?  What is money compared to losing a leg, or going through severe sepsis?  I'll get what I can, through medical, but will buy what I must.

Wounds are doing better, the new ones.  I'll see about the old one later today.  Ugh.  Sure hoping that is improving.  The bruise, as mentioned, is a good deal better... if... I am sensing things correctly.  Still sore, all over, and in newer places.  But... the recovery seems to be doing well, too.  Later.