Monday, 28 April 2014

6-7 April: Suspicious swelling

It was past midnight on a Sunday when there was a worrying swelling on the wound, together with what looked like pus buildup.  Gosh, how can there be infection after nearly 2 months of healing progress?  Feelings of dread washed over me.  Emailed some pictures to the doctor despite feeling bad that I was disturbing him at such a late hour.  He replied 5 minutes later (bless his heart!) and though the picture wasn't clear, he wanted me to get checked in the morning.   He would arrange for somebody else to see me as he was operating,.  That gave a smidgen of comfort. 

Reported at 9.30 am the next morning but had to wait a while before getting seen by Dr A, a rather young doctor.  He didn't think it was serious but scheduled me for an MRI the next morning at 8 am, to be on the safe side.  It would cost a whopping $1,200!

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