quick update ~

Wednesday -

Infectious Disease was not in any hurry to get back to me (but hey - I figure if they're not worried, why should I be?) But finally got a call this morning and they said as long as I took all of my Zyvox (which I did) then that should have taken care of it; therefor he's not so sure it's an infection. He suggested I contact my plastic surgeon and see what she thinks in regards to the tissue expander.

In the meantime, I had realized I still had some prescription antibiotic (Clindamycin) left over, from before the Zyvox (that they switched me off of) so I asked the nurse about taking that. She said it sure wouldn't hurt anything - so I've gone back on that.

The plastic surgeons nurse asked some details about how it looked and took the "let's wait and see" attitude. Fine by me : ) She did say though, that if it rapidly deteriorates, to call them right away and they will remove the tissue expanders to put the implants in. We are thinking (hoping) that it is the tissue expander itself which is causing me problems. Tissue expanders are hard and have more of a "frame" or edge to them than implants do. The redness always occurs on that 'corner' where my skin was thin & where she feared it may end up poking through (which thankfully it never did).

So there's the update and plan. Though I'd thought I would wait until October for the surgery to switch them out, it now appears as if I'll do so sooner rather than later. That's fine too. As long as I can keep them I don't care : )

Will keep you posted as to any changes ~