Just a quick background summary:
I have a pretty serious infection from lap band surgery in 06 that was diagnosed as pseudomonas. It has caused the tubing of the band to actually protrude through my stomach leaving a draining wound. My surgeon has attempted going in, cleaning it out, and burying the band, but the infection continues to find the path of least resistance and reopen the wound. I've been on oral antibiotics, and was hospitalized for a week to receive IV antibiotics, which did not help.
My question is, how long can I live w/ this infection? I know it's not something that's going to go away on it's own, but it won't kill me.... will it? I guess I'm wondering how worried I need to be.
2007-12-25
15:45:18
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Lyndsey G
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Infectious Diseases