I am having a skin graft done on Wednesday of this week on a wound that is 1 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long. What should I expect? The wound is on my shin and the donor sight will be from my butt. Does it hurt a lot?
2007-11-10 12:19:28 · 2 answers · asked by Lacey P 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Well, it definitely will be a pain in the ***. You will also be the butt of jokes for a while where you work. Come on, you know that you left yourself open for that.
Grafts will feel uncomfortable for a while until they/it settles in and merges with the host site. You will get some pulling sensations and feelings that if you as much as sneeze, it will fall off. Relax. It won't. Your butt will also feel a little strange and sitting may be interesting. However, everything will come together and you will reemerge as a whole person. Try to relax, even though I know that to be almost impossible. Take advantage of the recovery time to get as much sympathy as you can as long as you do not take advantage of others.
2007-11-10 12:35:52 · answer #1 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it has a Violin shape to it you've been bit by a Brown Recluse. A friend of mine was bitten 6 times in one sitting by one while she was sleeping. You can see that the spider finally ran out of poison towards the last couple bites. Her skin still looks black in some of them after 3 months. She has many other problems internally now because of it so be VERY careful. We ended up catching 3 of them total in her house, always on walls or on the ceiling of her kitchen (Near the garage.) Be careful and call a pest control service immediately. After seeing what I've seen and how the flesh on her foot was literally eaten away to almost the bone. It turned black and there were huge black blisters. When the popped they oozed this black liquid... it was just nasty lol. I hope you weren't bitten by one, that would be horrible.
2016-05-29 03:26:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋