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Hello everyone and Happy (and Healthy) New Year!
I was just wondering if anyone else experienced a pressure sore on their head after valve surgery (or actually any surgery).
I have a spot about an inch + in diameter on the back of my head. It is sort of crusty like a scab on the outside "ring" and has an indentation in the center. It doesn't really hurt...it's just really ugly. Initially it looked as if it had been bleeding and also had a bruised look around it.
Hospital staff and doctors just sort of said, well, try and keep off of it, etc. No real explanation.
Honestly, I was beginning to think that they dropped me at some point as I also have a really sore place (getting better, though) on my rear. But the head never really hurt, so It can't have been from a fall or a blow....
Description is from other folks as I can't see it very well, just feel it.
I am now about 3 1/2 weeks out of surgery and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
I will bring it up to the surgeon on 1/4 and to my cardio and my primary the week after.
Just wondering if anyone had similar issues.
Thanks.
I was just wondering if anyone else experienced a pressure sore on their head after valve surgery (or actually any surgery).
I have a spot about an inch + in diameter on the back of my head. It is sort of crusty like a scab on the outside "ring" and has an indentation in the center. It doesn't really hurt...it's just really ugly. Initially it looked as if it had been bleeding and also had a bruised look around it.
Hospital staff and doctors just sort of said, well, try and keep off of it, etc. No real explanation.
Honestly, I was beginning to think that they dropped me at some point as I also have a really sore place (getting better, though) on my rear. But the head never really hurt, so It can't have been from a fall or a blow....
Description is from other folks as I can't see it very well, just feel it.
I am now about 3 1/2 weeks out of surgery and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
I will bring it up to the surgeon on 1/4 and to my cardio and my primary the week after.
Just wondering if anyone had similar issues.
Thanks.