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Diabetic post fistula surgery...no home health nurse?

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Biggdirty01
Biggdirty01

hi

i had surgery for an anal fistula and am diabetic. post op, i was given written wound care instructions that seemed copied and pasted and did not describe the extent of the surgery, how deep it was and how either i or my dad could possibly visualize and ended up going mostly unpacked and ive developed a severe infection, pain and drainage.

after 11 days my surgeon finally orders wound care nurse and says how could you have known? she claims

wet gauze covered in dry using sterile water and paper tape

my nurse on day 1 flipped. silver lined packing dry with 4x4 and cotton tape (i screamed trying to rip paper tape off an infected wound).

Ive had to contact Infectious disease doctor myself to avoid waiting for sepsis.

anyone with a deep anal fistula told to self wound care when wound is not able to be approximated...

UCLA you nearly killed me. thank god for patient portals as 72 hours has passed since cultures of infected wound posted and surgeon yet to make a peep

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