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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Actually, no, or I’d have gotten help earlier. It started swelling and the leg skin felt stretched — hence the glistening in one pic, where I tried to oil the skin for softness.
My late BF had a lot of cellulitis too, and didn’t complain of pain. Wonder if yours is crossing fibers with your shingles…
If you are still in hospital, can they try bigger pain meds, like morphine?
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Hi: that's odd. Maybe you two were smarter and got help sooner. I kept thinking that the swelling was due to the prednisone (which, to be fair, a lot of it was--my right leg was swelling like a giant tuber, too!!!), so...I didn't get help UNTIL it really started to bloody hurt. Duh.
I can't even recall how long the leg/foot has been red now, but it still hurts to stand and walk on. Standing in one place for any length of time--I mean, ANY--is not on. Walking--I stand up, wait for the pain to pass (as the blood apparently rushes in some damned direction) and then proceed.
URGH on the pain meds. I won't even tell you what's going on with those but thankfully, I have SOME so that's helping.
Hitch