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tenai98

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2nd good looking pic of baha surgery site
« on: October 30, 2009, 02:58:49 pm »

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Nurse said it looks great and should be closed over in roughly two weeks...We figured out a problem with the dressing...seems that the prisma needs to be wet after it is applied for it to turn to gel and it has silver in it for healing....Soooo now when I see the visiting nurse, I will inform her to wet down the prisma....I am so relieved that the site looks awesome
JO ;D
Cant seem to get pic to open ....does anyone else see it???
« Last Edit: October 30, 2009, 03:31:14 pm by tenai98 »
14mmX11mmX11mm left ear
TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7

Jim Scott

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Re: 2nd good looking pic of baha surgery site
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 03:10:14 pm »
Jo ~

Sorry, no image appears - but thanks for the update and congratulations on getting this problem sorted out.

Addendum:  Jo - Your later attempt to post the image apparently worked - and it does look better.  Thanks for making the effort to update us with text and photo.

Jim
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JerseyGirl2

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Re: 2nd good looking pic of baha surgery site
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 03:28:06 pm »
I can see the picture, and the site does look better. Hope it continues to improve even more.

Catherine (JerseyGirl 2)
Translab surgery and BAHA implant: House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, 1/2008
Drs. J. House, Schwartz, Wilkinson, and Stefan
BAHA Intenso, 6/2008
no facial, balance, or vision problems either before or after surgery ... just hearing loss
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Re: 2nd good looking pic of baha surgery site
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 11:33:37 pm »
Hi JO,

I can see the pic. It didn't show up at first but after a couple of seconds VOILA!!! It sure looks good to me! Congratulations! Looking forward to the next step!!!
Jackie
9mm x 11mm Right Side AN mild Tinnitis, and 60% hearing loss
Diagnosed 02/04/2007
Nov.13th, diagnosed with 5mm Meningioma
9/24/08 diagnosed with Aneurysm
Wait and watch per ENT's advice and researching my options!!! What's next???

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Re: 2nd good looking pic of baha surgery site
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2009, 11:26:36 am »
I see it!
Much better, I might add.
I know exactly what you had on your head. We call it silver alginate, in home care. It normally goes over wounds with lots of drainage, and infection. The drainage turns the gauzy stuff to gel.
Looks like it did the trick though!
Maureen
06/06-Translab 3x2.5 vascular L AN- MAMC,Tacoma WA
Facial nerve cut,reanastomosed.Tarsorrhaphy
11/06. Gold weight,tarsorrhaphy reversed
01/08- nerve transposition-(12/7) UW Hospital, Seattle
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tenai98

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Re: 2nd good looking pic of baha surgery site
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 07:00:41 pm »
Donnalynn
It was a piece of prisma...it is suppose to turn to gel with drainage of the wound...but my wound had no drainage so it hardened up...now I have to make sure when the dressing is changed and more prisma is added that saline solution should be added as wll
JO
14mmX11mmX11mm left ear
TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7