A dark & dingy 7.3 this morning .
Biblical rain here Wednesday night...looks a drier day today.
Meeting up with nephews & Steph later, first social event since our holidays ...looking forward to it immensely.
Mixed bag this week.
Saw plastic surgeon for post op assessment other day. (19 months in )
Simply confirmed prev experts opinion that healing has ended.
And likely arthritis is what's causing the degeneration in knee.
Interesting point cleared up.
(I know it's not for everyone, but I'm one who thrives better 'knowing how something works' )
As he examined scars, ( he was yet another doctor marvelling at the surgeons skill...so I'm going to have to accept so many positives as a good sign, & thank my lucky stars for that surgeons skills )
He explained how skin from forearm was used to cover the hole left by all the flesh that had died or was lost due to contamination from the gravel etc, in & on the leg.
The 'flap' as they call it, is the size of your hands palm, yet my forearm scarring is from wrist to elbow.
He explained that while it looks like skin only, it's the entire layer of flesh below it that's gets transplanted. , and that requires veins to feed it in its new location ...( Makes sense, once I thought about it sensibly )
But as leg was so severely damaged,
( Scar above flap is where bone broke through the skin, so not a suitable site ) the only places for the 'feed' for the new vein to be plumbed in had to be higher up my leg then desired.
Hence why my arm scar is so extensive, as they needed a longer amount of vein than desirable, but that did increase the chances of a successful transplant ...which it did TG.
So, once again, every day's a school day.
Hope you all have as good a day as I'm expecting to have
Love.