I tried it all when I was pregnant with my youngest and had hyperemesis gravidarum for three months, which basically meant I couldn’t get out of bed and had my head in a bucket for around 30+ times a day. I tried anything to stop the nausea and vomiting as it stopped being a novelty of pregnancy after a few days. I couldn’t hack it for so many weeks! I now have quite a phobia of vomiting!
The silly thing was that all the stuff I tried to eat or drink just came back up again so the only thing that might have helped was the seabands, but who knows?
Use the bloody painkillers if only to give you a decent night’s sleep. I don’t have any advice for the skin soreness. I’m allergic to Elastoplast which I discovered after my foot surgery, so I know how dressings can be painful. It’s not like you can moisturise the area as the next dressing wouldn’t stick.
Ye gods - this wound sounds like something out the exorcist, projecting the fluid so far! I bet your girls are standing behind you from now on.
Had to chuckle at you measuring it.
At least the weather is good and you can try and relax in your chair. I’m sure you’re not looking forward to going back in on Friday but let’s hope you cover the doctor in plenty of fluid and he or she says enough is enough and does something to sort it out once and for all. x