Re: Post-chemotherapy question



bido wrote:

> My mother had a tumor (around her thigh) removed around 18 months ago.
> Although the tumor is gone, the wound left from the surgery still
> didn't heal despite numerous attempts to close it. Some doctors said it
> is probably due to "too much" chemotherapy and the fact that she has
> diabetes (although not significant). The latest development is that the
> bone started to show up.
> My question is, is there any treatment, anywhere, for this kind of
> issue. Is it normal that it took all this time for this wound and it
> still didn't close up. Some doctors said that the fact that the bone
> started to appear is a very bad sign and might mean that they will have
> to amputate her leg.
>

Update?
J

.



Relevant Pages

  • Post-chemotherapy question
    ... My mother had a tumor removed around 18 months ago. ... the wound left from the surgery still ... Some doctors said that the fact that the bone ...
    (sci.med.diseases.cancer)
  • Re: OT: Whats Going On.
    ... blood test, and at the specialist's suggestion, an MRI. ... tumor was not causing her symptoms. ... More so than the damned doctors.) ... I'm sitting around drinking beer and playing guitar. ...
    (rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic)
  • DOCTORS IGNORE TUMOR, TELL MAN HES FAT
    ... Doctors ignore tumor, tell man he's fat ... Reading, England, March 15 - British doctors somehow ... missed finding a 55-pound tumor growing in a man's ... provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. ...
    (sci.med)
  • Re: OT: Whats Going On.
    ... blood test, and at the specialist's suggestion, an MRI. ... tumor was not causing her symptoms. ... More so than the damned doctors.) ... I'm sitting around drinking beer and playing guitar. ...
    (rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic)
  • Re: OT: Whats Going On.
    ... blood test, and at the specialist's suggestion, an MRI. ... tumor was not causing her symptoms. ... More so than the damned doctors.) ... I'm sitting around drinking beer and playing guitar. ...
    (rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic)