Day 14

 I woke up to find that my hands were so dry they were pealing... I was really confused my hands have NEVER been dry.. or at least not that dry. I just couldn't figure it out. I put lotion on and ignored it. When the nurse got here we realized that my supplies had not came and she ordered them on the 22nd. Luckily she had some extra stuff so we could get my dressing changed. The area where the graft did not take bled a little, but not as much as before. The graft site is looking okay, there is still some dry blood on the top part. My staples don't hurt nearly as much as they did before.. yay!

From Hidradenitis Suppurativa

I highly doubt I will get my staples out Tuesday based on the fact that you can still see some meshing. We will see what it looks like tomorrow...

My nurse says the donor site is looking great... It's dark brown/red in color with cracks in it, which seems weird to me... but what do I know lol. It doesn't hurt anymore so that's great. Hopefully I get to have the Tegaderm off for good tomorrow!

From Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Later on that night I reached up to scratch my face and realized that my face was dryer than my hands had been this morning. At this point I was really confused. I've been drinking plenty of water, haven't put lotion on but I don't normally anyway. I decided I was going to look up side effects of the Neurontin... and go figure one of the is very dry skin. At least I knew what was causing it now. Seems as my leg is not burning anymore I figure I don't need to take it. Hopefully my skin recovers soon, I have been using lotion. Another side effect of the Neurontin is back pain, which I figure explains the awful back pain I had one day.

Going to write todays .....