Cautherization???
Love and prayers, Judy(grandma047)
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Judy -
You are probably thinking of "cauterize". It is a process whereby they burn the open ends of blood vessels closed. You probably are bleeing from very small blood vessels so they cauterized the wound to close them off so they will stop bleeding.
Glad you're doing better!
- SpongeBob0 -
Cauterizing is a rather common practice, a small probe puts an electric charge to the point of bleding, and burns the tissue and causes the bleeding vessels to seal up. Cauterization is usually used for slight bleeding, nothing major, so your bleeding was probably minor although it probably looked a lot worse. Hope this helps,...Carl0
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Radiation did a number on my bottom and I had a plastic surgeon on the team for a year doing wound mangement. She used silver nitrate to cauterize weeping and bleeding. I wore diapers because of the leakage. It was nice to don a pair of white cotton panties after that.
Glad you lost the catheter. Of all the tubes sticking out of me over the years I hated that foley with a vengeance.
It will probably take a long time to heal but it will happen. Just hang in there.
Aspaysia. Don't let my profile scare you. Everyone heals at their own pace.0 -
White cotton??? AssP...aspaysia said:Radiation did a number on my bottom and I had a plastic surgeon on the team for a year doing wound mangement. She used silver nitrate to cauterize weeping and bleeding. I wore diapers because of the leakage. It was nice to don a pair of white cotton panties after that.
Glad you lost the catheter. Of all the tubes sticking out of me over the years I hated that foley with a vengeance.
It will probably take a long time to heal but it will happen. Just hang in there.
Aspaysia. Don't let my profile scare you. Everyone heals at their own pace.
I had you figured for a black silk/red lace kinda gal!0
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