So a few days have passed since my Exam Under Anaesthetic (EUA) on Wednesday. The procedure went well and I was discharged as planned on the same day. No collection was found and there was no evidence of anything being left behind which has stopped it healing.

This is of course good and bad news – no evidence of infection or collection is good, but it does mean we don’t have a reason for the slow healing! In between the plastic surgeon appointment and the EUA I did have a weekend where the wound bleed quite a bitnmore than it had been – it may be that if there was something physical there it has now passed.

So whilst I did not come away with any answers, I did come away with a new treatment plan. I have been prescribed a medication called Ortem – a topical metronizadole ointment. As I discovered when I tried to get it fromt he pharmacy (mor eon that in a moment) it is not yet fully licenced in the UK – however there has been some very encouraging research into this kind of wound being treated with it.

Now the hospital pharmacy didn’t have it, but I was told it should be available from my usual pharmacy. I got home mid-afternoon, and was going to have a little sleep, but decided to just call them and check if they had it – I thought perhaps they might need to order it in However, it didn’t appear on the computer…

Now at this point, in need of sleep, a bit spaced out I faced a dilema. Having been told by the hospital they didn’t have it, but community phramcy should, and then by community pharmacy that they don’t have it but hospital might it would be very easy to get pulled into an endless loop of calling consultants secretaries and hoping for call backs, so I put my best patient advocate hat on and got on Google…

Within 5 minutes I was speaking to Natalie at the manufacturer, who had advised me that the drug was unlicenced but available as a special order, and that my regular phramacy already have an account! She just needed to email them an order form…

So I went down to the pharmacy to try and get things moving – Lloyds have there own process so had to call head office who were not immediatly able to spring into action… The final result of this is that the drug is now en route via courier, but because of the bank holiday I won’t get it until Tuesday – so we are getting there slowly…

Since Wednesday I have been really tired – napping each day for several hours despite good nights of sleep too – although I didn’t sleep well on Wednesday night. The left side of my face under my glasses has also swollen into what could be the BIGGEST SPOT EVER – but hopefully I can treat that before it happens.

So, it’s lots of sleep, some more patience and then maybe this wonder ointment can do it’s thing…