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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.
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Diabetes is KNOWN to result in 'thick / viscous' .. blood .. like syrup
instead of like water. The syrup cannot oxygenate the wound properly due to the decreased
blood flow and you do not get .. healing. But .. when hemodilution / bloodletting / venesection / phlebotomy is
used .. you get HEALING of ulcers .. Phlebologie. 1984 Oct-Dec;37(4):501-9. Related Articles, Links [Hemodilution in persistent postphlebitic ulcers] [Article in French] Duruble M, Vicaut E, Duvelleroy M. By definition, rebel post-phlebitic ulcers are very difficult to cure.
However, it has recently been apparent that the classic treatments
associated with permanent normovolemic haemodilution are more
effective. Two research procedures have been implemented simultaneously
to try and explain this beneficial effect of haemodilution, one based
on an experimental study of isolated rabbit hearts, and the other on a
theoretical model of the blood-flow at capillary level. These studies
lead us to believe that a better distribution of tissular oxygenation
might be one of the mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effect of
permanent normovolemic haemodilution in treatment of rebel
post-phlebitic ulcers. -I'm sorry to hear about your mother.
It sounds way too advanced for anything that I might think of.
I think you'll have to go with the best advice from the doctors.
What's her age? and what type of cancer? Was it spread from elsewhere or
skin cancer or soft tissue cancer (like sarcoma)?
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