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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Thanks for the update and info. My ENT uses the sticks on me every appointment. He probably will give me a couple. Im tired of having this hurting, red, bleeding cauliflower (good comparison) on my stomach. Thanks to your experiments I will know what precautions to take when using it.
Elizabeth, I always wear a drain sponge. Where you get the formula and syringes, they should be giving you those too. If not, take gauze and make a cut 1/2 way into it and put that on. It will soak up anything that might leak. I tape the gauze (not my skin) so it doesnt fall off.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
