The sore comes back

So much for no surgery-- The sore opened up again after a trip to to Sacramento in Oct for CDR and then in Nov to the San Jose EXPO 9where we staffed the CDR booth) and then went on to Sac for Turkey day w/my sister. This time tho the sore was 3cm deep and was just scar tissue and it wasn't changing! The nurses came and didn't know what to do. Finally I decided that I would contact Dr. Dev, the Plastic surgeon in Bakersfield-- 137 miles away a 2.5 hours drive directly east. He said to get an MRI and then he told me yesterday that there was still osteomyelitis (bone infection) present in the bone. This after 2 IV treatments, one in 2000 and the other in 2005. No one bothered to check whether the infection had been eliminated after the IV antibiotic treatments had helped clear up the infection. Turns out he will have to SCRAPE the bone--meaning he has to cut into me to get to it...AARGH . The surgery wlll be next Tuesady--out patient. He has ordered a wound vac which will suck on it and presumably help it heal faster. I had one last summer for about 6 weeks and that helped close up the wound. I may be able to be up some but don't know the extend and I don't think I can go to the LA EXPO.