Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2007 1:21:42 GMT 8
The posting “The hand left unprotected” is being written in the interest to save others what I have been through for the past 6 months.
All should wear leather gloves when trekking the jungles of Corregidor. That’s my message and here is why…………
Last January 16th or so while working my way through the jungle above Middleside
My hand was impaled but a vine. It went to the bone on the back of my hand, lots of blood and shouting pain. I cleaned it out with antiseptic on the spot and went back to the hotel and took a hot shower cleaning it out again.
I ran into an American nurse on the island who told me to get on antibiotics right away. I said I had some Augmentin with me for just such an occurrence.
Unfortunately what I paid for at the Pharmacy in Manila was not what was in my Augmentin bag.
The expensive Augmentin had been substituted with a drug that cost ¼ as much and was of no use to me. Always check what you buy…….
I called a relative in Manila and Suncruises agreed to bring it to me on the next boat coming, which they did, thank you very much. Problem solved I thought, the medicine worked and the swelling and pain went away.
6 weeks after the initial injury the symptoms returned with worse swelling and pain. The hand became difficult to use.
To make a long story short, the hand specialist sent me to a Tropical infection specialist. Soon after, lots of tests in sued, M.R.I., chest x-rays, many blood tests and antibiotics for strange stuff, what was it?
Next was 3 days in the hospital, an operation on 2 sites on my hand, one to clean the wound and the other to scrape off something growing on my tendons.
4 weeks in a caste or splint followed with 2 more powerful types of antibiotics which knock you out basically. I just finished the last of the antibiotics last week; the fog is finally clearing from my head. The hand is a bit stiff but works fine.
My regular Doctor saw me last week and told me I was lucky not to lose the hand at the least!
I was in the jungle right after a typhoon had hit, I was told to much strange stuff grows in the wet jungle to be hiking.
I always wear good boots, long tough pants, long sleeve shirts and a good hat with a brim all around to keep the creepy crawlies away.
Will I go back to Corregidor soon? You bet cha, but with leather gloves for all!
All should wear leather gloves when trekking the jungles of Corregidor. That’s my message and here is why…………
Last January 16th or so while working my way through the jungle above Middleside
My hand was impaled but a vine. It went to the bone on the back of my hand, lots of blood and shouting pain. I cleaned it out with antiseptic on the spot and went back to the hotel and took a hot shower cleaning it out again.
I ran into an American nurse on the island who told me to get on antibiotics right away. I said I had some Augmentin with me for just such an occurrence.
Unfortunately what I paid for at the Pharmacy in Manila was not what was in my Augmentin bag.
The expensive Augmentin had been substituted with a drug that cost ¼ as much and was of no use to me. Always check what you buy…….
I called a relative in Manila and Suncruises agreed to bring it to me on the next boat coming, which they did, thank you very much. Problem solved I thought, the medicine worked and the swelling and pain went away.
6 weeks after the initial injury the symptoms returned with worse swelling and pain. The hand became difficult to use.
To make a long story short, the hand specialist sent me to a Tropical infection specialist. Soon after, lots of tests in sued, M.R.I., chest x-rays, many blood tests and antibiotics for strange stuff, what was it?
Next was 3 days in the hospital, an operation on 2 sites on my hand, one to clean the wound and the other to scrape off something growing on my tendons.
4 weeks in a caste or splint followed with 2 more powerful types of antibiotics which knock you out basically. I just finished the last of the antibiotics last week; the fog is finally clearing from my head. The hand is a bit stiff but works fine.
My regular Doctor saw me last week and told me I was lucky not to lose the hand at the least!
I was in the jungle right after a typhoon had hit, I was told to much strange stuff grows in the wet jungle to be hiking.
I always wear good boots, long tough pants, long sleeve shirts and a good hat with a brim all around to keep the creepy crawlies away.
Will I go back to Corregidor soon? You bet cha, but with leather gloves for all!