omg the itching

Be patient...

by donr - 2019-01-06 01:28:16

...it WILL end!  But I cannot predict when.  My scar itched for nearly a year.  It still itches in the summer when it is hot & I perspire a lot.  Not what you want to hear, but my reality.

Hope yours is better than mine!

Donr

itching

by dwelch - 2019-01-06 02:50:45

ditto.  It does end.  Mine will sometimes itch in dry weather.  But most of the time it doesnt, overall very rare...

Scars

by donr - 2019-01-06 08:55:51

Hmmmmm!  I was wondering what kind of reactions others had.

A lifetime ago,  in Nov 1956, I had a knee opened up to repair some cartilage damage.  Now this was WELL before the invention of the Arthroscope/Laproscope, so they called from retirement King Henry VIII's headsman & his axe to do the job.  Cost me 24 hrs in recovery, two weeks in the hosp (10 days of that in bed), another 2 weeks on crutches and months of PT.  BTW - that was pretty normal for the time. My scar was about 6 inches long and my knee was swollen up like an American softball & it was showing stitching like  a softball/baseball/cricketball.  It was that way for about a year!  ITCH???? That thing defined itching - for years.  It was sensitive to the touch for decades.  The skin on either side of it was numb for somewhere in the vicinity of HALF  A CENTURY!  Today, some 62 yrs  later, it is invisible. It no longer itches.  So, folks, there is hope!

Cheers!

Donr

itching

by Tracey_E - 2019-01-06 09:13:09

Are you putting anything on it? My surgeon told me to keep it moisturized, put something on it twice a day. Itching was never really a problem after that. Anything natural with no added chemicals will do- vitamin e, aloe, coconut oil.

omg the itching

by Uelrindru - 2019-01-07 00:19:51

that's not a terrible idea to moisturize it. At worst I'll add it to the growing list of minor pains I have.

Twitching?

by justice - 2019-01-16 17:11:20

Mine feels like tbhere is a mouse running around inside my chest. I was very concerned because i assunmed it was tachicardia or worse. After review by the clinic I discivered that the lead was close to my phrenic nerve and it picked up some impulses causing the twiching. 
Now that I know what it is I live with it.
At least I know the device is working.
Its been 9 months wothout any issues other than mentioned above.
It was a replacement for my pacemaker as I had a EF of 22% and the thinking was that the pacemaker was exacerbating the low EF
just had a MUGA scan and will learn the results in a few weeks.
I am 73, but still work as well as work out and still feel like I am 18.

getting better

by Uelrindru - 2019-01-16 20:07:23

it is getting better. I just started getting my usual cold weather hand cramps so it may be like that is and now I can tell when its wet but not going to rain when its gonna be cold and when its gonna be real cold. it's a joy to be a Mason it gives you powers, painful painful powers