Comments on: Next Steps https://livingwithscleroderma.com/next-steps/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/next-steps/#comment-63160 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:53:32 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=4916#comment-63160 In reply to Heather Milligan.

Thanks, Heather!

]]> By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/next-steps/#comment-63159 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:53:00 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=4916#comment-63159 In reply to Charlotte Diep.

Hi Charlotte,
You’ve been through a lot. I take Cialis as a vasodilator, which I can tolerate. As far as I know, my bones did not get infected, but I’ve been taking Levoquin as a prophylactic. Still waiting on the HBO appeal…
Be well,
Evelyn

]]> By: Heather Milligan https://livingwithscleroderma.com/next-steps/#comment-62766 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:26:44 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=4916#comment-62766 Best wishes for the days ahead. Heather

]]> By: Charlotte Diep https://livingwithscleroderma.com/next-steps/#comment-62753 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:50:25 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=4916#comment-62753 Hi Evelyn, I had an amputation on part of my finger due to osteomyelitis after an infected ulcer and I had to have Iloprost ( a strong vasodilatator) to help with healing. Otherwise, I heard the hyperbaric oxygen treatment is also a good solution. Did you also have infection in your four fingers’ bones due to these ulcers?

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