HEY PAL IT DOES NOT PAY TO BE ACCUSATORY AND COMBATIVE IN THIS FORUM .FIRSTLY I WAS NOT ADDRESSING YOUR COMMENTS, BUT THAT OF gbc1 WHO HAS SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS THAT FAR TRANSCEND YOUR CONDITION.WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE .

I THINK YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF LYMPHOEDEMA WHICH HAS SEVERAL CATEGORIES AND DEGREES OF SERIOUSNESS .

IN REPLYING TO gbc1 I [AS A FELLOW SUFFERER ] I SAW A TOTAL LACK OF EFFECTIVE ACTION IN ASSISTING HIM IN AVOIDING SOME VERY WORRYING OUTCOMES . I HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THIS WEBSITE FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND WHAT I SEE IS A LITANY OF IGNORANCE AND NEGLECT BY SOME HEALTH FOLKS THAT IS PUTTING MANY IN JEOPARDY .

YOUR CONDITION IS NOT IN THE SAME BALLPARK AS gbc1s' SO WASHING , CREAMS AND WIFELY CARE IS NOT ENOUGH .

I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR CONDITION CLARIFIED BY YOUR GP. FROM 12000 MILES AWAY IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE AN AGGRAVATED DERMATITIS . POSSIBLY OF VASCULAR ORIGIN , NOT A FORM OF LYMPHOEDEMA THAT DEMONSTRATES THE NEED FOR 24HR/DAY VIGILANCE AND MECHANICAL SUPPORT .

YOUR FUCIBET CREAM IS A COMBINATION OF A STRONG HYDROCORTISONE ANTI - INFLAMMATORY AND A BACTERIOCIDAL AGENT.

THERE ARE WARNINGS OVER PROLONGED USE OF STEROIDAL COMPOUNDS [ CORTISOLS LEVELS FROM DISRUPTED ADRENAL FUNCTION ... A CUSHINGOID SYNDROME ] AND THE USE OF TOPICAL ANTISEPTICS [ INCLUDES ANTISEPTIC HAND AND BODY SOAPS ] THAT APPEAR TO INITIATE MUTATIONS IN THE BACTERIAL CALL WALL DNA ... CAUSING THE TSUNAMI OF HEALTH CRISIS SURROUNDING THE FAILURE OF MANY ANTIBIOTICS .

AND SOME BELIEVE THAT MINERAL OIL BASED OINTMENTS AND CREAM ARE NOT GOOD .

AT THIS STAGE AN ANTIBIOTIC FAILURE MAY WELL SEE ME MEET THE GRIM REAPER IN PERSON .

I HAVE A LYMPHOEDEMA OF VASCULAR ORIGIN - THIS MEANS THAT I HAVE EXCESSIVE LEAKAGE VIA THE ARTERIAL / ARTERIOLE

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS THAT LINE THEIR INNER WALLS - UNLIKE PRIMARY LD MY LYMPH SYSTEM IS OK ... JUST CANT COPE WITH THE THE EXCESSIVE FLUID SENT OUT INTO THE LEGS .

THIS WAS INHERITED FROM MY MOTHER , BUT FAR WORSE FOR ADDITIONAL REASONS .

I HAVE LOST UP TO 300 MLS OF FLUID IN A DAY [ BI-LATERAL ] AND HAVE BEEN ON THE POINT OF A BLOOD TRANSFUSION BECAUSE THIS ONGOING LEAKAGE DRAINED ME OF NUTRIENTS [ IRON FOR THIS ] ... I BECAME SO ANAEMIC WITH A HAEMOGLOBIN OF 85g /per litre THAT I WAS WEAK AND DIZZY AND SHOULD HAVE HAD A HAEMOGLOBIN OF ABOUT 175 g/litre .

OK - I HAVE HAD THIS CONDITION FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT BEGINNING IN 2008 WITH MY FIRST HOSPITALISATION UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS [ AND THAT GOES FOR THE NEXT 7 TIMES UNTIL OCTOBER 2014 ] .

THE PROBLEM IS CYCLICAL - SEVERE CELLULITIS - SEPSIS - SEPTICAEMIA WHICH HAS THREATENED MY LIFE AND DAMAGED ME IN SO MANY WAYS.

IN APRIL 2011 I WAS ADMITTED TO MY LOCAL PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL WITH UNCONTROLLABLE SHIVERING - MENTAL CONFUSION - TEMP AT 40+oC - NOT IN GOOD SHAPE .

BELIEVING THAT I WAS ABOUT TO KARK OUT , THE GREAT TEAM THERE [ YES THEY ARE ] SAVED ME BY A 3.5 HR AMBULANCE DASH TO THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL HOSPITAL WHERE I SPENT 2 WEEKS IN THE HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT AND THEN TWO WEEKS IN RECOVERY SUFFERING KIDNEY AND LIVER FAILURE AND UNABLE TO STAND ON MY LEGS .

THEY CUT A HOLE IN MY NECK AND STUCK A CANULA DOWN VIA THE JUGULAR VEIN TO MY HEART AND EVERY FEW HRS DELIVERED HUGE SYRINGES FULL OF THE MOST POWERFUL ANTIBIOTICS INTO ME.

I HAD BLOOD TAKEN OFF EVERY FEW HRS AND HAD THE PERSONAL ATTENTION OF THE PROFESSOR OF THE RENAL UNIT AND THE PROFESSOR OF VASCULAR SURGERY . [ WHO HAS SHOVED ME IN THE

" TOO HARD BASKET " ]

TO THIS DAY I HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES - CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE { CKD } AND [ I'M 68 ] PROBABLE AMPUTATION OF BOTH LEGS IN THE FUTURE .

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS IS THAT [ DEFINITELY INCLUDES THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ] IS THAT ONE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ILLNESS UNTIL ONE HAS LIVED IT [ THAT WAS SAID BY A PHYSICIAN WHO GOT REALLY CROOK AND WOKE UP TO AN EPIPHANY THAT MADE HIM REALISE THAT MEDICINE AS WE KNOW IT IS TAKING SOME DUBIOUS DIRECTIONS ]

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE :

SOME QUOTATIONS - THE AMA [ AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ] APPARENTLY ADMITTED THAT GPs ARE ABOUT 17 YRS BEHIND THE CURRENT RESEARCH . I DONT BLAME THEM ... THEY HAVE ENDURED 6 YRS AND BEYOND OF HELLISH LIFE TO GET THEIR MB.ChB OR MD - THEN SIT AND PROCESS A FLOOD OF MISERY GUTS DAY AFTER DAY WITH DIVERS MALADIES FROM GOLDBRICKERS - HYPOCHONDRIACS - UNDERTAKER CANDIDATES AND COMPLETE MEDICAL MYSTERIES .

NO ONE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE GLOBAL VOLUME OF HYPOTHESES AND RESEARCH THAT IS [ LARGELY IGNORED ] BY TODAYS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS .

TO COUNTERACT THIS [ THE SOLE PRACTITIONER IS GONE ] THEY FORM PRACTISES WITH MANY COLLEGIAL PARTNERS IN A PLEASANTLY SET OUT BUILDING... WITH A BIG CARPARK ... SOURCE A FACELESS ARMY OF LOCUMS .. AND REPAIR TO THE SKI FIELD ... MOUNTAIN BIKE TRACK - OR THE MANY TRIATHLONS [ I LIVE IN AN ALPINE LAKE AND SKI RESORT ] AND SEEMINGLY AVOID ANY CEREBRAL INVOLVEMENT THAT DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH A VISIT FROM A BIG PHARMA COMPANY REP. !!!!

OR IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HUMOUR :

THE GREAT VOLTAIRE SAID " DOCTORS GIVE DRUGS OF WHICH THEY KNOW LITTLE , INTO BODIES OF WHICH THEY KNOW LESS , FOR DISEASES OF WHICH THEY KNOW NOTHING AT ALL !!!!

[ CIRCA 1780 AD ]

AND

I AM A QUALIFIED MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST - 10 YRS IN HOSPITALS.

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY

HAEMATOLOGY

20 YRS IN A GOVERNMENT VETERINARY AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FACILITY AS A SECTION LEADER IN DIAGNOSTIC CHEMISTRY -

GOVERNMENT ANALYST UNDER THE STOCKFOOD REMEDIES ACT -

INITIATOR OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY INTO ANIMAL NUTRITION AND DISEASE SURVEILLANCE.

FOOD ANALYSIS AND CONSULTANCY TO THAT INDUSTRY.

INITIATOR AND DEVELOPER OF AN INTERLABORATORY SYSTEM ON A GLOBAL SCALE TO ENSURE FOOD AND ALLIED LABORATORIES CAN PROVIDE RESULTS IN A TIMELY AND ACCURATE MANNER .

ADDITIONAL TO THAT:

15 YRS STUDY [ UP TO 3 HRS PER DAY ] OF INTEGRATIVE / COMPLEMENTARY / ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ALMOST EACH DAY.

A PERSONALLY COLLECTED DATABASE OF OF 30,000+ MEDICO SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND ARTICLES Re THIS - THIS WITH A VIEW TO PUTTING UP A PRINT MEDIA OR WEB BLOG ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICINE THAT YOU WONT HEAR ABOUT AT YOUR MEDICAL CENTRE .

REGARDING LYMPHOEDEMA , CURRENTLY RESEARCHING INFORMATION ON LOW LEVEL LASER / INFRARED / OXYGEN THERAPIES

AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF BACTERIAL CONTROL.

ALL THIS FOR NO FINANCIAL REWARD AND IF IT CAN BENEFIT MY FELLOW SUFFERERS THEN I SAY SO - HEY !! ITS MY PERSONAL OPINION BUT I DONT OPEN MY MOUTH UNLESS I BELIEVE IT .

SO GALTYBOI WHAT DO YOU THINK ????????????????