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A life with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)

Post a new topicby livingwith on Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:15 pm


As a teenager growing up i did the usual, clubbing, pubs, i married at 21 and had children. One particular day i noticed a hard lump under my arm, this burst just under a week later hte pain relief when it did was unreal! As time went on i was getting more and more.I just put them down to Abcesses as my mum had had them too.
My marriage broke down and i was left to look after the children. I was under a lot of stress and the lumps just kept coming and coming they spread to my groin and on my bre...Read the full article

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Re: A life with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)

Post a new topicby BSTRAW75 on Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:19 am

Before I had the surgery I could only raise my right arm halfway and that was because of the abscesses that I had and I could raise my left arm a little more than that and not to mention the odor. When the doctor told me the surgery wasn't a guaranteed cure I was willing to take that chance because of the pain and discomfort I was in. When the doctor went in to remove my sweat glands my right arm was much worse than my left so I have a lot bigger scar and I didn't find out until my home health nurse started coming out that he'd removed some tumors. It took my leg about 6 wks to heal from the skin graft but it was well worth it becuase I no longer get them under my arms. I get them in other places but so far it hasn't been nearly as bad.

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