by Guest » 25 Jun 2007, 16:50
Lecia,
You seem to indicate that you may have slightly reinjured your AF. When it first healed, how did you know? Did your doctor tell you it was healed? If so, what did the doctor say as far as how you should proceed after that?
I ask, and this question is certainly open to the others who have had a healing experience, because at my last visit to the CRS the doctor told me there were two stages for healing. The first is when the AF actually closed and the second is when all the skin grows back over the AF, or "fills" in as he put it. He went on to say that after the second stage, a person would be back to 100% health in that area. The doctor said he usually sees that around the 12 week timeframe. He was talking about chronic AFs, which he feels only refers to time, not condition.
This is different from what I read on the internet. I read once it heals, it is only at 20% and takes up to two years to return to 80%. I believe this was from another person on the internet, and not some form of "official" source.
What has everyone else's doctors told them?