It wasn't better when I woke up and it started bleeding a fair bit mid-morning so I thought I'd best phone. They told me to come in and go to the dressings clinic. I was really impressed that when I got there they had my file all ready and waiting. I had to wait an hour to be seen but they had appointments booked in so it's only fair I had to wait. The nurse said it was a lot redder and hotter than it should be in the area where it hurt (it had got so bad that just touching the skin made me do a deep intake of breath against my will) so the doctor came to have a look and said it was the start of an infection. They did a swab and started me on a broad spectrum antibiotic called Flucloxacillin. They don't know what the bacteria strain is, hence the swab, but hopefully the antibiotic will cover it. Otherwise it will be very painful til Tuesday when I'm back at the dressings clinic. In the meantime, I've got an iodine dressing then three big sterile dressings then a white wrapping, then a white tubigrip then a cream-coloured thick tubigrip. It is actually amazing how less it hurts with all that on. I can walk a lot better.
I phoned the skin cancer nurse, Sue, in dermatology yesterday - she was given to me right at the start - and asked her if it was normal to have to wait 7 weeks for the lymph node biopsy results. She said no and will look into it then get back to me. So that will be good as seven weeks will test even my patience.
Oh, since I had my dressings off today, I took photos of how it all looks:
Calf:
Lymph node site (feeling is coming back somewhat now):
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