Another Mini-Dozer

[ultrarunner]

Sorry I took so long to answer. My condition has gotten worse.
My ankles and feet are loaded with painful ulcers and I just had another bleeding incident yesterday. The good news is I finally found a doctor (a dermatologist) that has taken a real interest in getting me fixed.
The track wheels or sprockets are 12" diameter and the bogies are 4".
The channel is 6".

Not giving medical advice...

Could the cause be environmental?

My cousins husband is a tank fabricator... does beautiful food grade stainless work.

He developed an allergic reaction to Nickel that is found in Stainless... all those years of welding, grinding and polishing...

His condition greatly improved now that he is an estimator... he sure does miss building things!

 

[dntfxr]

Sorry I took so long to answer. My condition has gotten worse.
My ankles and feet are loaded with painful ulcers and I just had another bleeding incident yesterday. The good news is I finally found a doctor (a dermatologist) that has taken a real interest in getting me fixed.
The track wheels or sprockets are 12" diameter and the bogies are 4".
The channel is 6".

Hope the new Doc gets you back up and running and you get better soon!

 

[toy]

Sorry I took so long to answer. My condition has gotten worse.
My ankles and feet are loaded with painful ulcers and I just had another bleeding incident yesterday. The good news is I finally found a doctor (a dermatologist) that has taken a real interest in getting me fixed.
The track wheels or sprockets are 12" diameter and the bogies are 4".
The channel is 6".

Did you have the problems with the legs before getting into electric that injured your shoulder or has it started since the incident at work? I was just a wondering because if it started afterward then maybe it is a further complication from your original injury. If it started afterward then maybe you also have some heart damage and circulatory injuries. Your mini dozer build looks good. Hope your health improves.

 

[psdx]

From an earlier post - I think it started when the doctors harvested skin for grafts up above that didn't heal properly afterward.

 

[rawinok2]

Not giving medical advice...
Could the cause be environmental?

I don't think it could be. I am not welding or cutting anything exotic and I have been welding off and on for over 35 years.

Hope the new Doc gets you back up and running and you get better soon!

Thanks !

Did you have the problems with the legs before getting into electric that injured your shoulder or has it started since the incident at work?

The ulcers started about a year after the accident which was in November of 2006. At first they were just on my lower legs which as "psdx" has pointed out was an area where they harvested skin from for grafting on my face, arms and torso. The ulcers cleared up for the most part on my legs but then migrated to my ankles and feet. Then, about a year or two ago (the accident gave me brain damage which affects my memory) I started to get these purple dots on my feet which seem to randomly burst and squirt unbelievable amounts of blood.
The dermatologist has made a preliminary diagnosis of "Blue Rubber Bleb"!
The name sounds like a joke but it is a real condition. I really don't think that most of the usual symptoms of this affliction fit me though. I'm sorry if these photos gross you out but I think one must see to believe. Whenever I start to bleed I put a garbage bag around my leg and make my way upstairs to the bathroom.The congealed blood around my foot in the photos is from me dumping the bag after about 3 to 4 minutes of bleeding. It is amazing how fast it congeals ! If you enlarge the thumbnails you can see the tiny stream of blood.

From an earlier post - I think it started when the doctors harvested skin for grafts up above that didn't heal properly afterward.

Thanks, you are correct !

 

[ben2go]

That is just awful problem to have.I hope this new doctor can make something happen to control that at least.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...I hope this new doctor can make something happen to control that at least.

Me too. I'd be afraid to leave the house if I had something like that to deal with.

 

[rawinok2]

Me too. I'd be afraid to leave the house if I had something like that to deal with.

I was in an elevator this past August with my wife and an elderly lady when it happened. I was wearing sandals and no socks. You talk about freaking someone out !!..:shocked:... Now I wear plastic bags under my socks !

 

[rawinok2]

Not giving medical advice...
Could the cause be environmental?
My cousins husband is a tank fabricator... does beautiful food grade stainless work.
He developed an allergic reaction to Nickel that is found in Stainless... all those years of welding, grinding and polishing...
His condition greatly improved now that he is an estimator... he sure does miss building things!

Sorry, I didn't really think about what you were saying when I posted that lame answer in my 2nd from last post. You may have something there. Even though I've not welded stainless in about 30 years (I nearly forgot about that), I still may have developed an allergic reaction to say....the fumes from the mild steel welding rods or the dust from the grinding wheels. Thanks for the food for thought ! BTW What was your cousins husband's symptoms, can you say ?

 

[mjncad]

Good grief RAW...that's a **** sandwich you don't deserve. I hear you on trying to find a good specialist as I'm trying to find one for a totally different condition than yours.

I used to have a protruding mole on my chin. One night before a date I nicked it with the razor...the dam thing wouldn't stop bleeding for about an hour. After it healed, I grew a beard. When I got tired of the beard, I had a plastic surgeon remove the mole.

The ulcer photo reminds me of the leg ulcers a brittle diabetic college buddy used to get on his legs. They would ooze blood now and then.