Thank you for replying. I live pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I will have to check to see if there is a HBOT near me. Thanks for the advice. I keep pressing the docs to DO something quickly......no one seems to be in a rush to get me treated but ME. The holidays have complicated scheduling treatment. It is possible I have already had this since October (I fell down the stairs and sprained my ankle.....the swelling wouldn't go away but I wasn't having the burning PAIN and extensive swelling or color changes I'm having now since the surgery).

The surgery was SUPPOSED to remove what he thought was a ganglion cyst on my ankle. No MRI was done to confirm.....he just cut into me. NOW I'm having all these symptoms. I think he knows he screwed up. I would like to get the nurse in a headlock for ignoring me when I called the office every day the week following my surgery. I kept TELLING her something was very wrong and how much excruciating pain I was in. They refused to even see me. I have a general mistrust of doctors anyway and this is not getting me off to a good start. He wasn't even kind to me when he diagnosed me when I went in to get my stitches out. He just dropped the bomb (I had never heard of it before, so I had no idea how bad this was until later when I did the research) and hauled butt out of the room.

Again.....thanks for the advice. My husband will check into whether there is a HBOT within driving distance of me.....perhaps in Chicago??? I pray that someone finds a cure for this disease quickly for ALL our sake.