22nd Day, Dehiscence not nice and unviable black skin

I think I feel a little bit better. Still sleeping uncomfortably on my back, though. Nasty pockets of excess fluid below my armpits prevent my lying on my side. 

Saw the G.P. today. He didn't like the look of the dead black skin at all. He lifted a small area and said there is no new pink skin growing underneath at all, as the registrar told me it would. He said that the black skin is acting as a barrier to new skin growing, and that on Monday, he will trim a little of it away, under local anaesthetic. 

I tend to agree with him. The blackened area of unviable skin has not lessened at all in three weeks. 

He also looked at the dehiscent area on the left side. He said it consists of a 2cm gap (nearly half an inch!) and is going to take weeks to produce new skin to fill the gap.

No wonder I am feeling so tired when the body is trying to deal with all these problems.