Can anyone help?
My mum has lymphoma and her legs are extremely swollen and leaking lymph fluid. I care for her and have been changing her dressings/bandages for the last couple of months but I'm not sure I can keep doing it because the smell and feeling of the soaked pads is starting to genuinely revolt me. She has cellulitis ATM too so it smells really bad. The pads are literally soaked in the fluid when we change them.
Honestly without trying to sound awful the smell and feeling of it even in gloves makes me want to heave. I love my mum and know if she knew that she'd be really upset but I'm literally dreading changing her bandages in the morning.
I've tried Vicks and chewing strong gum but it doesn't help. It's like my brain knows the smell is still there. I feel like it lingers on me too and I'm paranoid that other people can smell it.
Any ideas what else I can try please? Thank you