The man who loves sugar is saved by it.

I was talking to a friend of mine, another doctor, and he deals quite a bit with non-healing wounds and he asked me how my health was. I filled him in on what was happening and the treatment so far. It was his opinion that my treatment was a little substandard and should be going a different direction.

After I pulled up my shirt and showed him my wounds he said, "You know you should treat that with sugar."

And then I asked, "What? Are you serious? Like sugar sugar? What do you mean?"

"Well I read it a long time ago when I was in med school and working in the library. I was just reading random publications and came across this study. And I've been using it in my practice ever since."

"So what do I do? Won't sugar feed my infection? Will it hurt?"

He then replied. "Take off your dressing, pull out your packing, get some regular table sugar and pour it into your wound. Cover it really well as the sugar will eventually melt and start to seep out. The sugar actually cuts of all the oxygen and its osmotic property draws all the fluid and pus out. And it doesn't hurt so far as I know."

Well then tonight I decided to start doing it! My CT scan this morning was equivocal for the source of my infection. The answer we thought it would give was not there at all. I am interested to know what the surgeon will plan as my course of treatment to deal with this infection. I'm also interested to know what he will think when he goes to look at my wound and its not filled with gauze packing but sugar!

And as you know I am not bashful on this blog I took pictures of the process for your enjoyment or disgust.

My 'wet to dry' gauze dressing
The wounds open with nothing in them
Pour some sugar on me!
Pack it in
The finished product before being covered with a dressing

So here I am, the man whose one weakness or primary food desire is now also his latest medicine. I did a little checking and they also have something called Medihoney that is for the treatment of wounds. Evidently this has been a homeopathic remedy for hundreds of years and is very popular in the veterinary world.

And though I hate this band, was sadly alive when this song came out it is appropriate for the comedic effect.