I did the vac thing too, at first it was healing
really fast then just stopped and didn't go anywhere
for about 2 months..then it picked up again and finaly
healed. I spent all of last summer and winter in
bed....but still managed to break my foot!
Darel
--- dave headman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> my roho deflated, caused a sore on my left hip.
> i'm still recovering from my flap surgery.
> doctor told me it would be a 10 day hospital stay...
> omitted the part about needing 2months total
> bedrest.
> i'm now allowed up for 3hrs a day.
> wound vac was working too slowly.
>
> dave headman
> c4-26yrs post
>
>
> >From: "Lori Michaelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Lori Michaelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Don and Sharon Hiatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Quad"
> ><[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions?
> >Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:00:55 -0700
> >
> > Diligence in keeping the pressure off and
> moisture away. My last one was
> >in June of 2004 and didn't heal till late december!
> For the first 3 months
> >I was getting up only 3 hrs a day. 21 hrs in bed
> >
> >To sum up ... it wasn't caused by pressure but by
> constant moisture. But
> >once it opened it was a bitch to get rid of. We
> tried EVERYTHING. The
> >wound vac helped greatly but didn't respond as
> quickly as we thought it
> >would.
> >
> >All sores are different. We tried 12 different
> treatments (packing,
> >dressings, wound vac and anything we thought might
> work.
> >
> >I've been on this list ten yrs and this whole past
> 12 months has been bad
> >for many members to get sores. Hmmmmmmmmm.
> >
> >In my 25 yrs as a quad I've had sores on both my
> heels, on my forefinger
> >(had to amputate half of it), one on the bone of my
> butt (my first) and the
> >last two laid me up 12 months total in the last 4
> yrs.
> >
> >One BEGAN as yeast but became a sore in the crease
> under my RIGHT buttock.
> >(2001). This last one was moisture induced and
> became a full blown sore in
> >the crease under my LEFT buttock.
> >
> >Lori (now keeping my skin dry down there)
> >
> >-------Original Message-------
> >
> >From: Don and Sharon Hiatt
> >Date: 03/14/05 06:04:42
> >To: quad
> >Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions?
> >
> >Hi Everyone!
> >
> >I can't figure out how to go through the archives,
> so hope you don't mind
> >me
> >asking about the age-old pressure sore
> question...Is there a good way to
> >get
> >rid of one? 3 weeks ago I sat on my Roho without
> air and needless to say,
> >my butt didn't like it. Now I have an open sore,
> not under an ischule
> >(sp?)
> > but off to the side. 3 years ago I had a
> pressure sore and literally
> >laid
> >in bed for 4-6 hours every afternoon for a year
> and finally opted for flap
> >surgery. Has anyone had any success getting rid of
> one? And if so, can
> >you
> >tell me what you did? I'm usually in my chair 15
> hours/day.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Sharon
> >
> >P.S. Spring is on its way! Hurray! I'll give you
> a yell, Stacy, when we
> >head to O.C.!
> >
>
>
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