Hi Larry, I just recovered from a sore on my heel. It was a pain to get it to heal. I used a wound-vac for a while, it helped a lot but it also gave a yeast rash on my foot, warm and wet. After the sore filled in a little I got a skin graph and that worked great. The heel is total healed, it only took about nine months in all to heal that sore.
Lester C4-C5 Quad, Denver -----Original Message----- From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions? I've been trying to get a couple of sores healed for almost two years now, on my ankle and butt. I use wet-to-dry everyday. They get no worse but neither do they heal. So far they are free of infection. I drink a protein shake every day. I've about decided that I will take them to my grave. I just hope they are not what send me there. Larry Willis >From: "Lori Michaelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Lori Michaelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Quad" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions? >Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:37:08 -0700 > > Dave wrote: > >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" > >Exact scenario here too. The vac closed up HALF of my wound in 24 hours. >We were so thrilled! A few more days and it'll be closed completely. >Wrong! > >It just stopped healing for, like you, about 2 months. Then diligence in >putting on this or that on the wound and keeping it dry ... my husband got >it closed in January. > >But it still gets red, rashy and such so we found wearing a pad daily >helps. > And desitin or myconesal or whatever it seems to need ... is put on at >night. > >Lori -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 3/15/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 3/21/2005
