A lot of people believe a wound will only heal if you lay in bed awkwardly turning and never letting any pressure on it until it is gone. Clean wounds can often heal rather quickly after debrieding. I've had a clean wound heal in three months using trypsin. I didn't miss anytime in the chair.
Let your doctor know that you would like to keep your job while healing it. Be careful not to sit on wrinkles and the roho isn't meant to raise you up in your chair. You should be immersed in it. I've seen some of the air mattresses over inflated too. They don't work the way you want if you don't sink into them some. It takes about 20 minutes to destroy the skin tissue from pressure. You need to be a little obsessive about avoiding sores. Once you have a sore, it can be a few weeks before all the dead tissue falls off or you get it off and you see how bad your hurt. Once it appears healed, treat it like a wound for another 4 - 6 months. New skin is real easy to damage. I wish I could brag that I never get them, but I do. Living with them seems to be the trick. Don't let it depress you and if you feel depressed, tell your doctor that too. good luck john -----Original Message----- From: William Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 1:18 pm Subject: [QUAD-L] Steve You are absolutely right, Steve. I've been telling myself this for the longest time. I work full time as a teacher and I just haven't been able to face the unpleasant facts. Whatever route I take is going to be a rough one. >From: "Steve Oldaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'William Willis'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] need advice >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:24:35 -0400 > >William, > >If you have been battling a substantial pressure sore for nearly four >years, >a tilt chair cannot hurt and may very well help, but I don't see how you >can >expect any long term healing without staying off the wound until it is >completely healed. As others have pointed out, your wound could be far >worse >internally than what you can see on the surface, and you may be risking >more >serious consequences. Being relegated to bed for several weeks or even >months is a dismal prospect, but time invested now should result in long >term positive benefits. Think of what a relief it would be not having to >continually care for your wound and worry about how much time you are >spending in your chair. > >I wish you luck, > >Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 10:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [QUAD-L] need advice > > > > Guys, I need some serious advice. I have been battling a > > substantil pressure sore on my rear end for nearly four > > years. It absolutely refues to heal. I just bought a > > highprofile roho and hope that helps. my question - would it > > be worth the money (about $1500 out-of-pocket) for me to > > invest in a tilt chair? I have a standard invacare arrow now. > > Would this be a worthwhile investment or could I spend the > > money on something more worthwhile? Please help me guys, > > especially if you have experience with a tilt chair. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web > > mail-award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. > > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_ >TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
