What do you mean by 'a smaller cushion cover'?
And why do you suppose that would matter?
Dan whose intrigued.
At 10:09 PM 12/10/2008, Merrill said something that elicited my response:
Years ago I had sores more often than not using
the High Profile Roho regardless of weight
shifts. Several years ago by accident I began
using a smaller cushion cover. Since that day
inflation does not need be perfect nor are
pressure shifts even necessary regardless how long I am up.
Merrill
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From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] sore advice and pressure relief.
i've been trying to heal a sore while sitting on
a roho for over a year now. I get one healed and
anothr develops. Its very depressing and
frustrating. I was having pretty good luck until
my tilt chair died. Now i can't relieve pressure
and things aren't going as well. I visit a wound
clinic once a week and have done so since june 2007
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:27:06 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sore advice and pressure relief.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
I think you'll be ok now that your cushion is
properly inflated. I had a sore that I got in
rehab over the summer heal while sitting on my
roho after they got me on an air mattress at
night. Its the other sore that got infected and
lead to another surgery in almost the same place
as the sore I got fixed last year.
When I met with the wheelchair dealer for a new
chair, he said that he has seen people heal on a
roho cushion. As long as it has the proper
amount of air in it and pressure relief is being done.
Speaking of pressure relief, since I got this
surgery fusing my back even more, I am not
longer able to get any sort of shoulder
deppresion that leaves me unable to get my butt
off of the surface. I lean now. I haven't
gotten any new breakdown since the episode over
the summer but am curious how you all do your pressure relief.
Stacy
From: RONALD L PRACHT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 1:01:38 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] need advice on pressure sore
hey dan,
ive got little purplish bruises b4 that go away
without doing anything , like when a transfer
goes a lil wrong and you hit something. as far
as what to put on it someone else here on the
list prob has a better idea. i dont think it is
gotten to a severe stage yet though .
ron c7
--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [QUAD-L] need advice on pressure sore
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 10:57 AM
HI - All, I need help with a new pressure sore
issue.... my roho got a bit low but i could not
tell and now i got a small pressure sore on my
left side of my bottom. My wife said it looks
sort of like a purple colored bruise----can you
guys tell me the best things to put on one
early---when it has not even opened up??? is
lantaseptic or bag balm good for it ?? i'm real
worried because last april, i got a blister on
my heel from my wife buying a pair of tennis
shoes one size too small---that turned into a
pressure sore and now 7 months later it is still
slightly discolored and i still only wear sandal
type shoe to keep all pressure off that area. So
besides the last shoe incident----this is my 1st
time with a butt area pressure sore---i know to
do pressure release and stay off as much as
possible-- but not sure what to put on it in the
early stages. thanks for any help !
Dan H. C-6 11 1/2 yr. post
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