It is the same in Ohio. My sore was somewhat exaggerated and probably not a true stage 4, but a stage 3. It is important to have it diagnosed at it's worse. The request must be worded exactly. Then you must keep it or something healing for 13 months to get the option to keep the mattress. I have used coleman camping mattresses but they are difficult to keep in place. Many of the APP overlays are jokes and the punchline is they tear open the wound. I do think we should be more militant about the treatmnents we get for wounds. Medicare and Medicaid have gone a long way to insulate themselves from the people they are suppose to help. i don't know if it will get better, but It can't get much worse.
john ________________________________ From: Fragile <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:55:40 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] air mattres I had a Hill-Rom Silk-air, it was great. Then Gov Bill Richardson "reformed" NM's medicaid program and they took it away. Can't have it back unless I develop a stage 4 pressure sore. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:10 PM, John S. <[email protected]> wrote: I have a Hill-Rom Silk-aire Mattress. It is a low air loss mattress and it healed a stage 3 wound in six weeks without rolling.
