The below is exactly my experience.. I really don't like turning... I can lay quite a few days without turning. I use a nimbus 3 from huntleigh http://www.huntleigh-healthcare.com/au/Product.asp?PageNumber=2185&ProductCategory_Id=63&Product_Id=206
I use aquacel silver Ag to cover wounds which has previously been mentioned.. very good. thinking of you Regards, Mark Age 45 C3/4 Complete since 1986 http://www.markbb.co.uk On 1 Sep 2010, at 19:47, Quadius wrote: > It depends where the sword is located. I have one just below my testicles > and I'm able to lie on my back on my alternating mattress without no > difficulty. If, however, the sore is lying on the mattress it might be > better, as someone else has already said, to turn on the side and lie there > the entire night. Just for comfort you might want to have someone turn you > every once in a while. If you're mattress does alternate properly, you > should be able to stay there all night. > > Is the Invacare mattress a low air loss mattress? > Quadius > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again all--I wrote yesterday about a pressure sore I have--- I'm spending > much time in bed but have a question.......how do you stay off it?? by laying > turned the other way off the pressure spot ? we tried to get an alternating > air mattress recently and our provider approved one that we now have but it's > total cost for the pump and air mattress was only $270 bucks..I only have to > pay about 50 bucks out of pocket BUT we were hoping for a much better more > expensive type as some of you have. (this mattress is only covered for > warranty 30 days and 1st one has failed after 5 days ) they replaced the > cheap air mattress--it seems to work ok and is made by invacare. > ANYWAY---here is my main question== can I lay all night on the mattress even > with a pressure sore??? or do you guys still need to be turned off that > area??? me and my wife have almost no experience with this kind of issue--so > we are trying to learn. Thank you, for all that have helped on this so far > and to any that answer this !!! Dan H*** >
