On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave, > I thought I might have to use that product (Sorbsan?) But my wound wasn't > bad enough. I have used it in the past and it does work miracles. I had a > spot on my scapula which started out as a small scrape and it became a stage > III ulcer. It wouldn't heal with anything the doctors were prescribing, so > we tried that seaweed product and it closed within two weeks. > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I had a single orchiectomy to reduce UTIs and my perineum wouldn't >> heal. They packed it in some seaweed type stuff - changed daily - had it >> scraped out once - it finally closed up after MANY days. - like 60 or so. >> I sat up some during that as it wasn't a big pressure point on me. >> AZDAVE >> >> In a message dated 9/14/2010 12:43:59 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> I'm embarrassed to reveal this, but I didn't really know the stages of a >> decubitus ulcer. Well, it seems that I had a stage II pressure sore a >> couple of weeks ago and I will tell you what I did. 1. I stayed down until >> the wound was a stage I that was still blanching. Then I only got up for >> very important things and for a few hours at that. 2. I did exactly what >> Steve did, but I didn't leave the legs like that all day long. Then again >> you have to remember my ulcer was under the testicles and had another small >> one on the inside of my left leg near where the buttocks and legs meet. 3. >> And probably one of the really great things I discovered was that bag balm >> can be used on this type of ulcer. We noticed some drastic improvement >> right after we started applying the bag balm to the wound. All in all the >> entire process took me about 10 days. I figure that was well worth the >> time, because I think if I wouldn't have been aggressive and prevention and >> treatment then it would have been gotten much worse quickly. >> >> Having said all that, if you don't see some drastic improvement in the >> couple of days, I would definitely recommend doing what Wheelchair advised. >> There could definitely be considerably more problems underneath the skin. >> See you need to heed his advice. >> >> And I do want to thank you all for your advice when I had my problem. >> This is the first time I've ever had a wound in a spot which would prevent >> me from getting up. I've had some stage II ulcers on my heels when the >> nurses weren't careful at the hospital, but this was the first time I had >> any problems in the area where I sit. >> >> Quadius >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello friends--- I know quadius brought up something on this issue >>> lately about bedsore issue--today during bowel routine my wife noticed I >>> have a pressure sore about a quarter in size on my lower left buttock that >>> is stage 2, We have only had an issue like this on my bottom, once ever >>> before, about a year or so ago but then it was not near as bad and only a >>> dime in size and healed pretty fast. ( both times we think my roho may have >>> got too low) before Lori and some others on here told me about lantaceptic >>> and bag balm...i know that bag balm is better to use before wound gets open >>> I think. Do you guy's think cleaning with wound wash saline then lanaceptic >>> can heal this or know of any products that are good? ( I can search the >>> archives, but do not know how//? any suggestions on product or archive help >>> would be appreciated !!! {Thanks so much ! Dan H. St. Louis, Mo. area } >>> >> >> >
