yes I'm serious and after many antibiotics and many other treatments!
________________________________ From: Eric W Rudd <[email protected]> To: quadriplegic <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 11:22:14 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Need help with pressure sore info. ( or how to search archives ) are u serious? a 3 yr old sore on ur elbow? Eric W Rudd [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- >From: Monty >To: [email protected] ; quadriplegic >Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:18 PM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Need help with pressure sore info. ( or how to search >archives ) > > >that is partially true but unfortunately I have been spending the last >eight >weeks or so running from specialist to specialists with no definitive >answers! Yes I do go to wound clinic regarding a pressure ulcer near my left > >elbow that is now over three years old with no end in sight?? > > > > ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 10:07:10 PM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Need help with pressure sore info. ( or how to search >archives ) > >Pressure Sores, are a separate practice of medicine. Most doctors and >hospital will outsource their patients to a Wound Clinic with skin specialist. > >Most Wound Clinics are not in hospital, but rather next to them or a separate > >location. Some may be in hospitals, but not part of the hospital. That is >why wound therapy is so different in the medical practice. Similar to >nutritionist, and nutrition. > > >Best Wishes > >In a message dated 9/14/2010 2:44:02 P.M. Central Daylight 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 } >> >> >
