Wow, thanks guys. All good advice which I will most definitely follow. I have a feeling that if I could stay off it, it might improve as well. However, I stay by myself during the day and just can't stay bedfast. There is just no way to win in our quad world. God bless all of you.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: "Eric W Rudd" <[email protected]> > Date: April 22, 2012 7:18:15 PM EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore > > I’ve had about a 1” – 1.5” by .25” – 3/8” sore since 2001. Received after > seeing the so called wound specialists. My own self-care has kept it clean & > the same size. My primary doc, whom I see twice a year, is kept up-to-date > via digital pix. I clean it w/ tap h2o & gauze, apply a 4x4 folded in half, > skin prep then Tegaderm...every a.m. > > Eric W Rudd > [email protected] > > From: Larry Willis > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore > > > I have a pressure sore on my tailbone that has been the bane of my existence > for years now. It is not deep and has never been seriously infected. > However, I have been fighting it for over six years! I have some feeling in > that spot and sometimes it feels like a red hot branding iron. Bad! It is > about 4in by 4 in. In the last several days it has begun to bleed profusely. > I don't know whether this is good, bad, or irrelevant, but it is a first. > Any of my buds here got any knowledge to share about it? Thanks. Larry Willis > I use a Roho cushion. > > Sent from my iPad
