Greg, make sure you are getting a truck load of protein every day along with other vitamins etc. Get at least 60 g. If possible. The nutritionist made a dosage chart for me and it made a big difference getting my butt wounds healed. The wound vac was a big help too. Good luck, my friend.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: Quadius <[email protected]> > Date: July 18, 2012 5:25:54 PM EDT > To: greg <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sore > > Sorry to hear that Greg. > > What type of chair are you using? I have had difficulty with my chair and had > someone specially manufacture a gel pad at the bottom is not supposed to > degrade, but I am still having some difficulties with getting red areas. > > I'm in a Permobil and I hate the back of the chair. I had used a LaBac for > about 14 years and it had a three or four inch high section at the bottom > where the bottom was completely open. The design had its problems, but my > tailbone area always looked pristine. > > I sincerely hope you're able to get something to help with your problem. > Q > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:10 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a year now since I got my butt sore, well, just next to my tailbone. I > can't recall the exact numbers, something like 2.5 cn x .6 cn. > It was not too deep, but then tunneled towards 1 o'clock. It slowly healed > about half way in 8 month. Then within a week it just went back to the > beginning. > We pack it with Collagen AG. We tried a few different things, but nothing is > helping. > I assumed the sore was from sleeping on that side yet changing sides has not > helped. > Then we thought it had to be from the back of my chair. The padding was flat > and the bottom of the chair's back was real hard. I got a new pad and lowered > my cushion so the sore area now does not touch the back. There is now a 2 > inch gap between the top of the cushion and the bottom of the chair's back. > Yet this sore just will not heal up. The doc is suggesting starting to think > of surgery. > He thinks it might have started as a Pilonidalcyst, but there was never an > infection or anything. > Very frustrating. > > Greg > >
