Hi Paul, I have had a horrific sore on my heel for two months with a wound vacuum, two weeks ago I had a skin graft and I've had to keep my heel offset, since May 4, when the surgeon left the external fixater on my heel too tight and did not check for seven days after foot drop surgery. I lost some of my heel, the plastic surgeon calls it a divet. My orthotist made 2 really great apparatuses, one to wear in BED and one to wear in my wheelchair. I wish you would put them on the market. It would be so beneficial for anyone with heel problems.
I will try to get my friend to take pictures so you can see what was made. They work wonderfully. The company my orthotist works for is hangar's, and I don't know if they are nationwide. No one at KU could figure out what to do. The OT's for the orthotist that KU used which was the same company. This orthotist is just really intuitive. I hope you're orthotist can copy something like I have. Medicare paid for this. My caregiver burned my hand and wrist into hot water. Second degree burns, it's going to take a lot long time to heal. I go to the plastic surgeon each Monday. He doesn't think it will need a skin graft. I would appreciate your prayers. I'm glad to be back at home and able to read the quad list. Dana C4-5, I had my 38 th anniversary last Thursday, while in the hospital for UTI. I seem to be having a lot of UTI problems, I have a ileal conduit since 1986 as a result of bladder cancer. Suburb close to Kansas City on the Kansas side. I had a septic UTI in May and the infectious disease doctors talked about putting me on a antibiotic daily but they said if one take away another antibiotic to be used when I have a UTI, so they decided not to do. Last week I found I had an allergic reaction to vancomycin, another drug they cannot use now. I wish they could come up with a better way to treat and prevent UTIs. What do others do with this problem? In a message dated 7/28/2012 6:25:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Paul, I had one last year and kept it elevated during sleep. Irrigated it with saline between showers. I used Bacitracin one day and Dermawound the next. I also keep it elevated since at night as a precaution. Patrick C6-7 22yrs --- On Sat, 7/28/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [QUAD-L] sore To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 2:25 PM Hi Everyone, I just had a small pressure sore open up on my right ankle.I would like to ask you all which is your first line of defense when this happens? Thank you! Paul
