They're worldwide: http://www.hanger.com/Pages/default.aspx Don.
From: Mandy <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sore Hangar is nationwide (I think they're worldwide, actually). I had a brace made by them at the Englewood, CO office and just as you said, the orthotist I had was also intuitive. He was also pleasant, caring, and put me at ease right away. Not to mention he had cute dimples. :D Prayers coming your way. Good grief...sounds like you've been through enough lately! Mandy On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:44 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >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.DanaC4-5, 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
