what type of allergy do you have to vancomycin? I get red man syndrome. They should really only be using drug if everything else has failed. Quadius
Aug 2, 2012 at 2:44 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. > 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 > >
