Wheel, do you know if there is a certain vitamin or supplement regimen that is recommended for wound healing?
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: June 10, 2013, 9:29:17 AM EDT > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] board in bed > > Healing takes time and patience. Your age, your diet and your wound care > specialist are all leading factors in promoting the healing process. > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 6/10/2013 12:14:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > I finally got a bedsore, well I'm sure it's from sitting in my > wheelchair. That is bad enough that I have to stay in bed. > I have an overlay mattress but it's a very cheap one. It has bubbles on it > that rotate air. The sores is on my left butt. So I'm only on my right side, > I'm still getting moved around a little every few hours. > I found a cushion online that rotates air. But they want $3500. And they > don't take insurance. So you have to pay for it and hope your insurance will > reimburse you. > Even if my insurance covered it I would still have to pay 20%. But if it > worked well I would be willing to cover $700. But it better last for years. > This is the worst sore I have had on my butt. who knows how long I will have > to stay in bed. > I'm going to look into one of those sand beds. But if I remember you can't > put your head up. You just have to lay flat all the time. > I read there was a study with people putting sugar directly on their wounds. > That just doesn't sound safe, but I think I will ask my doctor about it. > first my sore did not look that bad, but after the doctor scraped away the > dead stuff he found tunneling. > Since I have to stay in bed so long anyway I'm also going to ask the doctor > about flap surgery. How bad does it have to be before they do that? > > All I had in my bedroom was a small TV. So I put my big screen in my room. > But the screen is so warm it adds 5° to the temperature of my room. > My room is always hot anyway, it's at the back of the house and it's over 100 > outside. The house thermostat is set at 74 and my room is 81. > So even though I'm warm my arms are freezing from the AC blowing on them. > At least I can watch a lot of movies. I can plug my computer into the TV. I'm > surprised how much stuff there is online you can watch. > Not just Netflix, but YouTube has a lot of old shows on there. I like to > watch classic cartoons, and classic old movie serials. Like Dick Tracy, the > Phantom, Cmdr. Cody, etc. the ones that have like 15 episodes that have a > cliffhanger each week. I also like old samurai movies, like the blind > swordsman series , seven samurai. > My favorite channel is Turner classic movies.I just record them so I can > watch when I want. > > I'm still learning Dragon so please excuse my mistakes. > Greg
