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Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2013, at 1:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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
