Hi Dana This sore I'm dealing with has been chronic, it started several years ago when a jay gel cushion got hard on one side. Over the years we've maintained it with the help of a very good wound nurse when needed. In Jan. of 2012 I got ostyomiolius (spelling) I spent some time in the hospital had vinomiacyn and pretty much been through the mill. It's getting better slowly. I go to the Kaiser wound clinic once a month to get it checked, then I have an agency nurse that comes once a week for measurements. I few weeks ago I got a new agency nurse that seems to know more about wound care then the one I had. She's already talking to the clinic (which I don't really have much faith in sometimes) when the patient knows more then them about wound care. The charge nurse has just passed her test for her wound care cert. and the rest of them just know how to measure, document and take a pic the redress it the same way it was unless it looks worse or you get on them and ask for a refurral to an outside wound clinic for a second opinion then they decide to try something different. I'm not going to let it kill me, old age well do that. I hope everone else is in good health or at least close to it.
Don c5/6 incomp 24 years post. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] flap surgery Thank you Don for the information that you will give us through the new mobility. I don't get that magazine for a number of years. Please keep us posted. I know how hard it is to stay in bed I had a similar sort that to six months to heal and I had to go to the wound center every two weeks for care of it. I'm glad you can access your TV in bed. Period. Thank you Don, I'll be thinking of you and praying for you and Greg. Always, Dana In a message dated 7/5/2013 1:19:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > >I'm dealing with an isheal sore and I started using whey isolate protein >supplement. It has no or very few carbs and no suger but good protein, I get >the chocolate flavor and mix with water, it's not bad but not cheap. I spend >5 or 6 days in bed. between the computer and TV I do OK. There's also an >artical I just read in Aprils New Mobility news letter about wound care. I >well forward it to you. > > >Don > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: greg <[email protected]> >To: quad-list <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 3:01 PM >Subject: [QUAD-L] flap surgery > > >I talked to my doctor about flap surgery. He said my sore would heal faster if I got it, but I would have to stay in bed 4 to 6 weeks. I am in bed now, but I get up for a couple hours every day. He said it is the twisting and sliding that is the worst for your but after surgery. I worry about doing my B – program, I would have to do it in bed while laying on the wrong side. I don't know if that really makes that much of a difference. But getting cleaned up and changing sheets could be a real problem. >But after 4 to 6 weeks I would assume you can't just get up and stay up, you would have to start out slowly and add time each day or week? >As for the long-term would it be better for my butt to just let it heal or get the surgery? >I know a lot of people here have had flap surgery, would you recommend it? >I'm in bed most of the time anyway, it's too darn hot here to go outside anyway. At least for very long. 115° and that's down from a few days ago. >One of my main concerns is what if the outside of the wound heals up good, but the inside doesn't connect or heal up. It would be like having bad tunneling going on. >At least just letting it heal you can see it heal from the bottom up. I just had a checkup and outside the wound got smaller around, but it was just as deep. Now it is 1.4 cm wide and the tunneling is 1.2 deep. but I don't know if that 1.2 cm is added on to the depth of the wound, or if that is a total. I'll have to ask next time. >Greg > > > > >
